Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Tackling two Mercedes Benz restoration projects in 2016

There's something about me and giving new life to vintage/things from the past. It gives me great sense of achievements every time I finished some restoration projects.

In 2016 I have a plan to restore two Mercedes-Benz, one is W110 190c from 1963, and the other one is W123 200 from 1986.



I was commissioning the restoration project of W110 to the wrong mechanics, that's the main reason I wanted to redo the whole process



Based on my experience the engine is so lack of power and I have problems every time I have to tackle hilly roads. So that's the main reason why I wanted to swap to engine to a better performance engine.

At first I was focusing to by japanese car manufacturers engines. Legendary engines like Mitsubishi 4D56 and Toyota 7K was my first options.

But after several discussions I decided to swap engine with Mercedes Benz engine from newer era.

At first I was looking only at the engines available in many junkyards, but eventually I decided to buy a project car with good running engine.



So it was actually unplanned for me to restore the Mercedes Benz 200. And I have a good opportunity to acquire an OM 617 300 D engine in a very good condition, which I planned to install it in this W123 200 car

The body of project car surprisingly very solid, the floor deck is intact with only minor rust near the throttle pedal. The side panels, trunk, and engine bay are in perfect conditions. The only negative side the car doesn't have interior, because the owner already sold it due to high demand thus high price.

Wish me luck guys :)

Sunday, December 27, 2015

From Intra to AMG Penta


When I bought my car from dr Dharmawan the rim was already using 14 inch Intra wheel which is commonly used in W123.

I really like the comfort ride of Intra an the classic design of it.

But when I saw a good friend of mine Handaru's car, I was having love at first sight with AMG Penta rims. The design was so captivating that I told myself that I will have it someday and install it in Tigor a nickname for my Mercedes-Benz W123 280E.

I was so lucky when an old friend of mine told me that his family planning to sell it, and to my surprise it's a 16 inch AMG Penta which is a rare version of it. Not a second thought, I immediately seal the deal. The condition was immaculate, I had it checked and restored to make it look smart.




Last week I had the chance to bought the tires, based on some research the ideal tire size is 225/45/16, apparently it's quite difficult to find it, so I ended up by buying 225/50/16 from Multistrada.

After balancing and wheel alignment process done, I tested it by taking toll road and it was smooth sailing experience I had. The stability is better than Intra and total appearance of my car significantly changed!

Alhamdulillah for this blessing :)

Entering 40 years old

July 1st 2015


It’s been five months now after broken arm accident due to practicing Silat Cimande. The pain is subside now and I can move my left arm freely. As mentioned before I rely on ancient Cimande way of fixing my bone without surgery and bone joining installation. Seems everything is going back to normal now, on June 24th I can do pushups and feel no pain whatsoever. However am planning to go to doctor end of July to check it with x ray.

So far I’m very happy with the result, though am not allowed to lift heavy weight yet. The whole experience really reminded me of how fragile we are as human being and how lucky I am to be loved unconditionally by my lovely families.

December 28th 2015

Now my left arm is totally recovered, and I can use it normally, my Cimande teacher told me that I can only have bone strengthening training on February. Honestly I still have trauma after the accident, but I need to keep on moving.

2015 is a great year for me, my family and my business, this is the year we experience quantum leaping growth, Alhamdulillah. And in this year I reached 40 years old. I thank to Allah for all the blessing and seek his forgiveness for all my wrongdoings and ask for his guidance.

40 is the age where Muhammad was appointed as a rasul, a very huge burden he has to take spreading risalah. 


رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِي إِنِّي تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

"O my lord, please guide me to always feel blessed for all the bounty you have given to me, to my parents and guide me to always be able to do amal shalih, the one that you please (ridho), please give me all the good things by giving all the good things to my children and grand children.

Verily I seek refuge to you, and verily I am part of the people who are surrendering to you." (QS. Al-Ahqaf: 15)

Elitery and Inotech achievements in 2015

Indeed 2015 is a very difficult time for businessmen, I noticed that due to regional economic downturn, some of out clients (financial institutions) for Elitery was cancelled their plan to add more racks in our data center. This is the main reason why I decided to start explore another opportunities from government sectors to offer them data center consultancy services.

For Inotech, the opportunity rises, IT is considered one of the most effective way for businesses to run efficiently. Revenue wise our target in 2015 is doubled compared to 2014 but somehow we managed to achieve it.

For Elitery, we were quite surprise that on August we were announce that we won projects in Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan and Bank Indonesia. It was a huge achievement for us knowing that we were competing against big companies.

Alhamdulillah our efforts were paid off, thanks to great teamwork, smart strategy and good execution.

For 2016 am planning to double revenue for Inotech, and start to offer new services for Elitery. Bismillah.