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title: 'The engine on my $2,000,000 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing catastrophically failed'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=q9QtwDDXtdQ'
video_id: 'q9QtwDDXtdQ'
date: 2026-06-28
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# The engine on my $2,000,000 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing catastrophically failed

> Source: [The engine on my $2,000,000 Mercedes 300SL Gullwing catastrophically failed](https://youtube.com/watch?v=q9QtwDDXtdQ)

## Summary

The video documents the catastrophic engine failure of the host's Mercedes 300SL Gullwing while driving to a car show. He limps the car to the Car Wizard's shop, where they diagnose a bottom-end bearing failure. The host reflects on the expensive repairs ahead, previous mistakes with the car, and a personal shift in perspective after addressing health issues and audience feedback.

### Key Points

- **Final breaths of the Gullwing** [0:01] — The host declares this the dumbest automotive channel and that the 300SL Gullwing's motor is in its final moments.
- **Engine knocking on highway** [0:16] — Engine starts knocking while passing at near 90 mph. Host gets off the highway immediately.
- **Worst breakdown ever** [1:43] — Breakdown of a 300SL Gullwing is described as about the worst possible, but host feels lucky because tow truck was at the same exit.
- **Car Wizard shop limitations** [2:16] — Car Wizard is not keen on having a multi-million dollar car in his shop due to insurance, but will take a quick look.
- **Previous expensive mistakes** [3:31] — Host left handbrake on and overheated new brake drums ($30,000 set), and later ripped the door off by hitting the house.
- **Rebuild costs estimate** [5:00] — Rebuilding a 300SL Gullwing engine can cost between $50,000 and $100,000. Host hopes it won't be that bad because engine didn't completely shred.
- **Cold start diagnosis** [9:18] — Car Wizard starts the cold engine and hears a connecting rod noise, diagnosing a spun bearing.
- **Inspecting oil filter screen** [11:26] — They remove the oil filter screen and find metal glitter, confirming bottom-end failure. Screen caught debris, preventing further damage.
- **Finding a shop for rebuild** [20:02] — Few shops remain that can rebuild Gullwing engines. The Classic Center outsources, and independent shops are rare.
- **Perspective from audience** [22:24] — Host thanks viewers for calling out his past complaining; realizing he has a great life and solvable problems. He's now focused on solutions.

## Transcript

Welcome to Hoovie's Garage and this
truly is the dumbest automotive channel
in all of YouTube cuz you are witnessing
the final breaths, the final moments of
life
of my 300SL Gullwing as far as the
motor. It is
it is knocking. I'm getting it off the
highway.
I don't know what happened. I was on the
way to the first of college car show and
unfortunately
she just blew the moment I got on it to
pass somebody to go near 90
This is This is where we're at. So,
this will be officially my most
expensive breakdown
ever.
Ever.
Yep.
Yeah we're
We're at the last moments of its life,
aren't we?
Hasn't been rebuilt in probably 50
years.
No.
All right, let's get hooked up.
>> I like that.
>> Yeah, that's clean.
>> It's cute.
>> Oh.
Oh no.
>> I put the brake on.
>> Okay.
Well, as far as breakdowns go, it
doesn't get much worse than your 300SL
Gullwing, but also I'm incredibly
incredibly lucky because I didn't want
to be on the side of the highway with my
6-year-old kid something happened or
whatever, so I limped it at idle to the
next exit. I called my tow truck driver,
Dennis. "Where are you?" He happened to
be at that exit, at that gas station,
and at that moment to where we could
immediately load up the car. Where I was
going was about an hour away from my
house, but directly in between is
Newton, Kansas, and the Car Wizard shop,
and that happens to be where I broke
down. Now, Wizard isn't happy about
having a really expensive car in his
shop because of insurance stuff and
things. He's okay with it being there
for a couple of days and taking a look
at it with me, but as far as any serious
work goes, nah, he doesn't want to do
it. So, but it's kind of funny. The
Dakota was also there, another lucky
thing, so I was able to drive the Dakota
home in a sort of a full circle moment
cuz when I was 16 years old, my dad got
a Dodge Dakota cuz he wanted a truck
around, but also something for me to
drive to high school other than the
Mercedes 500 SL because it was so
unreliable at the time, my real first
car. And I saw a Gullwing for the very
first time when I was 16 at
Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction,
and I thought that was my ultimate dream
car. So, here we are almost 25 years
later, and I have a 300 SL Gullwing. In
the same year, I married April Rose, and
I got a 300 SL Gullwing. What a crazy
year, but obviously, my Gullwing
ownership has been very, very
challenging. After it got revived at the
Mercedes Classic Center, it needed a lot
of work, a lot of work. The fuel system
needed gone through, the fuel tank
nasty, the cooling system, the brakes,
so many things, but it all got fixed in
time to go on a beautiful rally through
Colorado and Utah, over a thousand
miles, and I had minor problems, just
little things that I needed to fix, but
the dumb part was I left the handbrake
on and overheated my brand new brake
drums, which were very expensive.
