Do be careful about the rust issue, it is a deal killer with these cars.


Other than that, they are wonderful cars especially the '73 pre-cat ones.

Huge, spacious living room comfort, and space inside, enormous prestige, second to none build quality, safety, durability and longevity guaranteed, nice used examples getting rare, all parts still available, from the Mercedes Benz classic center, and always will be, huge bus sized steering wheel, will go to stratospheric mileages, when clean, always a guaranteed crowd pleaser..

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)