My name is Patryk. I'm a filmmaker living in New York City. (you can check out my work here: www.patrykrebisz.com )

When I was a child growing up in Poland, my upstairs neighbor had a Mercedes (W123). I thought it looked fantastic and loved imitating the clanking noise of its diesel engine. Then one day I saw something even more exquisite, a w114/w115 Mercedes. I dreamed to own a car like that one day. Years later my family moved to the US and our home became New York City. With its superb public transport, owning a car in the city was a liability rather than convenience so it wasn't until my son was born when a need to have a vehicle to transport people, stroller, all those bags with toys and extra dippers emerged. So in my mid 30s my wife and I started to look for a car. I didn't just want to get a car, I wanted to get my dream car! This dream car ended up a 1973 w114 280 with 2.8L carbureted gas engine. I didn't know anything about cars when we bought it - I just loved how it looked but I wanted to learn. In the process I've discovered that old cars, no matter how well maintained, require lots of upkeep and this blog is about various tricks to get the job done.

If you really need to get in touch with me, email: patrykrebisz@yahoo.com