mercedes 300sl Gullwing, building a dream!
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- turning my Mercedes slk into a Gullwing and realising a boyhood dream part1of the montage
huge thanks to
Ray at Forged wheels @rbforged
co-lab custom studio www.colabcustomstudios.com for bumper fabrication and paint
Metro springs
M & M Engineering in Wakefield
Steve at SG Styling in leeds @sgstyling69 for the interior trimming
www.novaks.co.uk
Tony Banks exhausts tonybanks.co.uk
#mercedes #gullwing #retromod #customcars
Some executive engineer must have this kind of hack job in his mind when they designed this SLK... "Just make sure that the wheel base is same as in the gullwing and the engine fits below gullwings silhouette!" :D
This is what YT us is for!
I don’t care about the best/fastest/latest thing trying to break the internet.
I just like knowing what’s going in sheds.
Several DECADES of progress and development for Mercedes Benz to turn their two-seater sports car into a very driveable and (almost) practical sporty little roadster, only for you to spend countless hours undoing it all.
And what a fabulous result, I love it! 😍
How the wheelbase is spot on too!! Nice!
Ya that was crazy
Sucks that he ruined with the Donk wheels and tires though.
I’m always amazed at guys like you who can create these masterpieces.
Having built, and worked on multiple kit cars back in the late 80's and the 90's, I have great admiration for your efforts on this build. I loved working with fibreglass, and even sold products I made at the kit car shows.
Wow, thank you!
There are no words to adequately describe how much I admire people like yourselves
what an unbelievable achievement ! I love the ambition and vision of turning the SLK into the iconic Gullwing. I cant wait to see the next video.
Amazing work. Probably a lot nicer to drive than the real deal too. Hats off to you and a big thumbs-up for having the vision and skill to do this.
Great work, one of my favorite cars! Also pro tip with fiberglass, use a heat gun or torch to bend/mold it back in place. That way you don't have to cut and reapply. People do this with body kits and such.
Great compilation. It’s easy to forget just how much work went into the finished car 👍🏻
Thank you! 👍
The engineers could only dream of that modern running gear in 1955! Bravo!
Stunning project, end result is out of this world!
Tip for future fibreglass work, a lot of areas like the fitment of the door structure, simply clamp it down to the exact shape you need it to be, and then heat it with a heat gun until it's painful to touch
And then just leave it alone to cool back to ambient
Take the clamps off and it will retain its shape
Saves a lot of work vs cutting and glassing 💛
Thanks
Great tip, I never knew that.
Much respect in creating a 300SL lookalike. The skills of you and your friends astound me. It's a formidable task and I salute your efforts.
Much appreciated
As someone who is very creative but unfortunately can't even cut straight lines with a saw, I am eternally impressed and enthralled by the talents of other people. I will watch anything done well, be it building/designing/creating anything down to someone cutting grass. Well done, gentlemen, an absolute pleasure to watch a thing of beauty come to life.
I know, i know, i know Benz wouldn't let you resell the body mold you made, but hear me out... what if you added a subscription to your site that happens to have the diy plans and kits for sale that is for research only. You could sell it as replacement parts and not a whole body. That night get you around the legal whole? Maybe....?
There is one site from which you can buy buck files to make your own mold Called kitcarik
Technically, unless there is a trademark on the shape, he could sell reproduction bodies. Can’t use “Mercedes” or maybe “Gullwing”, shapes are generally fair game. Almost certainly no money in however as not exactly DIY friendly
There’s no way a guy with a real SL let them take a mold. Zero chance. This body is from the same guys who do them for S Klub LA.
@@Earlysport legit thought the same thing lol
I know kit cars aren't a solid business, but man I would love to do the same thing or put the body on an electric coupe frame
Thoroughly impressed, especially with the wheel fitment during the air suspension clip. One of the best builds I have ever seen and cant wait for the rest of the footage!
Wow! @2:21 is gold. Perfect fit - amazing.
That may just be one of the most beautiful cars I’ve seen.
Great video, didn't watch the gull wing build as I came along to see the T5/RS engine transplant so this is a great video for me
All the best for 2025
One of my favourite builds on YT. Glad it turned out so well. Only thing missing was a remote boot release for key recovery 🤣🤣
Thanks for reminding me 😂
Brilliant……what a magnificent project. My dream car since I saw my first one WAY back in the day. 👍🏼👍🏼😃
Absolutely great watch! Outstanding work
Thank you kindly!
Wow what a year that has been - Thanks Andi - Alex - All the laughs, up's & down's it's been fantastic - best wishes to the "notjustcampers" family, looking forward to been on the 2025 journey with you all
Happy new year!
That's epic. You guys are geniuses. I can't get over how impressed I am by people like you. You had a dream, you put the hours in, and like I said.....epic 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great. Now I gotta buy one.
😂
Saw that at ultimate stance in Telford last summer... stunning car! 👌
Thanks
In a world of speed limits, appearance is 99% of a cars appeal.
From the moment I saw this car as a boy I too have loved these vehicles.
beautiful re-creation
And, a pair of helping hands. You guys had a great time!
Brilliant. Loved that especially the thought process and solution finding as you went along. Looking good so far. 👍
This looks absolutely amazing! Really well done guys👌🙏
I didn't know this was my dream until now.
