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My brothers SAAB 96 1961

 

Mercedes-Benz 350SL (R107) 1972 In my collection from 2004 to 2007.

 

Mercedes-Benz E220 (A124) 1995
Bought in spring 2011.

 

Shrike Commander 500S
My place of work during summer
2008

My name is Johan and I live in Uppland, South-Eastern Sweden, where I also was born in the mid-1960s. Have lived there my whole life, except for a few years around the Millennium when I was studying in the USA.

My interest in old cars started when my brother in the early 2000's bought an old two-stroke SAAB 96 from 1961. It was in a fairly good original condition, but needed some minor restoration. We started together restoring the old SAAB, and thanks to him and his car, my interest in classic cars started. The reason I choose Mercedes-Benz where just a mere coincidence. In spring 2002, I found on the Internet an old tucked away "Fintail" Mercedes-Benz for sale. The owner had put it away in a barn since 1979, and wanted now to get rid of it. It is the same car I have described on this page. It was during the restoration of that car, that I discovered how well build and thought-out the German design was. And since then, the only car for me is Mercedes-Benz. The gray Fintail was a very nice car in every way and for nearly 10 years of my life - my eyestone, but is now sold to another MB enthusiast in Sweden.

I have the privilege to have access to my own workshop and therefore I have been able to make most of the restoration work myself. After the restoration of the Fin tail, I have also modified the workshop and are now able to paint the cars myself.

I have since my first Mercedes-Benz, owned various models of these cars. Among others, a 350SL 1972 (R107), a C180 station wagon 2000 (W201), a 240D/8 1970 (W115) and a 180c Ponton 1962 (W120). My daily driver is currently a cubanit silver E220 CDI Combi (W211) from 2009 and my summer car is since the spring of 2011, an E220 Convertible (A124) from 1995.

Works for living as a Telecom Engineer in the Stockholm capital area, but I am also a trained pilot. Has previously worked as a flight instructor and charter pilot of small aircraft in the USA, and during the summer of 2008 I flew geophysical surveying flights in a Shrike Commander 500S for the Swedish Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) in cooperation with Wermlandsflyg AB. The exciting employment as a low-flying pilot is described on my site FlyLow (Swedish). I am also employed at Arlanda Airport as simulator pilot. The work means that I together with Air Traffic Controllers at the ATCC (Air Traffic Control Center) flies in the simulator so that they can safely exercise different critical situations that may occur in the sky.

Has since summer 2013 extended my pages with a weather page (Swedish). This page presents the weather in Märsta and the weather data is collected using my weather station.

If you have any questions or comments, or perhaps parts for sell for my restoration projects, please do not hesitate sending me an e-mail. My address is: johan@zix.se