Restoring Europe's Cheapest Mercedes G-Wagon | Project Thor Ep1
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- čas přidán 3. 09. 2020
- Having sold "Taste of Texas Barbecue", Jonas and his brother Lasse take on a new project: Restoring a rusty-as-heck 1988 W460 Mercedes-Benz 300 GD they picked up in Norway. In this first episode they battle rusty bolts, oil and years of grime in an effort to get the vehicle completely disassembled.
Episode 2 airing October 1. Thanks you so much for coming along on this journey!
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super excited for this build! and I am genuinely sorry the loss of your grandmother!
Thanks bud. That very kind.
And it begins! Nice!
I'm so sorry for the loss of your Grandma. 🙏🏼 for you and the family. So cool that you plan to visit her at Christmas with it.
Thank you!
Sorry for your loss! She’s proud of you guys !! Awesome project. Love it.
sorry for the loss of your grandmother! I'm sure she was proud of you.
very high caliper resto project amazing work guys!
Love and prayers 🙏 for grandma. Her bringing you something to drink every ten minutes shows her love for you guys. God bless
So sorry to hear of your grandmother's passing, Jonas. My condolences to you and the Freitag family. Cheers on the new project and keep up the good work!
Appreciate that, Sir. Thank you.
It’s an honour to be the first one to watch this series. Keep up the good work
ali alzamil appreciate it Ali!
Looking good! Whew, now that is a challenge for sure.
Day 1: The car is completely dismantled. Bravo! That’s truly impressive. 👏
Wunderbar!! German efficiency at it's peak, look how fast they work! Shame to hear about Omas passing, 91 is quite impressive though. Keep up the good work lads.
Thank you Sir!
Same here... on other channels picking up the car would have filled episodes 1 through 6... German efficiency at work... It all looks very professional... Pretty stoked how it will go on...
Already commented with my personal channel, this is one I'm just getting set up for my CZcams bbq feed. I'll definitely be following along on this build.
Appreciate it!
Superb! Looking forward to watch the whole series.
Awesome, thank you!
Great video. Look forward to the whole restoration. So sorry to hear about your grandmother.
Amazing work. May she rest in peace.
Fun, a new project !!!
BBQ, Mercedes restorations, whatever you got, I'm watching :)
I lost my grandmother around the same age as you are and I think of her fondly and often, as you will also im sure.
Keep it up Jonas, can't wait to see where this goes.
Thank you Scott! Appreciate your kind words.
Great work from you all, so sorry to hear of the loss of your Grandma, looking forward to seeing more videos!
We appreciate that! Thank you for your support.
I enjoy watching your videos that much! It is a great pleasure.And of course I like your pleasant way of presenting your project!
Respect👍
Wow! Impressive! What a terrific project! I’m eager to keep track of it with you which is the easy part from the comfort of the sofa. I have lost count as to how many times I was shaking my head with all that goes into this! You guys have a lot of talent! Glad to “meet” you Lasse. Hugs and Support from across the pond!
Thanks Todd! Appreciate your support!
I love g wagon
Great project, guys!
Great video.
Ian McKenzie Thanks Ian!
Very nice video and project 👌 I had a slightly different approach for the same goal of building a G-Class during the pandemic😉
So far so good
So soory to hear of your loss.
Great video guys, keep up the good work and I can't wait to see the finished vehicle, this builds going to be great😜
Much appreciated Andrew!
can't wait to see the next vid!
Thank you so much! Ep 2 is on its way!
Very nice project guys. Sorry for your loss. Can relate to the rust issues. 😂🙈
My grandmother almost same age as yours also She is happy when I’am around like your grandmother , I really really sorry for your lost.
Appreciate your kind words!
Hola, que buenos videos, estoy aprendiendo mucho.
Rest In Peace Grandma..
Just subbed! I heart the G Wagon, This has been a dream of mine for some time. I do metal fab and welding on the side. I am working toward getting my own wagon some day.