Awesome build, gotta love a Gullwing. That is impressive!! Well done 👊😎
This is amazing, the craftsman ship is out of this world ,awesome guys🎉🎉🎉
shout out to your mate Alex, amazing guy! And congrats to your incredible achievement. Awesome car!
Legend!
Amazing craftsmanship. 👏 This takes a lot of dedication and talent
You should produce the body kits and sell them. However, I have read where MBenz corp came down hard years ago on a US company that was producing them. Maybe MBenz lighted up since then. Nice build mate.
I don't think that's going to happen. Just two years ago, Mercedes and various customers sued Europe's largest and world-renowned 300 SL restorer into insolvency and bought it up. This company completely dismantled original customer 300 SLs that were there for repair and restoration and then largely reassembled them using either non-original parts or parts from other 300SLs with different and inappropriate production numbers in order to build another “new” 300 SL from the stolen parts, which were then sold as originals. This caused enormous damage in the collectors' world, because nobody can say how many original 300 SLs were ruined as a result. Since then at the latest, Mercedes no longer wants to support anything in the direction of replicas and imitations.
Brilliant. My admiration knows no bounds. I would love a gullwing. Small things like too old for bog projects and not having a body able to get in and out. Obviously, I can’t tell how all the body parts sound (that lovely solid clunk) but have no reason to doubt that you will ensure it sounds as good as it looks.
That matching wheelbase though 🤯 man, can you imagine this but using the SLK black series? 🔥
Smashing recap. Watched every episode.
Thanks for your support
Did he really just happened to have a friend w/a disassembled 300 SL who let him take molds off it & it fit right on a modern MB???
Maybe or he just ordered it from s Klub LA...@@UberLummox
As did I. Brilliant 👍🏻
Wow.. thats an efford.. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT i would say.. looks amazing.. !!
A dream car, I'm super impressed and so greatful you were to so kind as to share how you managed to completed OUR DREAM CAR with us
I am impressed beyond words. Great work!
Thank you very much!
This is such a stunning build. I'm always surprised why folks who spend so much time, skill and money building these incredible cars, but don't put them through the correct BIVA test so they are truly road legal.
The fabrication work nice
My God!!!!......What a job and what a video..........beautifull....!
sweet lil car, standard brit dudes and a chill video, thanks for the entertainment
What a cracking video,well done, love to do the same project, cheers
Wow wow wow, now you made me like the Gullwing as well ! Really well done guys and great attention to detail.
I've seen this in the flesh and its super impressive
that amazing project 👌🏽👏🏽
Wow that was amazing to watch 😊
I seeing just a part of this beauty last days!❤
I have been in the trade 30 +years your attention to detail and work is class next level stuff new sub here
Welcome aboard! Thanks for
Such a good idea! I love gullwings
Amazing construction!
Great work, we’re waiting for more videos like this
You sir deserve more views....great work... ❤ from Atlanta
Thank you so much 😀
Super impressed with your vision and execution!
most beautiful car in history
Great work guys!
Beautiful work
This transformation is witchcraft and i wont be convinced otherwise. Great job!
Looking good 👍
Thanks 👍
this is incredible! great work!
Nice work !! But impossible to become it legal streetworthy in Germany. 😞 Can't wait to see the completion !! Happy new year to you guys !!
22 mins of absolute knowledge
Incredible work! totally inspirational.
Just awesome. I find body swaps so interesting. I wonder if anyone makes a gullwing kit car....now I'm off to look.
WOW😱WOW😱WOW😱AMAZING😱WELL DONE AGAIN❤️👍💪
Halfway through. It’s gonna be so good
Really great !
Don't care if it's a conversion when it's this pretty.
Thank you
You made your dream come true. Congratulations to you.
So here’s to the couple, on this magical day,
May their love be as endless as the waves at play.
With hoofs healed and hearts full, together they’ll stand,
In the land of the Maldives, hand in hand.
Best vid iv seen for a longtime well done
What a job! Fantastic!
This was a love of mine as well. Thx so much for sharing.
This was always my dream......wow
Phenomenal build 👏
I watched the whole of the series excellent series of video's
Absolutely magnificent... congratulations...
Lovely job, and an excellent use of an R170. Lovely cars trapped in underwhelming bodywork.
Love it, what a build!
Stunning
You guys are incredible!
Perfect, but it will have to do. ?? Brilliant job.
Frickin' amazing!
What a beautiful car it is
Absolute stunning job . . . . . ill have one please . . . . open cheque book . . . ill drop of the doner car on Monday
I’ll have the kettle on
What a stunning car.
Brilliant!
Very nicely done . I bet you feel great cruzein in this Peice of Automotive Art !!! I particularly love that colour ... I think it actually looks nicer than the iconic silver . Beautiful interior work also from what I can see... Top job guys !!!! That's a very , very , very desirable vehicle ... I bet you could park this next to a Lamborghini and people would be more interested in this than the actual real Lamborghini . Thank you for your time and effort to provide us with this content 👍 love it ♥️ . Happy new year from me Way Down Under in New Zealand .
Thanks Rob it certainly causes a stir when I take it to the local cars and coffee meets
First time here ,am sure I will enjoy this series 👏👏
spectacular body swap
Absolute amazing work. I love it❤.
You cant afford it? Ok lets build it😂😂
Interesting project
Awsome job love it.