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blueeagle289 01-02-2016 07:36 PM

Metal Top for 1995 SL500 for sale
 
This top is in excellent condition, color is magma Red. I have a 95 SL500 and do not want to keep the metal top. It lists for $20,000 at Mercedes; I will sell this one for $14,000. This is a very good deal, if you need a top for the 95 or similar SL's.

Please reply is interested; my email is: benblueeagle@att.net

Hogweed 01-02-2016 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueeagle289 (Post 3557510)
This top is in excellent condition, color is magma Red. I have a 95 SL500 and do not want to keep the metal top. It lists for $20,000 at Mercedes; I will sell this one for $14,000. This is a very good deal, if you need a top for the 95 or similar SL's.

Please reply is interested; my email is: benblueeagle@att.net

i must be missing something. is this the hard top that can be placed over the passenger compartment?

blueeagle289 01-03-2016 09:41 AM

95 SL500 metal top
 
Yes, this is the full metal top that fits the SL and it can be removed easily if the owner wishes
to just use the convertible top for instance -- in the Summer, etc etc.

If someone has a similar SL500 without the metal top, they really need the full metal top to
sell the car at top dollar.

badgator 01-03-2016 11:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueeagle289 (Post 3557510)
This top is in excellent condition, color is magma Red. I have a 95 SL500 and do not want to keep the metal top. It lists for $20,000 at Mercedes; I will sell this one for $14,000. This is a very good deal, if you need a top for the 95 or similar SL's.

Please reply is interested; my email is: benblueeagle@att.net

$14,000 - Fourteen thousand??? did you mean $1,400?
I got a Silver one off CL with storage rack and cover for free.
Usually see them for $100-$500, more for pano, almost all are garage kept, excellent condition.

97 SL320 01-03-2016 12:06 PM

These cars in average to better condition don't bring $ 14,000 with a top.

I bought one 3 years ago with stand and cover for $ 200 ( Two hundred and 00/100 dollars ) , the last one I bought was $ 80 ( Eighty and 00/100 dollars ) and came with the wind deflector that clips to the roll bar.

Every R129 came with a hard top so nothing is rare about them. Even the 97 and up somewhat rare Panorama glass tops can be had for ~ $ 3,000 to 4,000.

I bought them to have spare weatherstripping and insurance that a meteor will never strike my good car. ( I always leave the hard top on. )

Hogweed 01-03-2016 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueeagle289 (Post 3557633)
Yes, this is the full metal top that fits the SL and it can be removed easily if the owner wishes
to just use the convertible top for instance -- in the Summer, etc etc.

If someone has a similar SL500 without the metal top, they really need the full metal top to
sell the car at top dollar.

i have had 2 parts car r129's and sold each hard top for <$500. i don't think they were metal (seemed to be fiberglass/composite of some sort but i could wrong). i know the panoramic roofs sell for a couple grand

local to me examples:
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/pts/5354956028.html


here is one with a car attached to it for $3k
http://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/5385082604.html

blueeagle289 01-03-2016 01:51 PM

95 500SL METAL TOP
 
I don't know what experiences you all have had, but the top (METAL) costs $20,000 at Mercedes. I feel that the $14,000 price is realistic, if you want to have a complete SL.

Any reasonable offer would be considered, but not in the hundreds or low thousands.

Hogweed 01-03-2016 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueeagle289 (Post 3557702)
I don't know what experiences you all have had, but the top (METAL) costs $20,000 at Mercedes. I feel that the $14,000 price is realistic, if you want to have a complete SL.

Any reasonable offer would be considered, but not in the hundreds or low thousands.

quoting list prices from MB is sort of useless as the dealer would likely discount that part deeply to a valued customer.
nobody is trying to be disrespectful but if this is like the regular hard tops (like the ones in my last post) you will not get close to the price you have listed.
if this a truly unique item and doesn't warrant comparison to these standard hard top options then I, for one, stand corrected.

badgator 01-03-2016 02:46 PM

All of them I've seen are aluminum, weigh about 70#.
The last one I sold for any offer, took $200, with a new headliner I installed, got tired getting in the way, after a year on CL.
I see one at a upullit (maybe $50) every few months, I don't look twice.
Good Luck

tbomachines 01-03-2016 04:22 PM

I would suggest doing an eBay search and scaling the price accordingly -- MB will probably sell us complete engines for our old cars too but that's not what the secondhand market brings.


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97 SL320 01-03-2016 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tbomachines (Post 3557731)
I would suggest doing an eBay search and scaling the price accordingly -- MB will probably sell us complete engines for our old cars too but that's not what the secondhand market brings.
Sent from an abacus


I'd only look at _completed_ e bay top sales as asking price means nothing.

Our $ 14,000 top guy needs to jump on this one and make nearly 28 X original investment.

The c list seller claims they bought it from Mercedes for $ 1,200. . . . .

https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/pts/5384868523.html
Mercedes sl hardtop $500 O.B.O - $500 http://images.craigslist.org/00W0W_e...jL_600x450.jpg


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condition: excellent
make / manufacturer: Mercedes




For sale is a hardtop for a sl Mercedes will fit 1990-2002 it is in good condition headliner will probably need to be released upholstered glass is good no cracks no scratches it is a charcoal grey color and is from Mercedes paid $1,200 new asking $500 O.B.O call or text show contact info will consider trades


Mercedes sl sl 500 sl 320 clk sls hardtop soft top Benz slk cl c class s class part
  • do NOT contact me with unsolicited services or offers
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posted: 2016-01-02 4:00pm
updated: 2016-01-03 12:50pm

97 SL320 01-03-2016 07:41 PM

A top for $ 14,000 is delusional , A top for $ 1,400 is wildly optimistic , a top for $ 140 is priced about right. And, just why would our original poster want to devalue their car by $ 14,000?

Here are some complete cars with hard tops in the Dallas area.

https://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/cto/5385891275.html
1992 Mercedes 500 SL - $2900 (Ft Worth)
1992 Mercedes 500 SL Convertible. Also comes with removable hardtop. 91K miles. Runs and drives but has a top end noise in the engine


https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/5331840744.html
1993 Mercedes 600 Sl convertible - $6500 (Dallas)
Selling my Mercedes . His car runs and drives good , but convertible top needs to be fixed. Estimate price to repair is $1500. Hardtop and soft top are in good condition.

https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/5378727707.html
1997 Mercedes sl 500 - $3350 (Arlington)
I have 1997 Mercedes sl500 running and Drive great.. anything working 112k miles
Ac and heat work with 6 Cd . Hard top and soft top i want to sale $3350 cash ,

rp930 01-07-2016 01:58 PM

sl hardtop
 
I have one I'll sell you for $100.00. That way you can make 140,000.%

Hogweed 01-08-2016 09:28 AM

mods should sticky this in the spirit of "do some research on asking price before posting".....

97 SL320 01-08-2016 07:08 PM

The "Cars for Sale" has this so the parts section needs something too.

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-cars-sale/356698-1987-benz-diesel-wagon-sale-rare-pics-link.html


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