Being into classic car restoration, I don't usually go to shows like this, however, I got some tickets to the show as a christmas present so I decided to see what all the fuss was about.

Here are some pics from the show. Enjoy!

Aston Martin Vulcan... yours for GBP1.6m

Try disconnecting and reconnecting the battery

Jakumo:


Hey Brojero that is a very clean W126 you got there, and it is always good to hear from someone who appreciates the fact that Mercedes Benz most reliable production years did run from 1985 to 1999, with very few exceptions to the rule in either direction on the time scale.

As we speak, I am closely monitoring my hunting dogs from afar, as they ransack the hinterlands of Nigeria in search of automotive gold. Guided by the hounds' keen sense of smell, I now have my sights set on a 1992 R129 roadster that has been left out in the sun and the rain by an owner who has moved on to newer wheels, and MIGHT be in a mood to sell, if the price is right. While Mercedes R129 roadsters fitted with six-cylinder engines are quite common accross Nigeria, in various stages of disrepair, a clean V8 version of that car is as rare as chicken's teeth, which makes this particular find so special.

Given that the fabric convertible roofs of these old roadsters are notorious for their associated hydraulic leakage problems, my plan, if I land this prize, is to completely remove the rag top, along with all the hydraulics EXCEPT the lines that actuate the trunk ( boot ) release, and the retractable roll bar, since the bad-lands of Nigeria are NOT the place where one should be riding around in an open-top convertible, meaning that the metal roof will remain affixed permanently, if I do get to buy and drive this fine specimen of automotive engineering.

That will be an excellent find if you can close the deal.

I remember a S600 Grosser Benz that was rusting away for many years on a car lot on Opebi road for most of the 90's. Used to belong to the late SB Bakare (or so I was told). I wouldn't be surprised to learn that someone bought that car and shipped it out to Europe or the states. Prices start at £60k to day, if you can find one

dumo1:
brojero how were u able 3 lay ur hands on that classic W126 500E and are you restoring it overseas or in Nigeria and how are you able to get parts for the restoration job?

I'm restoring the car in the UK. I got it off the person who bought it brand new, so I'm the 2nd owner.
Parts are not too difficult to find, either used parts or you can order them from the MB dealer. If they don't have them in stock, theyll ship them in from Germany. Main dealer parts are pricey though, but best for engine parts.

This is a great thread! I too am building a collection of all the great Mercs of this era



Here's my W126, 500SE , currently being restored at home. Next up would be a W126 SEC or a W124 E500

datola:
...Remember, Anderson transformed to KPMG.

Not true, google KPMG or 'Peat Marwick' to get the facts

TonyeBarcanista:
Very funny! Unfortunately, you can only hide comment(s) from appearing on your OWN screen and not from a thread. That's the exclusive preserve of the mods.

That's good enough, if it works. Then I can edit a thread to my personal taste, block out all the noise...

Shout out to Lolak Afrique restaurant in Peckham!
I stop by every time I drive down to London with the mrs.
Their Amala and Gbegiri soup is one in town!

Good choice, the px seems high though. Must be close to concours condition for that price

skeletine:

This cover is not for this generation of 504 SRs.

I think they are the correct ones, as I used to own one.
I know there was another version for later models ; are you thinking of this one?

For the authentic SR look, you also need to change the hubcabs to this;

Nothing like personal goods. If the declared value is above the threshold for zero duty, you will pay duty. Customs also has the right to challenge any declared value if they suspect there is underdeclaration

Questions:
- What is the declared value on the Air way Bill?
- Did they ask you to pay cash? If you were asked to pay to Customs bank account, that is not fraud/scam/forgery

at worst you can dispute the duty levied and ask for a reduction

don't think you will get that the way you are going at it, though. Did you say you've already insulted the officer?

I guess the OP is one of those 'I saw it on the internet, so it must be true' types.

Here's a tip: before rushing to post a link, do a bit of research, cos even BBC and CNN make mistakes

If you post a link to dubious material, no way can you avoid the shyte that will be dumped on your head

'Underground Bridge'

Jesus Christ!

