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Originally Posted by JimmyL
Originally Posted by 777funk 
But I bought this (my daily drive) for $500 and it's been a nice car. The best deal I've had yet on a MB.
If you bought that W124 for $500 bucks, all I can say is "wow"! I missed one here a few weeks ago for $2K and felt like one slipped away.
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Yep! I bought it as a donated Salvation Army vehicle. They wanted $900 for it. I checked it out mid-winter and I could barely crank it over. It hadn't been started in around 2 years. But long story short, I took a gamble on it running or not. I told them I'd be taking a risk and they said $500 was good enough. Since then I've restored all kinds of suspension stuff, A/C parts, ruined brittle rubber parts (just messed up the IP o ring seal-fun job for the next couple saturdays fixing!)
But all in all it's been a good car. Man have I put some hours into it. I think I have $2500 in the car including parts and I'm hoping to get another 100k out of it for that price. Right now it's at 170k. If the chain doesn't let loose or the Head crack, I'll be happy! I've checked it over pretty well. Hopefully God's on my side and it'll last me a while! I don't have the cash to buy a CDI! Lol. But if it ever blows it's head, back to 123's!! But boy I'll miss the power this has. I don't miss Gasoline at all. It's still no race-car (0-60 in around 11 seconds) but I'm more than happy with it's pep.