Sad to hear that his kids aren't interested. Shortly before I lost my job at PNP an older guy brought in a very nice green '70 280SE. His son didn't want it, so he sold it to the junkyard for probably less than a hundred bucks. I got to drive it, and it ran and shifted perfectly. Were it not for the fact that I lost my job, I probably would have bought it. It's probably still for sale there.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.