They're $30,000 for a whole set. I
burned up two of them, so that was a
very expensive mistake. And then when I
got it home to Kansas, I made another
huge mistake by putting it in my living
room for Christmas and then trying to
push it out rather than drive it out
with the door open. The door hit my
house and almost ripped the door off,
just just mangled the door, and that had
to get fixed. So, two bad experiences
with the car, both of them my fault,
both of them negligence, both of them
very expensive. This one is going to be
way, way, way more expensive to go
through with a 300SL Gullwing engine,
whatever's gone wrong with the bottom
end. Unfortunately, I was just driving
down the road, too. I wasn't doing
anything goofy. I didn't downshift or
money shift or do anything stupid.
Didn't run out of oil. I was just
driving down the road, wanted to pass
somebody, floored it.
It didn't downshift cuz it's a manual
transmission. And for some reason,
something popped. It felt like a fuel
system delivery problem, but it was
actually something just actively
bucking. Then I heard a noise, lifted,
and knew the engine was wounded. So,
nothing there was my fault. We were 30
or 40 mi in. The engine was fully warmed
up. The oil temperatures, everything up
to temperature. Everything fine. Oil in
the engine. There's nothing negligent on
my part with what happened at all.
Nothing. The classic car dealer did tell
me that the engine was sort of on
borrowed time. Maybe the compression was
borderline. The oil pressure
is okay. You might have a few years
before you need to rebuild it. And
obviously, well, that came
That came a lot quicker than I thought.
So, yeah, here we are. The problem is
rebuilding Gullwing engines are are very
expensive. The parts are very scarce.
So, the people that make them, a lot of
money. So, uh you've heard of a $100,000
Gullwing engine rebuilds. I don't think
it'll be that bad for me because a lot
of the parts are new and I didn't
completely shred the engine, put a hole
in the block, you know, ruin everything.
But still, this is a very, very, very
spicy proposition here. But I really
don't know how bad the engine is because
it broke on a weekend, on a Saturday.
The car wizard wasn't open. Daniel So
was kind enough to meet me and let me
into the shop to park it there. So, I
had to wait a couple of days, a couple
of agonizing days until the car wizard
opened back up and we could see, well,
what happened. So, 6 months of glorious
Gullwing ownership and about 3,000 mi
cuz of that rally, also the California
trip to visit at Jay Leno and Doug
DeMuro. And as you can see, this puddle
I I knew it was coming. This summer I
had planned to take the engine out,
reseal the transmission, fix this rear
main leak, and I would have been so mad
if I did it and then the engine blew
when I was doing it all over again. So,
I thought I should clean up this spot
where the going was marking his
territory for months since it's not
going to be back here for a while. And
to do that, it's still really greasy.
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have to head up to the car wizards to
find out what happened and I wish it was
as easy to fix this
as that.
Oh, wizards really rubbing it in now.
Funeral parking and you're
>> I'm saying my final prayers, final rites
for this thing.
>> It's It's not good, wizard. Have you
started it yet?
>> I haven't started it.
