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Thought that I'd post what I am doing since I can't work on the '55 until this is finished.
It's an OT (off-topic) '72 MB 450SL that has Chevy running gear. It's a hot rod for my cousin, Carol, who also has a '37 Ford and a Harley trike. She's pretty crazy (in a good way)
This was the start:

side_0375 by mt94ss, on Flickr
So I've been working on this for the past couple years when I have time. I think that the only system on the car that I haven't touched is the wiring and rear brakes. I built a mild 350 and a turbo 350 trans. Had a custom driveshaft made locally at Driveline Service of Portland. Good guys there. http://www.driveshafts.com/ Got some custom 16" wheels to replace the 14s and did big & littles to give it a bit of a rake.
Had a 2" dual exhaust made with a Borla 2-in 2-out stainless muffler and a Corvette stainless tip. Hear it run here-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIFRCSmXSlo
I repainted it. That doesn't sound like much, but that took sooooooo long. Had to strip off the old bad lacquer paint job and then fix all the dents and dings (about 50+ door dings!!!!). The paint is white with a purple pearl that really shines in the sun. I had to add 'stripes' on the hood and deck because the first time I closed the hood, the air cleaner bolt hit the bottom of the hood and cracked the paint. If you've ever painted a pearl clear over white you'll know, it's not forgiving. So rather than have a splotch on the center of the hood, I borrowed a theme from early race cars and did a stripe with a thin chaser on the hood and deck in heavy pearl. Put the Chevy 'V's on the front fenders.
This was 'finished'...

72Benz by mt94ss, on Flickr
It's an OT (off-topic) '72 MB 450SL that has Chevy running gear. It's a hot rod for my cousin, Carol, who also has a '37 Ford and a Harley trike. She's pretty crazy (in a good way)
This was the start:

side_0375 by mt94ss, on Flickr
So I've been working on this for the past couple years when I have time. I think that the only system on the car that I haven't touched is the wiring and rear brakes. I built a mild 350 and a turbo 350 trans. Had a custom driveshaft made locally at Driveline Service of Portland. Good guys there. http://www.driveshafts.com/ Got some custom 16" wheels to replace the 14s and did big & littles to give it a bit of a rake.
Had a 2" dual exhaust made with a Borla 2-in 2-out stainless muffler and a Corvette stainless tip. Hear it run here-> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIFRCSmXSlo
I repainted it. That doesn't sound like much, but that took sooooooo long. Had to strip off the old bad lacquer paint job and then fix all the dents and dings (about 50+ door dings!!!!). The paint is white with a purple pearl that really shines in the sun. I had to add 'stripes' on the hood and deck because the first time I closed the hood, the air cleaner bolt hit the bottom of the hood and cracked the paint. If you've ever painted a pearl clear over white you'll know, it's not forgiving. So rather than have a splotch on the center of the hood, I borrowed a theme from early race cars and did a stripe with a thin chaser on the hood and deck in heavy pearl. Put the Chevy 'V's on the front fenders.
This was 'finished'...

72Benz by mt94ss, on Flickr