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Started ripping the old nasty interior out. Good news is no major rust found so far I’m pretty sure this wagon lived most its life in New Mexico so thankfully it’s not too bad. I was contemplating refreshing the original Mercedes seats but I think if I’m going this far I may as well throw a...

Brought the Benz home today. Still been down with a back injury I have 2 bulging disks in my l4 and l5 with a tear in the l5. So I went ahead and brought her home that paired with new born around the house I figured the only way I’m gonna get anything done on her is if she’s at home where she...

Had to throw on a forum sticker of course

Popped the tent on today getting ready to pull it home so I can do all the wiring and interior It’s fun to see it really starting to come to life can’t wait to get it out on the trails! Hoping to take it on a Merus Adventure trip in Palo during Canyon for her first maiden voyage but may need...

Got everything at the shop finished up early today and had some time to work on the Benz before heading home. Got the wheel adapters machined out and the fronts fit on today. Rough cut on the fender and finally got to see what she looks like and dammit I nailed the stance if I do say so myself...

Snuck out of the house and thew a quick spacer lift onto the Mercedes, not exactly how I want to do the lift long term but my impatience got to me looking at these tires in it. Roof bars to mount the roof top tent also showed up this week but I’ll have to get to that install in another week or 2...

I’ve taken a few naps in it at the shop and it’s comfy! Quality of it is very nice, the stuff needed to build up my rack shows up this week so I should be able to get it mounted either this coming up weekend or next.

Picked up some 31x10.50r15’s for the Benz this week. Waiting on wheel adapters to show up in the mail then we can start working on the lift install Been down for a while with a back injury and haven’t had much time to work on the Benz but starting to get better and get back to it.

After port fees shipping and all that is associated with importing direct from China I spent $1,048 all said and done. Tent itself was like $670 with the options I fitted it out with. It has the thicker mattress pad, insulated and also the led lighting inside

Roof top tent showed up from China Basically a roofnest copy, comfortably fits 2 setups and and down in seconds. Super nice quality shoutout alibaba

I feel like my hood dump is already pretty far forward, I wanted it more towards the back of the hood. so I left it there to keep the position while using the factory exhaust scraps to make the exhaust. Got a part number or link for the alternator mine is due for replacing and id like to go...

Mounted up the lights on the hood today. Also removed the factory AC control cluster since the original vacuum harness was cut in half by the previous owner. Mounted up the 12 panel. Going to be adding another 8 panel soon for the window switches. Then hopefully bringing her home from the shop...

Knocked out the hoodstack today. People either love them or they hate them. I think when they aren’t gigantic and done clean they don’t look bad!

Also the build rendering came back this week! Super excited to find the time to throw all these parts on.

Got the roof top light bar mounted! Happy with how it came out!