http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iry6S8TmuQI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwLBbO9pjzI&feature=related


So the formula is:

W123 wagon -(diesel and/or small gas engine)+big V8= lots of fun!

Its a shame MB never actualy made the 560TE.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I don't like the wagon like the. The sedan and coupe can get away with it, but the wagon's appeal (to me, at least) is it's utility. Throwing a V8 into it just doesn't make any sense to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMA5cQwn3nI&feature=fvw

That thing is pretty bad-ass, though, and it still has, what, M110?

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1983 240D 3.0T 4-speed manual, now sold

1989 Subaru GL Wagon 5-speed Touring Edition

Um, think of what a 560TE could tow! That thing must be blast! I'd still rather have a 560SEC though.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

only 268 hp...I'd want more if I went through all the work to stuff a v8 under the hood

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- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Yeah too bad it isn't the 300 HP high compression Euro 560.

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Are you sure it's not an Euro 560, it's a German car?

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

It's most likely a Euro engine but the more powerful high compression version was the least common of the bunch (I'm fairly sure of that at least)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_M117_engine

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

That would be the 300hp engine- 32hp is a typical drivetrain loss, and 268RWHP is pretty respectable.

You guys are to picky. But don't worry Mercedes fixed this problem.




Granted it only has 500hp, which isn't that much... probably not much faster than the 300TD... BUT, Brabus could turn the heat up for you a bit, to probably 700-800.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

AMG made this W123 500TE. It's like a barn find, these are the first pictures of it seen on Peach parts, I was let into the dusty warehouse where this had sat for years since I last saw it...(around 2002 - 2003)

(Tight fit in here, so I took pic's as best possible...)















AMG 5 liter engine sounds like a Corvette motor, you should hear it.





Barry Taylor, owner of AMG West, used this one for his shop car for almost 20 years. I know it well.

A few years he put it away in storage, in his warehouse. I know this car well and have had rides in it.

It totally hauls ASS!! Built up in Germany by AMG in '84 it still has the rare AMG build plate on the radiator bracket.




It's actually for sale, and whag is unusual about that is whoever nabs it will be the FIRST US owner. It's a fully conterted and California legal euro, BUT it has ONLY been run on California dealer plates from new.




Barry retired it when he got hold of a W210 wagon with a mighty AMG 6.0 engine and that is his shop car now!!!

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Holy $h!t do I wish I had the cash!!!! I'm a sucker for wagons, and sleeper wagons even more so. I'm warped enough to prefer them to sedans or coupes.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

I like that wagon...shame it has all the tacky AMG stuff on it, steering wheel, skirts, etc. I could live with the wheels though. Given that I have about $50 to my name, I guess it's irrelevant either way.

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2002 Ford ZX2
2 x 2013 Honda Civics