No interest whatsoever in a "modified" car.

I suspect only gearheads into modifed (read street roders) would even pay the inital price for one.

MB enthusiasts tend to be purists -- we like the cars for the original engineering and performance and don't see tham as platforms for "hopping up".

Collector value for a rodded coupe will be nil. A Holley instead of the Solex would be fine for a daily driver, but for anybody serious, it would detract considerably from the value.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!