{"id":19029,"date":"2017-10-27T06:15:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T11:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19029"},"modified":"2024-04-11T17:15:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T22:15:11","slug":"1970-mercedes-w111-with-a-amg-powertrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19029","title":{"rendered":"1970 Mercedes W111 with an AMG Powertrain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mechatronik<\/a> in Pleidelsheim, Germany specializes in Mercedes restorations and restomods. The company went through this 1970 Mercedes W111 and upgraded every major part. They swapped the engine, transmission, and rear end from a AMG SLK 55. The 5.4 L V8 produces 415 horsepower (310 kW) and 398 lb-ft (540 Nm) of torque through a seven-speed automatic (AMG SPEEDSHIFT PLUS) transmission. <\/p>\n

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Mechatronik in Pleidelsheim, Germany specializes in Mercedes restorations and restomods. The company went through this 1970 Mercedes W111 and upgraded every major part. They swapped the engine, transmission, and rear end from a AMG SLK 55. The 5.4 L V8 produces 415 horsepower (310 kW) and 398 lb-ft (540 Nm) of torque through a seven-speed… Read More »1970 Mercedes W111 with an AMG Powertrain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19030,"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":[696],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-w111"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":94572,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=94572","url_meta":{"origin":19029,"position":0},"title":"1970 Mercedes 280 SE with a M113 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1970 Mercedes 280 SE (W111) was built by Mechatronik in Pleidelsheim, Germany. 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