Mercedes-Benz o319 (The Reveal) restoration 1961 Omnibus Sal Orlando

Two years of blood sweat and tears. I finally finished restoring (resurrecting from the dead) this beautiful 1961 Mercedes o319 Omnibus.

[@rip4273]

Wonderful work, congratulations. Has it got the original engine?

[@salorlando6567]

I have the original engine and transmition in storage. There is a Toyota 20R w/ 5 speed manual in it now.

[@POLITOCALDERON]

Very good work. I hope to achieve the same. I just bought the same one, in bad condition. Do you have the manual? If you have it, maybe it would be very good to upload it in PDF. Congratulations ... enjoy it.

[@salorlando6567]

I never had the manual. Sorry. I wish you great success with your restoration.

[@meadmaker4525]

Would love to see a video of you driving it, so we can get a feel for what it's like. Really great restoration on one of the best looking vans out there. I'd much rather have something like this than a VW bus, and I love VW buses. Kinda like finding unicorns, though. You just don't see them much. Thanks for sharing this with us, and congrats!!

[@salorlando6567]

Thank you very much. I agree with you. Love VWs but this is special

[@planetkaziah]

Sal, Incredible job on restoring this MB O319. I have a question... I have a small classic car restoration shop in Stanton CA and we are currently restoring a 1965 MB O319. The bus cam with the wrong tires on the original wheels and I'm having a hard time locating some replacement tires. We are also not sure of the crrect tire size as well and I wanted to see if you could help us out by pointing us in the right direction? Thanks so much, Brian

[@salorlando6567]

I bought them from Cocker tires. They have all kinds of oddball stuff. I can't remember size offhand. It should be easy to look up. I'm sure you've been on the 0319 Forum there in germany. If you're still having trouble finding the size I could start searching through some old documents to see if I could find it out

[@planetkaziah]

@@salorlando6567 okay great! Thank you so much for getting back with me. I’ll go back and check Coker’s site again. I’ve been looking through it trying to figure out what would work best. The size I came up with that looks to be about right is a 650-16 but, I couldn’t find any that would really hold the load capacity of the bus. I’ll go ahead and check back on the forum also. I’ll get back with you do I can’t come up with the size. Thanks again.

[@salorlando6567]

@@planetkaziah I remember that they were at the limit regarding load capacity. Remember, it is a dually so you're spreading that load across Six Tires

[@salorlando6567]

I'd also like to hear more about that bust your restoring. If I had it to do over again I would have looked into battery conversion

[@planetkaziah]

@@salorlando6567 Okay, that is true with it being a dually. I'm going to take another look at Coker. Thanks again

[@curiousumscientia3648]

Dear Sal, beautiful restoration. My dad’s friend is restoring one and we would like to know where you obtained the window glass rubber moldings?

[@salorlando6567]

[e-mail] 011 49 8634 8159

[@curiousumscientia3648]

@@salorlando6567 thank you!

[@curiousumscientia3648]

Also, I noticed you used lizard skin. Did you use both sound control and ceramic insulation product? Did you spray underside of vehicle or the interior of the vehicle with the lizard skin? On a build I’m working on we sprayed the underside of the vehicle with both products.

[@salorlando6567]

@@curiousumscientia3648 sprayed interior with both. Dynamap for under roof above headliner. No special undercoating.

[@curiousumscientia3648]

@@salorlando6567 thanks again

[@AshishKumar-om2fv]

woooow....thankyou for sharing the video and loved all the happy faces in the end..... not get to see the bus being restored too often.

[@Frontseat_Driving]

Wow, you had some seriously skilled folks on hand, incredible final product!!

[@raymundoorellana9862]

Quedo como nuevo 👍

[@raymundoorellana9862]

Bellezas 👍

[@corinaaguilera7229]

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[@Gychen888]

so awesome!

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Awesome video! Awesome looking bus.

[@salorlando6567]

Thanks. Should be on Bring a trailer .com soon

[@salorlando6567]

Thank you for your kind words. Blood Sweat and Tears by the labor of love

[@karinmihanovich8858]

Sal Orlando what a dream! Congratulations!!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Where did you buy the parts? The new steering wheel...

[@presadwijesekara8490]

Wow

[@jimmerhardy]

Which came first: the Merc Ominbus or Beetle Bus?

[@salorlando6567]

The VW bus was out in 49 I think. The L319 came out 1955. The o319 a year or two later. They ended 1968

[@jimmerhardy]

@@salorlando6567 Thanks. What a great rebuilt.