>> Yeah, it's it doesn't sound very good
and I definitely I mean I finally got
caught. That's why I decided that after
all the cars were, you know, like the
Countach, the Bugatti and all this. I
haven't had to do any big jobs on a
high-end car like this. So
if it's going to be the one, it's going
to be the gullwing, you know? So I mean
the Lotus, the transmission being bad,
that's not as big of a deal as
as this, obviously. So you want to hear
it?
>> Sure.
>> Maybe I Maybe it's not a bottom end
Maybe.
Maybe the classic center did say that
the rocker arm could have gone loose,
you know? So
but based on how it's acting, let's see.
Do I have oil pressure here?
Oil pressure's coming up.
A little more tappier than usual.
What are you
What are you
What's
You don't need to hear any more?
What What do you think?
>> I think it sounds like a connecting rod.
>> So I spun a bearing.
Here at least. Jeez.
>> Okay.
>> could take off, we could take a peek,
and then we can drain a little bit of
oil. I'll let you do that.
>> Right, but the stupid sport cam I just
put in this was so expensive. That's the
thing.
>> And yeah, I mean, it's possible this
could be the cam, but it just sounds so
much to me like bottom end, lower end.
>> What I'm worried about is if that
crapped out, shot metal everywhere, and
then killed my whole new top end,
basically. Because if I Well, I have to
do the bottom end, the compression was a
little questionable on this engine. I
knew I was sort of, you know, maybe I
had a year or two left. It turned out
about 6 months and 3 or 4,000 mi. I
didn't drive this thing a lot.
>> Yeah.
>> Um so, I don't feel that bad. And I was
going to have the engine taken out and
resealed. So, imagine if I went to all
that trouble, had the transmission
resealed, the engine resealed, the rear
main is just dumping out of this thing.
And then the engine blew. It would have
been so much more frustrating than, you
know, now I'm just dealing with all of
it.
>> Sometimes catastrophe is actually a
blessing.
>> Well, it's a Well,
>> in a way. Kind You kind of have to just
look at the positive bright side.
>> You don't rebuild engines on these, but
>> No.
>> the low end is 50,000. The high end is
100,000 to rebuild these engines.
>> 100 grand?
>> Yes. Yes. And the other thing is, I
checked the oil afterwards cuz I was
like, if it was me running this thing
out of oil because of the rear main or
something like that and my negligence, I
was going to be so angry, but it has
plenty of oil in it.
>> Yeah, it has plenty of oil.
>> I topped it off
I don't know, 100, 200 mi ago. And it's
a giant dry sump, so I knew I wasn't,
you know, using
>> Mhm.
>> 8 qt of oil in 200 mi, so
>> [sighs]
[groaning]
>> Jeez. Okay. But, this would be great.
And I know it's really easy to take
these off cuz this it's just twisty
screws
here and a few little things to see if
my
my fancy hot cam is still okay, and if
there's, you know, anything going on up
there.
>> Let me get a fender cover, and then
we'll take a look.
>> I think this is from my '66 427
Corvette.
>> Yes.
>> It was in the back of it.
>> Mhm.
>> And that motor blew as well.
>> It did.
>> That was
>> So, kind of just carry on the tradition
here engines blowing
>> Yes.
>> Let me see if I can just take this
loose.
>> If it'll fold over.
>> over just enough to take a peek. If not,
then I'll have to take this off.
There's that one.
There's that one.
And that one.
So, it looks like I will have to remove
this.
>> At least the spark plug wires.
>> Mhm.
>> Okay. The wizard hasn't seen this car
yet.
>> Nope.
>> He is a
not wanting multi-million dollar cars in
his shop.
>> No, especially when I'm getting ready to
move and
last thing I need is a oops and it fall
off the lift or God knows what.
>> Right. So, yeah, we talked about this
earlier. He doesn't want it up on the
lift in case it falls off cuz it's above
his insurance limits. So,
um that's why I'm going to do it on the
ground here just to see what the
oil filter screen looks like.
But, at least we can see something
up here.
>> Let me see if I can clear it.
I think that'll be about as good enough.
We can take a peek through the
through the You can look through the
other side.
>> Sure.
>> Looks like normal wear in.
I don't I don't feel anything on the
lobes.
