A great weekend of cars and Mercedes pickin': 1984 Euro 500SL purchase - Page 2 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Skid Row Joe · #16 08-16-2010, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by TylerH860

Talked to Chester a bit more today, and he had a great story he forgot to tell me.

The original owner of the SL replaced it in 1990 with a new Lexus. While the dealer did not offer a trade-in, they did consign the vehicle for them to sell. When the original owner started telling her friends about the SL being for sale at the dealer, one interested party went down to look. He/she reported back that the car was nowhere to be seen. When she called to check in, wondering where her car was, the manager claimed it was on a test drive. The car did not return from this test drive for over a week, at which point the she demanded the car be returned to her. Somehow the car was in wound up in Florida and had to be shipped back, and had 3000 extra miles on the odometer.

Turns out the car was being used as a drug runner from Florida to Oklahoma, and the manager of the dealership was supposedly involved, but nothing stuck. Knowing the story, Chester took the car shortly after purchasing it to the nearest police station to have it searched. While the drug dog went nuts in the trunk, nothing was located. For his troubles, though, he was sat interrogated by some detectives.

The car goes in tomorrow to address a few issues and have the fluids gone through. Then, sadly, it will be offered for sale. I'm in no hurry, though.

Scr#w the car - you may be sitting on a goldmine of cocaine!

Hatterasguy · #17 08-16-2010, 05:18 PM

I wonder how much coke $$$ could fit in the trunk of an R107.

Either way nice car and cool story.

Skid Row Joe · #18 08-16-2010, 06:02 PM

Unless it has SLS - not just a lot of volume, anyway.

TylerH860 · #19 08-16-2010, 10:10 PM

A light cleaning and some photos. Tomorrow it gets all sorted.

t walgamuth · #20 08-17-2010, 12:06 AM

Is it grey or brown?

Looks nice either way!

TylerH860 · #21 08-17-2010, 01:18 AM

I'm assuming its anthracite gray exterior, but the odd euro interior I can't figure out.

Notice the heated seat buttons...

t walgamuth · #22 08-17-2010, 06:06 AM

Looks like straight brown.

If the color has shifted for the interior shots I guess it might be oxblood (if reddish brown).

Ara T. · #23 08-17-2010, 06:10 AM

Nice.. love that interior color too.. very classy. It's amazing how much better the 107s look with the proper bumpers.. and how bad they look with the US spec. They look like a proper sports GT car rather than a frumpy stretched out 2 seater.

tonkovich · #24 08-17-2010, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Ara T.

Nice.. love that interior color too.. very classy. It's amazing how much better the 107s look with the proper bumpers.. and how bad they look with the US spec. They look like a proper sports GT car rather than a frumpy stretched out 2 seater.

yes, noticed that right away as well. death to the DOT!

TylerH860 · #25 08-17-2010, 12:52 PM

It does have quite a bit of red to it in the sunlight, so I would the oxblood is the winner.

The no-name (need help) went off to the shop today for an ever growing list. The list so far:

All fluids refreshed: Oil, coolant, transmission, differential, brakes. skipping power steering as work had been done there. Car also has a new water pump and radiator, but green coolant.

Control Arm Bushings. One of the left side is popping on every turn.
Fuel Tanks sender is stuck at 1/2. Trying to free up or replace.
ABS light is on. (Yes, the car is an ABS, LSD car)

Top off R134 charge. Yuck, but not wasting my R12 on a car I'm not keeping. New compressor a few years ago.
Factory radio is not turning on. Checking power source, and if the head unit is at fault, install an aftermarket unit.

Also dropped off the hardtop to the detail guys. It sat in one of his outbuildings for 20 years and had rust drip on to it. This is the before shot.