I bought an 81 380sl for a friend of mine recently. The car had some issues but we got it at an excellent price. Before he arrived, we agreed to take care of things and replaced the oil, transmission fluid, hoses, belts, diff oil , fan clutch and flushed the coolant.

The car would not run right at speeds which turned out to be a bad coil. Lastly, we set the timing and replaced the rear sway bar link which was completely missing. After this, the car ran really well and the owner was able to drive it from Dallas, TX to Racine WI without any problems.

He reported great mileage on the way home and the work was not expensive. All in all, I think he got a great deal with car.

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With best regards

Al