Greetings from a new G owner

Hi. I joined the forum a few days ago having purchased a W460 280GE LWB in wine red last weekend.

I'm new to G ownership but I have an interest in Mercs, currently owning a 1988 R107 300SL and a 1992 W124 300TE. I also have a 1964 Land Rover Series 2A 109" 2.25 petrol with truck cab and 3/4 tilt - which is very different from the 460 in many ways. :wink:

There's absolutley no good reason for buying the G; I just fancied one. It needs a bit of tidying up. It was pretty much matt finish, but I've made a start with T Cut and wax and it is coming up reasonably well. There's some rust to remove but I'm hopeful that not much new metal will be required - time and the wire brush will tell!

Mechanically it seems OK. There was some nasty steering wobble at 60-ish, but all the advice on here and other forums pointed to the steering damper. A new one, plus a half-turn on the Pitman arm adjuster has sorted it. It idles a bit quick in neutral so I need to look at that, but other than the above, I think it mainly wants driving!