>> That's a brand new cam. So,
>> there's no push rods or anything. It's
just like a rocker arm with
>> Right. He said make sure to check to see
if the rocker arms were any of them were
loose.
>> I don't I don't know what they're
supposed to be.
I mean, that's very little movement up
and down, but it sure does have a lot of
side-to-side, which is probably normal
for these. I would say.
>> Okay.
But if it were the one making the noise,
it'd be up and down movement. Obviously,
>> [clears throat]
>> sounds more like bottom end, huh?
>> Yeah.
I don't see any damage up here. I don't
see anything broken
or scored or tore up.
>> Okay.
And I don't see any sparkly bits in
here either huh?
>> Not in here. Hopefully the screen caught
all that.
>> Yeah, cuz I I didn't drive I mean I
noticed it immediately. It felt like
fuel delivery problems again, which I
just had that all sorted out cuz I was
going pretty fast like just doing a pull
up to
90 or so. And it felt like that and then
I heard the noise and I saw the oil
pressure drop. And when I lifted it, it
it just immediately shut off.
>> Isn't it interesting that this is like
1970s, '80s technology back in 1955?
>> Isn't it wild?
>> Yeah, I mean not in 1955, Americans
would I mean this wasn't even on their
mind. It wasn't even didn't even exist.
>> As far as a cam and a timing chain and
all that stuff. It was all push rods or
you know, still flatheads in some cases
in in the '50s.
It is a technological marvel, for sure.
>> It really is.
>> And the fact that they had to mount it,
you know, at this angle for it to fit in
the car since they wanted to keep it,
you know, sort of low with the hood line
and all that stuff. So, it's at a 45°
angle.
It's It's really cool.
And you know,
they say you don't want to meet your
heroes and obviously this has been a
challenging ownership experience with my
ultimate dream car, but
you know, I I I don't feel as bad about
this one. Like I don't feel
like when I ripped the door off, that
was really stupid or the handbrake I
felt really stupid doing that leaving it
on and and just smoking my drums, but
with this one, it's not my fault. I
didn't do anything. I didn't money shift
it. I didn't run it out of oil. It just
decided it was time, you know.
>> They definitely can't say it's the
wizard's fault cuz I physically never
even seen this car before.
>> No. No, unfortunately. Yeah.
>> Unfortunately.
>> Yes, cuz then you could fix it.
>> Oh.
>> [laughter]
>> I say that, but everybody wants to blame
somebody or something. You know, it's
just
>> That's the society we live in anymore.
It's always somebody else's fault.
>> Just stuff happens. But, I'll be giving
updates on the Lotus soon because
progress is being made there. And we've
had the 454 and the '76 Eldo inspected
and work starting, but that's in a video
in the near future. This is obviously
getting jumped to the front of the line
because
it just happened.
And I I need to talk about it. This is
sort of my therapy here.
All right, back together.
>> So, you were taking this to a car show
and until the halfway point when this
happened, it was quiet, it was happy
engine, running fine.
>> Yeah. Well, yes. I mean, it was always
kind of a borderline engine when they
did the compression tests early on. And
maybe the oil pressure was a little bit
lower than what other people were saying
they're supposed to be. So, that's why I
thought it was tired, but
there was somebody that was behind me.
So, I was passing and then somebody
decided, "Oh, this old car's trying to
pass somebody. I'm going to get on their
butt and just you know, tell them that
they're impeding me." So, I decided to
just hammer it. I didn't downshift. I
just was in fourth, final gear, and just
put my foot down. I was just going to
show them how this is the world's first
supercar and it's faster than your
little Volkswagen Jetta.
>> Mhm.
>> And once it just it just felt like it
hit a wall. It felt like a
where it something happened.
And I thought it was fuel, so I clicked
on my fuel
pump to help it. Just pop that on. And
then when I looked at the gauges, I saw
the oil pressure gauge
when I was at full throttle at you know,
it was 15 psi at 80, 90 mph, which is
I mean, about half of what it was
before.
>> Mhm.
