Warsaw. MPO workers restored a vintage Mercedes
The employees of the municipal company of the capital restored a vintage Mercedes L70. Before a truck from the 1960s came into their hands, it was deteriorating abandoned behind the barn. Now it is fully operational and it will be possible to go to the streets. The company announces that the car will be performed during educational events and picnics.
The truck restored by MPO left the factory in 1968 and went to Poland. Auton cars abandoned somewhere in the countryside behind the barn and doomed to oblivion. A few years ago, the then chief mechanic of the MPO in Warsaw spotted them. It was at this time that MPO Warszawa bought part of the cheapest Mercedes and the company’s manager decided to buy the “old man” from a private owner.
Intensive work on the renovation of the historic car has begun. The job required determination and the talent of enthusiasts who worked in the workshops “after hours”. Two employees devoted almost three years to the reconstruction of a car that was several dozen years old.
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Oldtimer in MPO colors
The car was painted with wrinkled paint. As he pointed out, the repair process resembled a difficult situation, prepared, which required assembly and careful care. Work on the chassis lasting over years, and the construction site was constructed in a four-month download. Many points of management of employees of the MPO workshop were brought from the warehouse of some points to vintage cars in Germany. – Recently, the vehicle has been prepared for technical tests. You have undergone the brake system system, repair of the inspection system, a license plate and paint maintenance – master system in the Warsaw workshop at 13 Kopijników St. Stefan Pokora.
After repair of the welding load box, review of the system fuel, securing suspension elements and setting tires, Mercedes MPO has become adapted to participate in city traffic. – The car is already old and therefore not technically complex. Now it is important to take care of its regular inspection and maintenance – added Pokora.
Thanks to the efforts made in recent years, the Mercedes L studio will be a month of the last outdoor zones by MPO, districts and the city. Currently, the car is on Tatarska Street. – Ten models in such good condition today are definitely a rarity. Return will be a great attraction during educational workshops for kids or during picnics in Warsaw – now Stefan Pokora will be.
Model from the 1960s
Mercedes-Benz L 710 to a two-axle truck with a bonnet cap, produced in the Mannheim production since 1961. From 1961 to 1963 the vehicle was not named L 323. L 710 for Mercedes-Benz hood and cabin. The four-wheel drive models that have already been introduced were put on sale with suppliers only as a tipper, but not as a flatbed truck
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