Depth of thought required on this thread

Depth of thought required on this thread

for those who are interested, you can get a free download of Samuel Johnson's "The History of the Yorubas" here

https://archive.org/details/historyofyorubas00john

Lots of download options including .pdf and .mobi (for ebook and kindle devices)

unbelievable! but let me list here the coming defence(s) from INEC:

1. The carton in the picture contained his business cards
2. The picture was taken in 1992, long before this election
3. The picture is of his twin brother
4. Are you sure it's the same person? there is no obvious resemblance
5. Add your own.

Let us help INEC to help themselves

why is this news 'shitty' ?

We don't need your shitty news we waiting on inec

This is a good site for online reports and results as they come in... realtime info and fully interactive

http://nigeriaelections.org/result

GEJ the expert in know nothing

" I was not there..."
" nobody told me..."
" I don't know..."


This man is in charge of what, exactly?

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this says it all, really.

ichidodo:
Nice observation....this should neutralize the advantage of heavy voter population as found in the north especially in APC strongholds because only so much people can be accredited via the card reader within that stipulated time....a time window that is constant throughout the federation...therefore the number of voters accredited in Buruntashe ward Sokoto state will be equal to the number in Ezzamgbo ward Ebonyi State,irrespective of the voter population(Buruntashe could have 1000 voters whilst Ezzamgbo might boast 350) in those particular wards....We are starting to like this Jega.

And what will your response be when multiple card readers are allocated to one polling station?

#ThinkOutsideTheBox

SaharaReporters has learned of a new twist in the desire of some top officials of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a six-month postponement of polls in Nigeria, with several sources saying a faction of the party would work to replace President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s presidential candidate.

In separate interviews with SaharaReporters, numerous PDP officials disclosed that many founding members of the party had lost confidence in Mr. Jonathan’s viability as a candidate, adding that a faction within the party had discussed easing the incumbent president out of the presidential race, and replacing him with another candidate from the Niger Delta zone.

“The only obstacle to the plan is that the South-South might kick against it, so we have arrived at a consensus to find another candidate,” one of our sources, a northerner, said.

“If elections could be postponed for six months, we will definitely replace President Jonathan as our candidate,” another member of the faction confirmed.

In a clear sign that the party was crumbling was within, several high ranking PDP members said they regretted letting President Jonathan carry the party’s flag as a presidential candidate in the forthcoming elections. Some of them confessed to being aware that the party’s prospects looked dire with Mr. Jonathan holding the presidential ticket.

“We are the ones who started the push for six months delay in the elections to enable us [to] put in place an interim government which would then enable the party to change its presidential candidate to somebody that is more competitive,” one official confessed. He added that Mr. Jonathan’s faction also sought the extension for their own designs, which was to explore ways of rigging the elections.

Our interviews revealed that many PDP governorship candidates in the north and elsewhere in the country were secretly working against Mr. Jonathan’s re-election or quietly distancing themselves from him.

One party leader revealed that some candidates in the northern area were all but campaigning for Mr. Buhari, the presidential flag bearer of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).

However, some PDP officials told SaharaReporters that, while they hoped that President Jonathan could be sidelined to increase the chances of the party in the upcoming elections, they also wished that the APC would also dump Mr. Buhari as its presidential candidate.

The party officials claimed that key political figures across Nigeria continue to view a Buhari Presidency with mortal fear because of his stubborn personality and his promise to punish the corrupt.

Several of the PDP officials told SaharaReporters that the rift between Mr. Jonathan and a large faction in the party that wants him dumped was reflected in the responses to former President Olusegun Obasanjo who two days ago dramatically announced his resignation from the PDP, publicly tearing his membership card. Two of the officials disclosed that, while Mr. Jonathan’s aides launched direct attacks on Mr. Obasanjo, the officials at the party headquarters in Abuja adopted a more cautious and subdued tone, regretting that the former president had decided to leave the party.

