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My brothers SAAB 96 1961

 

Mercedes-Benz 350SL (R107) 1972

 

Shrike Commander 500S

My name is Johan and I live in Uppland, South-Eastern Sweden, where I also was born in the mid-1960s. Have lived there my whole life, except for a few years around the Millennium when I was studying in the USA.

My interest in old cars started when my brother in the early 2000's bought an old two-stroke SAAB 96 from 1961. It was in a fairly good original condition, but needed some minor restoration. We started together restoring the old SAAB, and thanks to him and his car, my interest in classic cars started. The reason I choose Mercedes-Benz where just a mere coincidence. In spring 2002, I found on the Internet an old tucked away "Fintail" Mercedes-Benz for sale. The owner had put it away in a barn since 1979, and wanted now to get rid of it. It is the same car I have described on this page, and I still own it. It was during the restoration of that car, that I discovered how well build and thought-out the German design was. And since then, the only car for me is Mercedes-Benz.

I have the privilege to have access to my own workshop and therefore I have been able to make most of the restoration work myself. After the restoration of the Fin tail, I have also modified the workshop and are now able to paint the cars myself.

I have since my first Mercedes-Benz, owned various models of these cars. Among others, a 350SL 1972 (R107), a C180 station wagon 2000 (W201), a 240D/8 1970 (W115) and a 180c Ponton 1962 (W120). Unfortunately the last of them were in a poor condition and very rusty, so I had to scrap it and sell the parts. I currently own three Mercedes-Benz, besides the two cars described on my website M-B Classic, my third and every day car is a C200 CDI station wagon (W203) from 2004.

Works for living as a Telecom Engineer in the Stockholm capital area, but I am also a trained pilot. Has previously worked as a flight instructor and charter pilot of small aircraft in the USA, and during the summer of 2008 I flew geophysical surveying flights in a Shrike Commander 500S for the Swedish Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) in cooperation with Wermlandsflyg AB. The exiting employment as a low flying pilot is described on my other site, FlyLow.

If you have any questions or comments, or perhaps parts for sell for my restoration projects, please do not hesitate sending me an e-mail. My address is: johan@zix.se