New-to-me 1986 300SDL

[chrisbus]

Finally getting around to posting pictures. I purchased this car almost a month ago from the original owner...80 year old man. He had all the records, all the keys, a binder full of service records and the car was in immaculate condition. I've wanted to replace my SD with an SDL for a while, and just had to jump on this one. It has been garage kept since day one, and it shows. The car still has original paint, which is in really great shape. The interior is near perfect. It's obvious that he had the seats color sprayed at some point, but whoever did the work did a good job. I actually didn't notice this until after I bought the car.

I had the brakes, motor mounts, radiator and AC push button control replaced right after I bought it, and it's going to need a new transmission (rebuilt) at some point, as the current one leaks and there's a bit of a delay and a slight jerk into reverse.

The car came with chrome 15 hole rims and old tires, however I swapped those onto my 300SD, which I'm selling. Today I picked up some rims which I bought locally and had refinished. They look great!

Also took the original Becker out and sent it back to Becker Autosound to clean/rehab and install an auxiliary cable so that I can use it with my iPod/iPhone. And I replaced the headlight doors, which were old and cracked, and the cruise control amp with a rebuilt unit from fellow forum member JamesDean (highly recommended, by the way).

This car has a #14 head, but the temp reads normally, unlike one of the other SDLs that I looked at, and it's obvious that it has never been overheated (I plan to keep it that way). I'm amazed at how much smoother the 603 engine is than the 617 in my SD, not to mention the difference in performance!