Man you guys are amazing in all your effort and talent involved in such a major undertaking! Having owned an 1982 300D as well as a 1984 300D I really respect the quality of the older MBs. They are little tanks! Now that they are being sent to the States in military form from all over Europe, I would like to think of finding one in decent shape! I am very sorry for your loss of your Grandma guys. You and your Brother will be in my prayers. Look forward to catching the rest of your series. I have always wanted to visit Germany all my life my Brother as well. So beautiful there. We have German in our ancestry. My Brother is the local MB Guru on the newer models that have to be coded and such. He is the best I have ever seen on the tech end of it! Take care guys! We wish you the best!
Thats so kind so you! We really appreciate it. Let us know if we can be of any help finding a "Wolf", as the German army calls the mil-spec G's, and sending it over there for you. More and more from the UN Kosovo mission in the 90s, where it was the truck of choice, are popping up in Eastern European markets in the mid to upper 10k's in really good shape and usually very low miles.
Hallo Lasse & Jonas! Schließlich hat es jemandem, der den Mut und das Wissen hat, von Anfang bis Ende eine detaillierte und reichhaltige "Dokumentarserie" rund um die Restaurierung des Geländewagens / G-Wagens zu machen, wirklich gefehlt (nur kurze unvollständige Videos). Hat sogar zwei Gs, die restauriert werden müssen (-87 W460 und 2002 W463). Ich denke, dies wird eine großartige Inspiration und Motivation für viele sein, die solche "G-Projekte" haben, und einige Kenntnisse, um den Job abschließen zu können. Ich hoffe, Sie nehmen sich auch die Zeit, um ein kleines Detail darüber zu zeigen, wie die alten Teile ebenfalls abgeschnitten werden Wie die gebrauchten Teile erhalten, angepasst und eingeschweißt werden. Steh auf, ich freue mich auf die Fortsetzung. Es tut mir leid, von dem Tod ihrer Großmutter zu hören.
Danke Alf, für deine lieben Worte. Wir werden uns Mühe geben, auch die kleinen Details festzuhalten.
It’s amazing
Thank you Sir.
thats looks such a good project to work but a lot of hardwork specially with all that rust. all the best looking foward to see the end result
Thank you Adelino!
👌👌👌 bravooo
Hello to G-fans ! I have in restoration the same color and engine W460 300GD 1989 :)
Cool - my long G-Class from 1986 is originally from Norway, too, and it has got the same OM617 engine with the same stt-turboloader.
wow cool
Really exciting! I have so many questions & comments, but will keep it to three.
1. So sorry about your grandmother. I hope the finished project makes you think back to her regularly.
2. With so many parts and pieces disassembled, how are you keeping track of everything?
3. Can you share a bit more of your background and how you have the experience / confidence to take on a project like this?
Andrew Nichols Appreciate your condolences Andrew! 2&3 are good questions I should pick up in future Episode. We used freezer bags to keep all bolts and small items for any part together and label them. We’ll see how far that gets us. As for the confidence, you may have seen our Smokerbuild project. That sure was a good precursor to this. My brother working at MB and having access to some very knowledgeable mechanics there does most of the rest.
Super video .. Happy new year 2021
Happy new year to you too! Thanks a lot!
Great work! Keep it up!
blue juice Thank you Sir! Appreciate you taking the time to comment.
Hey what size rims are on Thor? 5.5"×16"?
blue juice They’re 15 inch, I’m not sure of the width right now but can measure when they come back from powdercoating.
15! Ok, it should say it on the inside of the wheel.
blue juice That’s what I thought, but all it says there is the parts number.
Dear Lasse and Jonas, again a great video, I like your style and your big goals! Good luck and I think the next project will be an airplane or a hoover craft, isn´t it?
Thanks Stefan! We'll be sure to put an airplane on our project list.
respekt!
عمل ممتاز 👍
Sorry to hear of your grandma passing.
Appreciate it, Matthew.
The helper is a looker. 😂 With an unusual name- Mimi. 😂
Yep, thats her name.
🙌🙌
Das ist Mega! Super cool video guys!! any hints from websites/countries where you found other ones in good prices? Good luck! hope to see it one day rolling
my condolences for your OMA
I am sorry to hear about your grandmother’s passing. 😔
G-WagEn
mine is a norwegian sjitbox also....omg...the rust...i decided to turn mine into a pickup truck.........was the same color as yours........by the way.....why is that rear seat so dang heavy lol....its still laying somewhere in my back yard.....cant lift it by myself 😃
hi bro, hope ur well. i also have the same car and trying to restore it. ive completely disassembled it. the issue now is reassbleing the car. Do u use any manual. how do u know how every part goes where?
