I have just bought an accident damaged V8

[reeder139]

Hi Guys,

This is my first post over here but I have been a member of .org for a while now having owned two 190 ZTs. I've always wanted a V8 really and also love car projects so finally in some sort of position to take this on, I took a risk and won the auction below, I'm sure some, if not all of you will have seen the auction:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...T#ht_924wt_932

The car in question is being delivered this Friday. I have already sourced all the body parts I will need from a chap who was breaking an x power grey 190, in fact, I've bought most of the 190 including radiator and fan etc.. and it's already in the correct colour which will save a fortune.

The 260 is being delivered straight to a garage/bodyshop owned by a friend who will assess it properly as soon as it arrives and let me know exactly what is going to be involved. They are excellent and have done lots of more than satisfactory work for me and family in the past.

So far I haven't managed to get the drivers side rear trailing arm and other damaged bits from that area, it has been suggested that I might need a complete hub.

I would really appreciate any help in sourcing the parts I need, here are two pictures of the damaged parts:-





I'm hoping completing this project will be possible within budget and I'll end up with my dream car at the end of it! Really would appreciate the opinions of all you lot over here as you're the experts so any tips or advice, please fire away. All I would say is that I'm well aware everyone has their own opinion, I've heard, it will be an easy repair right through to its breaker, don't bother so the fact is, I am going for it, constructive tips and opinions would be more appreciated than don't bother etc... :-)

I will be posting pictures as the project progresses.

Many thanks,

Matt