Value of 124 coupe in CA?
 

I have a friend that wants to sell his W124 coupe, and has no idea of it's value. I for one have not seen too many of these, so I imagine they are pretty rare. His plan was to put the engine and trans from his wrecked 300D (W124), but the project has gotten in the way, and procrastination has taken over. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Rich

Probably $1500-2K.

There's a lot of work involved swapping the CE to diesel, but it's been done. The easiest part is re-routing the fuel lines IMO for diesel setup.

What year is the car? M103 or M104?

I am getting photos this week, and will get more info on the car. Something tells me it is a six cyl, but I won't know for sure until I get there....Rich

They're all 6 cylinder in the US. 103 and 104 are both 6cyl, 103 is SOHC, 104 is DOHC. If its 1990+ its DOHC, the coupes got the wacky KE-jet M104 like the 300SLs did before the sedans.

Thanks for the info. If I weren't in CA, I would take on the OM602 retrofit that he was going to do with this car. From what I remember, the car is in decent shape and would make a cool car if it was Diesel powered. However, the job of changing everything over is immense, and having to deal with the Smog Nazi's is not worth the effort.

300CEs aren't incredibly valuable cars, but certainly more so than sedans. If its clean fix it up and save it. Until the EZL goes bad and it totals the car.

What is EZL?

Essentially the ignition control module, its specific to 90-92 KEjet M104s in 300CE and 300SL. They are usually $500 on eBay or $2,200 from Mercedes. For a "normal" M103 they are like a $50 item.

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Attached are the photos. The car has almost 300,000 miles on it. The interior is pretty nice, it has seat covers to protect the seats. However, the driver side bottom has some wear. Not a big deal though, I would just find a passenger side seat bottom skin and replace it. I am rethinking about buying the car and doing the OM602 transplant (I already own the donor car)...Rich

I agree with jake12tech, looks like a 1500 dollar car, maybe 2000 to the right person but you'd have to be patient for that

I will be picking up the car soon, and will be cleaning and fixing it up. The OM602 conversion is still on my mind, but maybe the car is best left alone if I can get it running right and smogged (I am in CA, and it is a pain sometimes with these cars to get them to pass)....Rich

Oh alright didn't read all the comments in the thread, I'm also in CA so I know for sure how hard assed our emission system is, I had a 300CE sportline for a while and it was an awesome sturdy 90 MPH cruiser, had 276k on it but gave no indication of being towards the end of it's life, with 300k, as with any benz, always be prepared for those surprise fixes!

What right person? Would you pay $2000 for a non-running 300,000 mile coupe in that condition?

Around here that car would sell for scrap price. Would cost more than its worth to fix up.

God no, I wouldn't give more 700 for it but to someone who just sees a cool looking 2 door mercedes, 1500 doesn't sound bad at all.

Agreed, I am one of those. I see potential with this car, but yes, it WILL cost more to fix it than it is worth to the GENERAL PUBLIC. However, the value of this car should sometime in the future it become a CD is great to me. I have the complete (although terribly wrecked) donor 300D, so it should be a fairly easy job with the exception being the wire harness and all the electrical gadgets. Being in CA is another hurtle to jump over, but very doable. Should I decide not to do the swap, I still would have a fun car to drive after the repairs and a little cleaning.....Rich

Well the "right" person would be buying a cleaned up, drivable, currently registered and smogged car. If this proves to be more work and expense than I am willing to devote, then a CD is in my future....Rich

Yeah and I respect that, trust me, nothing is too difficult until you've owned a 6.9 haha

i have a1994 e320 coupe w/ 131k for sale at $3k and the proverbial crickets are chirping....
i have a '93 w124 wagon i'm contemplating a diesel swap for but i i just acquired a decent running but wrecked 95 e320 sedan. the thought of a straight swap as opposed to all the same work PLUS all the conversion work.......i dunno.
a decent w124 wagon is worth under $2k but a 93 TD?? even a conversion i would think would be an 8k car