Originally Posted by berfinroy

The attrition rate on these cars after 40+ years must be substantial, and restoring any of the 109s, except for the renouned 6.3 version, is simply not economically reasonable. It's a labor of love, and there just aren't that many people who are willing to go into an economic hole to save one of these cars.
Of course, many of us (me, for example) didn't know we were going into that hole when we started.....
Excepting the 6.3, I doubt if more than 5-10% of the 109s that were manufactured are still roadworthy, and maybe half of them are in really decent shape in all respects.
Total 109s built: 23,430, of which 6,526 were 6.3s, 9,483 were 3.5s, 2,533 were 4.5s, 2,519 were M130 2.8s, and 2,369 were M189 3.00s.