Some officials stated that the party hierarchy viewed Mr. Obasanjo’s public departure from the party as a dangerous signal and as a major threat. “Chief Obasanjo doesn’t just come out swinging the way he has done recently unless he is privy to the existence of some third forces that are against President Jonathan. And to the best of our knowledge, the former president has never fought a battle like this and lost, no matter how long it takes him,” one of the officials said.

“The truth is that many senators, honorable members of the House of Reps and governors are loyal to Baba, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. So they are doing Baba’s bidding even though they are giving Mr. President [Jonathan] the impression that they are with him,” another party official in Abuja said.

The party officials acknowledged that the statements of former President Obasanjo in the last three days had caused a major havoc on the party’s plans to work towards an interim national government.

Several of the PDP officials attributed the fractiousness within the party to the way Mr. Jonathan and his wife, Patience Jonathan, imposed unpopular candidates on the party in various parts of the country. Even though they agreed that Mr. Obasanjo had imposed candidates on the party in the past, one PDP official said the Jonathans consistently backed candidates who were extremely unpopular within the PDP and unelectable.

Asked if President Jonathan was aware of plans to replace him, some of our sources said the president knew that many powerful members of the party were not satisfied with his style and low performance. One source said former Vice President Alex Ekwueme and even the party’s chairman of the board of trustees, Tony Anenih, were far from enthusiastic about Mr. Jonathan’s re-election.

“President Jonathan’s candidature and unpopularity are damaging the party,” one official stated. He added that the party’s electoral prospects in the general elections had dwindled dramatically. “We are only sure of carrying about 11 states in the country, according to our internal polls,” one party official disclosed.

Party officials also said they were determined to change numerous candidates for governorships, the Senate and House of Representatives in several states if the six-month postponement ever became a reality. “The way President Jonathan and First Lady Patience Jonathan picked many candidates has now weakened the party across the country,” one top official in Abuja complained.

http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/17/pdp-faction-wants-jonathan-out-candidate-party-faces-deepening-schisms

Accolades should also be given to the crew.

If they did not stay(lie down?) with him...

A friend of mine was in exactly your shoes, (dishonest lawyers, greedy bank managers, etc)

She was able to resolve by getting amcon involved.

Depending on the size and age of the debt, the bank may have already sold the debt as a bad debt to amcon, And the bank officials are still harassing you to see what they can get.

You need to find out because if amcon has bought the debt over from the bank you may be able to come to a reasonable agreement with them.

If you are interested I can get you the contact of the lawyer that resolved my friends case,

*Asset management corporation of Nigeria

Nobody died, thank God

OP so how is this a tragedy?

Actually, seems the question is for the Mods?

http://blog.crisisgroup.org/africa/2015/02/12/nigerias-elections-a-perilous-postponement/

Could the push for postponement have been politically motivated, a charge opposition leaders and other Nigerians are making against President Jonathan?

The postponement seems to have been motivated by politics rather than security. Over the previous few months, public backing for Jonathan and his ruling PDP had shrunk. This was due to alarming gains by Boko Haram in January, economic strains arising from the slide in global oil price, and his administration’s inability to show real progress in fighting corruption and improving infrastructure since 2010. At the same time, the APC has won support. It held its primaries peacefully last December, and subsequently projected its presidential candidate, Buhari, as better able to fight insecurity and corruption. In January, some opinion polls, notably by Afrobarometer, reported that the election race had become too close to call; others, including some online initiatives by Jonathan’s social media aide, Reno Omokri, showed Buhari was heading to victory. The postponement was therefore seen as an effort by Jonathan and the PDP to buy time and fight the opposition’s rising support more aggressively.

Since delaying the election gives the two parties equal time to campaign, why is it so dangerous?

