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Thank you for sharing. It reminds me of my trip across the USA in July 1988. I drove the 170S Cab B from Virginia to Alabama, then to Washington State. It was hot. I found that if you select a nice pace of about 90 km/h and stick with it as best you can, you will do fine. I keep the top closed as ...

Have a wonderful trip. It looks like a lot of fun, Jim

Jurgen, I am late to the game. I have a good extra filter you can have but it looks like you have better sources much closer than Seattle! Repair not difficult but with many sources of suppy perhaps the time has come for replacement. My offer stands if required. Jim

I sent you a longer message. The simple answer is, do not worry, there is plenty of documentation to repair and reassemble these components. The members of this forum collectively have more knowledge on this subject than anywhere else. They are also very kind to help. My two cents from the other ...

This is an important topic. One must look down the road and think about what is important. In my mind, many of these small parts can be made quite simply if you do not have to make a profit. As time passes, more parts will fall into this category. Those of you in Europe have a much greater ...

Try again to post the build sheet.

Attached is a photo of my 170S Cab B build sheet, as Georges referenced.

Fantastic story of the reality of our cars. the lesson learned is we must drive our cars to keep them in top condition. This was a super shake-out trip. Now head for the Oden-Wald. By the end of summer the car will be perfect. thank you for shareing the super story. jim

That is sad news. They were an excellent repair shop. My experience with them was really postive. One by one our sources of supply and repair services are going away. Thank you for the information. Jim

For F+S lever type shock absorbers. Feuerland-Werkstatten Located in 97256 Geroldshausen (uber wurzburg). They have a website that describes that they repair vintage car lever type shock absorbers. In fact they manufacture lever type shock absorbers for industrial applications. The same units that ...