{"id":137726,"date":"2025-09-09T15:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T20:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=137726"},"modified":"2025-09-09T15:11:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T20:11:53","slug":"mercedes-amg-a45-with-a-1956-pickup-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=137726","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes AMG A45 with a 1956 Pickup Body"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This custom 1956 Mercedes pickup was built by Morne Greeff and his company Mo’s Restorations<\/a> (Moshinz) in South Africa. The body comes from a the 1956 Mercedes 180D “Ponton” (W120<\/a>) sedan converted to a pickup when it was imported to South Africa in the 50’s. Morne placed the 1956 pickup shell over a stripped Mercedes A 45 AMG<\/a> (W176) chassis and powertrain. That means in the engine bay is a turbocharged 2.0 L M270 inline-four making 376 hp (280 kW) and 350 lb-ft (475 Nm) of torque. Power is sent to all four wheels through a AMG Speedshift seven-speed DCT and 4MATIC AWD drivetrain. It rides on an AMG sports suspension and 350×32 front brakes and 330×22 rear brakes. Covering those are widened Mercedes 18-inch wheels with classic hubcaps. Morne retained the A 45 interior including the steering wheel with paddle shifters, leather seats, door cards, and power windows. <\/p>\n

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This custom 1956 Mercedes pickup was built by Morne Greeff and his company Mo’s Restorations (Moshinz) in South Africa. The body comes from a the 1956 Mercedes 180D “Ponton” (W120) sedan converted to a pickup when it was imported to South Africa in the 50’s. Morne placed the 1956 pickup shell over a stripped Mercedes… Read More »Mercedes AMG A45 with a 1956 Pickup Body<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":137746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-w176"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143570,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=143570","url_meta":{"origin":137726,"position":0},"title":"Diesel Pump UK’s 1952 GMC Truck with a Twin-Charged Mercedes OM606","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Luke Dale and his company Diesel Pump UK celebrated in their 1952 GMC truck with a burnout and \"wheelie\". 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