This delay is problematic for two reasons. First, the rationale the government offered in pushing for the delay is unconvincing: there is no guarantee that the security situation, grim for much of the past two years, will improve dramatically in six weeks’ time. Despite the recent interventions by Chadian and Cameroonian forces, Boko Haram has proved its continued ability to disrupt. It staged assaults on Niger’s border, and seized a bus and abducted its passengers on a border town with Cameroon. The 7,500-strong Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), authorised by the African Union on 30 January, is yet to start deploying. If the security situation does not improve substantially by the end of March, there are serious concerns about what will happen next. A second election postponement would undoubtedly trigger wide-scale protests in the country.

A second problem is the manner in which the postponement was pushed through. House minority leader, Femi Gbajabiamila said: “The independence of INEC has been put to question …. Its powers to determine election dates have been usurped and the military now determines when we can have elections in this country. That is a dangerous precedent”. The decision to postpone the polls should have been the result of all stakeholder consultations and consensus rather than arm-twisting and blackmail. A notable lawyer, Femi Falana, has questioned the legality of the procedure leading to postponement, arguing that the NSA acted beyond his constitutional powers by writing to the INEC chairman directly, that only the National Security Council, of which the NSA is only one member, had the mandate to do that.

How have the political parties reacted to the postponement?

Jonathan’s PDP and fifteen other smaller parties have welcomed the change of dates. APC’s Buhari has expressed “disappointment and frustration”, but appealed for calm. However, he also warned that any further postponement will be firmly resisted. Eleven other parties, under the Coalition of Progressive Political Parties, expressed disappointment with INEC’s decision but also urged Nigerians to accept the new dates.

What has been the reaction from the public?

Public opinion is divided. Some say the postponement will enable more voters to collect their PVCs. For the majority, however, the postponement was a cynical attempt to cling to power, aggravating the president’s credibility problem, and a rude disappointment.

In recent months, many had seen the elections as an opportunity to oust corrupt and ineffective leaders and representatives. A recent survey by the Centre for Law Enforcement Education (CLEEN Foundation) and Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) reported about 89 per cent of voters were willing to vote. As Jega observed at his 7 February press conference: “Many people will be very angry and annoyed”.

What has been the public reaction to the military, considering its role in postponing the elections?

The reaction has been largely negative. On 7 February, even before the postponement was announced, the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a network of about 70 civil society organisations, called on all military and police chiefs to resign, saying that they had failed in “their constitutional responsibility to secure lives and property at all times including during the elections”. On 9 February, another coalition of eighteen civil society organisations condemned the service chiefs “for arm-twisting INEC’’ and for abdication of national responsibility. Speaking on the coalition’s behalf, the chairman of the Transitional Monitoring Group (TMG), Ibrahim Zikirullahi, said it was “a clear indication of the abyss to which the military had descended”.

House of Representatives spokesman, Zakari Mohammed, has warned that using the “military for political reasons” could have serious consequences. Furthermore, if the military chiefs are eventually found to have been complicit in any fraudulent attempt to keep Jonathan in office, they could be inviting a revolt from their own officers.

The next six weeks are laden with difficult struggles to protect Nigeria’s hard-won democracy.
What is likely to happen between now and the expiration of the six weeks?

Jonathan and the PDP are likely to do everything to regain the initiative. First, they will press on with law suits already in court, seeking to disqualify Buhari over questions of his birth certificate and educational qualifications. Second, they could oust Jega (by sending him on terminal leave), replace him with a more pliable successor, then push for more time to enable the new election commission chair to settle down before holding any elections. Third, they may push to stop INEC from using the new electronic PVC-card readers, intended to deter election-day fraud. The government’s argument could be that INEC has not tested the card reader in any previous local election and should not use the presidential and National Assembly polls to do so; but the real objective could be to eliminate the card readers in order to make vote-rigging easier. Fourthly, as several cases about the elections and candidates may still be pending in courts by 28 March, PDP agents or sympathisers may seek court injunctions to stop the elections until all such cases are resolved. The next six weeks are laden with difficult struggles to protect Nigeria’s hard-won democracy.

http://blog.crisisgroup.org/africa/2015/02/12/nigerias-elections-a-perilous-postponement/