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Project BENZ Project Benz is the independent Mercedes registry. Every car gets a numbered file: spec, photos, build log and a pin on the world map.

W201 owners first: 500 founding slots, free, and the number stays for good. File yours at projectbenz.com ProjectBenz is an independent archive and owner registry for modified Mercedes. We started with the W201 190 and grew to cover the whole range, from R129 to G-Wagens. Add your car to the registry, document the build over time, find owners near you on the map, and dig through reference guides on chassis, engines, paint codes and parts. Concours restorations, bagged dailies and quiet survivors all welcome.

🇬🇧 FILE 013 // Josh’s Taxi Spec 190DA 1993 190D 2.0 in Lincoln, bought as a daily driver because it was in taxi spec, cr...
10/23/2026

🇬🇧 FILE 013 // Josh’s Taxi Spec 190D

A 1993 190D 2.0 in Lincoln, bought as a daily driver because it was in taxi spec, cream over brown. Three years later it has 306,666 miles on its original OM601 and still runs the manual gearbox.

Factory 623 Hellelfenbein, BC Racing BR-Type coilovers, Borbets with the arches rolled and pulled, a custom stainless exhaust, W126 washers and a smoothed aerial. Brazil Brown MB-Tex inside with a Momo California Heritage wheel and a Blaupunkt RCM92.

In February the front end came apart for ball joints and kept going. Wings and bumper off, everything underneath stripped, dipped and painted, and the bulkhead notched so the strut bar clears the bonnet.

It is off the road now. The next engine is an OM605 turbo, the goal is 500 hp, and he has period-correct Zender aero waiting after two years of looking.

Every car on the registry gets a number, a permanent file and its whole build log. 500 founding numbers, 114 filed.

72 hp and 306,666 miles, or 500 hp and start again. Which would you keep?

Full file: projectbenz.com/013

🇵🇱 FILE 012 // Zender Signalrot.A 1988 190E 2.0 in Radom, Poland, and the owner is clear about what it is: not an Evo re...
10/23/2026

🇵🇱 FILE 012 // Zender Signalrot.

A 1988 190E 2.0 in Radom, Poland, and the owner is clear about what it is: not an Evo replica, but a 190 as it might have looked if Zender rather than AMG had built it.

A full Zender kit front, sides and rear, over factory 568 Signalrot. A Vestatec grille, a Momo-Zender wheel with a red mark at twelve o’clock, red needles and AMG on the dial. The boot wing went on in August 2026. Five-spoke 15s on Nankang NS-2Rs.

It is a 2.0, so it gathers speed rather than launching. 360,000 km, and he has had it since 2005.

Every car on the registry gets a number, a permanent file and its whole build log. 500 founding numbers, 114 filed.

Zender over AMG. Would you have?

Full file: projectbenz.com/012

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🇺🇸 FILE 011 // Carat Duchatelet 190EA 1992 190E 2.0 built by Carat Duchatelet, the Belgian coachbuilder that worked with...
10/22/2026

🇺🇸 FILE 011 // Carat Duchatelet 190E

A 1992 190E 2.0 built by Carat Duchatelet, the Belgian coachbuilder that worked with Mercedes-Benz on the W201. Euro spec, still on its M102 2.0, 76,411 miles, Cosworth seats fitted in 2025.

In April 2026 it went back to Belgium, 34 years after it left. Driven to Carat Duchatelet’s headquarters in Liège, where the current CEO and owner signed it in gold. Then shipped from the UK to the United States, over $5,000 before the import duties, and now filed in Denver.

Every car on the registry gets a number, a permanent file and its whole build log. 500 founding numbers, 114 filed.

Full file: projectbenz.com/011

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10/21/2026

Mercedes-Benz 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet.

Chassis sequence 111.027-12-000977. Finished in black over a red leather interior with a matching soft top. Powered by the 3.5L V8 and retaining factory color-matched hubcaps, proper brightwork, and dual exhaust exits.

10/21/2026

1990 W126 1000SEL AMG Limousine by CARO.

Extended chassis configuration. Dark exterior paint over custom black multi-piece wheels. Full red leather rear partition and privacy curtains.

Full build and spec in the registry. Link in bio

10/20/2026

Somewhere out there, your car’s next owner hasn’t been born yet.

One day they’ll find it. Maybe in a barn, maybe on a used car lot, maybe in their dad’s garage. And they’ll want to know everything. Who chose that colour. Who fitted the coilovers on a cold Sunday. Who drove it to the coast and back just because.

That story is yours to write down.

Project Benz gives your Mercedes a numbered file. Your photos, your build, every change with a date on it, and a pin on the world map next to 105 other cars in 37 countries. When the keys change hands, the story goes with them.

394 founding numbers left. Give your car one.

File yours: link in bio. Free, two minutes, one photo.

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10/19/2026

W180 220 S.

Comment your model. Bruno will help you file your car.
Full build and spec in the registry. Link in bio.

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10/19/2026

Even the little ones pick the Mercedes.
File yours so it stays on the record.
Comment your model, Bruno will help you file it.
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