Hi Masuma! Respect for taking on such a project. Putting the bigger items should be pretty logical. For the intricate stuff Lasse has access to the internal MB manuals. Hit us up if you have specific questions on the assembly of parts.
Actualy, i just purchased europes chepest G Class ( W460) 1986 300GD.
2500 euros. 😁
I might get an old G-wagon heaps cheaper in a few weeks, because my grandpa’s friend has one that they put a turbo on many years ago. It has probably been standing still outside for at least 20 years and I’m not an expert at restoring cars so I might not buy it. I haven’t seen it yet but I’m gonna look at it in a few weeks.
Not to be that guy, but i bought mine for 5000,- less hehe. Also in Norway since i live here. Mine had much less rust but it was a gasoline. Nice to see you´re restoring it becouse i¨ve seen more and more the these go to the junkyard. Keep up the good work!
Awesome Tony! Thanks for reaching out. Are you still driving yours?
@@jonasfreitag Yes, actually it´s my daily driver now since the old one broke haha. Horrible on gasmilage but i drive a BMWmotorcycle also so it evens up. Looking forward to follow your progress!
Where did you look for, mobile.de?
Great project btw
Thanks Andrija! Yes, mostly mobile.de which then lead us to a Norway specific page called finn.no
Yes a rust bucket but the engine can't be beaten for durability, mechanically very straight forward, will run on any oil based product too
That's right Paul!
Hi, sorry if I missed it but where do you source all of you parts from?
I had to buy OEM rockers, where did you find yours?
We bought ours on ebay.
And I thought the Mercedes W210 was a bad rust bower. But the G seems to surpass it!
I think a fair amount of the rust could definitely have been avoided with better design, but we can't forget that rust starts to form where dirt and humidity sit for longer periods of time. With regular deep cleaning and occasional greasing and touch up on the underbody coating these Mercs would last a lot longer then they do.
Rip grandma
Thank you.
I just found one here in France for 3600€. Looks OK. But for lack of funds I would buy it. 1981. Engine less than 10,000km. Needs new master cylinder. Quite a few other things too I would imagine. If it's still for sale in January.......
Geil, noch ein Kölner mit einem W"460 G Modell. Wo in Köln restauriert ihr den?
Hi Felix! Vielen Dank. Wir waren zur Miete in einer Werkstatt in Roggendorf. Im Moment sind wir aber wieder heimatlos. Hast du einen Tipp?
@@jonasfreitag Ich bin zur Miete in Ehrenfeld. In einer alten Fabrik...könnt ihr euch gerne mal ansehen
@@felix_themechanic7095 Das hört sich gut an. Und da wäre noch Platz?
@@jonasfreitag Muss ich mal fragen. Da wird immer wieder Mal ein Platz frei
@@felix_themechanic7095 Das wäre klasse!
How much is it in Europe ?
there are all body parts in good price in Poland
Thats right.
i am so sorry to hear about your car .... but congrats for your grandma
You sure its not the other way round?
Where’s the 2nd episode?
Mohamed Daoush it’s In the Playlist. Should come up right after you’re done watching the first one.
god may forgive your grand mother:)
I would sand everything first
That sounds like a good idea.
Salut my friend super car super video subscribe subscribe
Who disliked this? WTF people!!!?
Usually fellow Germans who get upset they’re being asked to learn basic English to follow content that happened to be made in Germany. Thanks Ian!
what s with the music so loud ? are we being punished?
Yeah, very sorry about that. We're still learning how to do the mixing correctly.
Hey, ihr Pappnasen, ihr seid doch in Deutschland. Wieso macht ihr das Video dann in englisch?
Hey du Pappnase. Weil auf einer internationalen Plattform wie CZcams vielleicht 2% des Publikums Deutsch und 85% English spricht!
Warum eigentlich in Englisch?
Schlechte Erfahrungen mit einheimischen Publikum?