>> And then when I lifted it, it went to
zero and just
>> So, that definitely So, anything that
would happen with your cam
or [clears throat] or the the rocker
arms or things that could make noise,
but very likely you wouldn't lose all
your oil pressure. And the fact that you
felt like you hit a wall, that's very
common when the bearing starts to seize
up. It takes I mean, it tries to push
through that messed up bearing.
>> Mhm.
>> You felt that hit a wall, then you saw
your oil pressure drop. Those are all
very strong telltale signs of bottom
end.
>> Yeah, that's
unfortunate. And when I started it up
cold just with you right now, it was
very low for a cold start engine. It's
showing, you know, 15 psi, but it should
be triple that when it's a cold start.
So,
>> My guess is one of the main bearings or
more has completely just shelled out.
So, your oil pressure is no longer
sealed at that It just dumps at that
point. It can't build up pressure to get
to the rest of the engine.
>> Okay. But,
I didn't drive it long enough to smoke
anything on the top end, so
good news there. That makes the rebuild
not not as I mean, it's still going to
be unbelievable, but let's see Let's see
what's in this screen. All right. I'm
going to do some wrenching on my my
gullwing.
>> Did any of those fit properly?
>> Yeah, I got it. I'm off.
>> Okay, good.
>> Now, Daniel looks terrified. Daniel,
just don't It's okay. It's a front from
the 1950s. It's It's It's easy.
>> Don't tease me.
>> It's easy.
>> Mhm. Yeah.
>> Wrenching on my 300SL gullwing.
It's not like I can do any more harm to
it, I suppose. So, famous last words,
right?
Good.
>> [laughter]
[groaning]
>> Oh, yeah.
>> Oh.
>> Oh, yeah. There's all kinds of metal all
in it. Look at that.
>> Yep.
>> It's like someone dumped glitter in
here. Tons of metal.
Yep, that's the bottom end.
Oof.
That was the bad news you were not
wanting to see, huh?
>> I mean, we knew.
>> Yeah, we kind of knew.
>> This just totally confirms
that there is
a bunch of little bits of the engine
right there in this screen, which
>> Yeah, it looks like glitter like spray
paint. See it glitter? Like glittery?
>> Yep.
So, this is cleaned every single time
rather than reused rather than here
replacing the filter on a Gullwing.
>> Mhm.
>> It still does the job clearly cuz it
stopped all this from going all over the
engine and
causing more damage, I guess, right?
>> Very good. I'm glad it did. Yeah, we
don't need that all over the cam and
everything.
>> All right. So, I did not as far as
damage goes
nothing I did here was stupid.
>> No, this wasn't caused by any person. I
think this was just time. Age caught up
with the car.
>> Mhm.
So, now I need to figure out
who's rebuilding it what's next cuz
the Classic Center, you know, they do a
lot of work. They did the top end work
last but they don't do machining, bottom
end rebuilding, and all that stuff. So,
>> Oh.
>> I have to find a shop. There's still a
few left, you know, in the US and you
know, of course, some in Europe and
Canada and stuff
that do these, but it's getting less and
less by the day as far as shops that
know what they're doing on classic
engines
>> Mhm.
>> or any engines of that of that matter.
Like, we have one machinist left in
Wichita that we trust, right?
>> Yeah, I don't think he would touch this
with a 10-ft pole.
>> no, no, no, no, but I mean, as far as
just
>> less and less machinist out there, yeah.
>> And that was Wizard in the past life.
You worked in a machine shop, right?
>> Not in automotive one. It was aircraft,
yeah.
>> Right. Mhm. So, you know what it takes
and
>> Yeah.
>> [sighs]
>> Woo.
That's
that that
>> It looks like about 50 grand.
>> Thank you for reminding me.
>> [laughter]
>> I'll find out here shortly.
>> Yeah.
>> Getting my first car off the lift in
months and making sure it starts and
runs okay. My 1985 Mercedes 500SL It
seemed like an appropriate way to end
this video because this is where the
madness started back basically when I
was born and was obsessed with this car
basically since I was in diapers and
that just grew and grew as far as my
love for Mercedes until I saw a Gullwing
for the first time. Now, if this
happened to me, you know, 3 or 4 months
ago, I'd probably be all doom and gloom,
all woe is me and two things have
dramatically changed. The first thing
was getting myself fixed
pharmaceutically because I had labs done
and it showed that I had very low
testosterone. 260 was the level or
whatever and it was definitely on the
low end for my age at 39 years old and
that can cause brain fog which I had and
this whole woe is me, doom and gloom,
everything was terrible scenario that
reflected in the videos. You all saw it.
I had everything. Everything was fine,
but I was still complaining about taxes,
complaining about home renovations,
complaining about money spiraling out of
control when
it's it's stupid. It's all relative and
obviously it was all solvable problems
that I didn't need to complain about
endlessly on YouTube. But the other part
of that is you all saying in the
comments, "Why are you complaining about
all this?" I feel like people in the
public eye have had an issue with this
before YouTube. If they're not
YouTubers, they don't know how stupid or
how much they're ostracizing themselves
from their audience by talking about
things because they don't have a comment
section that instantly tells them how
stupid they're being. And thankfully,
you all exist. You watch my videos. You
stuck around for the long haul 10 years
now and you're telling me, you know,
"Hey, you're married to a supermodel.
You got a Gullwing. You have amazing
garage. What are you complaining about?"
And you are absolutely 1,000%
right. It also helps that I don't have
the tax issues that I had in previous
years, but now
well, like I did in previous years, I
need to sell a bunch of hoopdies to pay
for now Gullwing repairs and also
there's not much room here since I went
on that hoopdy buying binge before this
and got five cars. So, I guess it'll be
a video soon of what I am selling off. I
think I counted about eight that I'm
going to do and then, you know, life
goes on. Maybe the Gullwing will have to
sit in the garage inoperable for a
couple of months while I gather up some
money and also research alternatives
because there are a few places like
Cameron DC Motorworks, Ed's wizard if
you will, that is wanting to take on the
Gullwing. He is a Mercedes expert. He
has the shop manual sent it over to me
for the Gullwing. He's been able to find
all the parts as far as the piston
rings, you know, all the stuff that you
would need for an internal rebuild of an
engine. So, it seems doable. The reason
why it's so expensive with the Classic
Center, they didn't give me a official
quote or anything, but they outsource
the rebuilding of the engines to an
outfit that does like Singers and
high-end crazy crazy builds and their
prices well, definitely to match. And
what few shops are still known for
rebuilding Gullwing engines, they know
they can charge pretty much whatever
they want, but it's still at its
principle a pretty simple engine outside
of the crazy fuel system stuff, which is
already dialed in, so I don't have to
worry about any of that stuff. It's just
basically bottom end. As long as I
didn't mess up the cam bearings or
something like that, but those are also
still getable. So, it is a solvable
problem. Don't get me wrong, it is
definitely a bad week to have your
Gullwing engine fail, but when you put
it in perspective, I'm I'm done
complaining and I'm so sorry that I
complained in the past over, you know,
things like that that, you know, really
didn't matter or problems that I could
definitely solve like it was the end of
the world. It just made no sense. But
one other thing I have to do is get this
car usable again for something other
than just trips around the block. Get
these 17-year-old tires off of there,
service this thing up, get it working
again to where I actually start using
it. I quit driving it after my
grandmother died 6 years ago. She got
this car brand new, gave it to me when I
was a teenager, and so there's a big
sentimental attachment to it, but also a
bit of sadness that came with driving
this thing because she had passed away.
We had so many moments driving this car
together and everything else. So, I
think I'm past that point now where I
don't have to mourn her every time I
drive it like in a sad way, and I can
remember it in a happy way, be nostalgic
about it. And yeah, the Gullwing needs
to get fixed, but this needs to be
something that is a priority as well. It
starts every single time. It doesn't
complain about its years of storage and
I need to reward it with some changes
and sort of like my Nissan GT-R, I kind
of need to unpimp it as well. These
period AMG wheels, they're certainly
cool, but I think it needs to go back to
the bundt. The AMG lip back to stock and
just make this thing look like the
classy elegant car that it showed up as
in 1985 and not some hot boy racer which
I'm I'm quite past that point at least
in my age now. Any who, I hope your rod
bearings stay in one piece and thank you
so much for watching.
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