I'm selling off a few of my toy cars and think I want a real show car. Ideally an all original survivor with the right patina or a lick-ably pristine car. I like driving my SL too much to take it to that level of obsessiveness, and its had lots of paintwork done over the years.

Budget is no more than 10k. I've been going to shows with the MBCA club for years along with other car shows entering random cars that gather little appreciation. Its time to end that.

I would not want a 126 or 116 unless it was a very unique euro with very low miles. I also don't think I'd want that new. I've always lusted after the 108s so that's my first thought. I don't want any of the older midsize models or diesels.

So keep an eye out for me. Post something you see that's interesting, and I'll post listings here for you guys to critique. Thanks.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Would a Ponton interest you? There use to be one for sale in the Memphis market. The last time I heard, the price had come down some more. It was an Arizona car. I'm trying to remember --- maybe original paint?? don't remember.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

$10K for a Mercedes show car? Yikes.

You need to get into the box in order to think outside of the box

1974 Mercedes-Benz 408, $14,900 - Cars.com

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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."

Spent many summer vacations touring though Europe in a Mercedes 309D camper van. If I remember correct the engine was between the two front seats, where I would sit facing backwards (safety was an unknown word than) and it was painfully slow.

But for a show car I would look for a W111 280SE, they are getting more expensive but with a little-bit of luck you can still find them for $15K.

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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).

Old unimog or a Pagoda SL.

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

JP was talking about having to sell his, I don't know if it's at show level or what it might need, or even what he might want, but I thought to mention it because he just posted recently about it.

Happy shopping.

I don't want another one unless you can find me a 450SLC 5.0 competition coupe.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

I know who has one of those.



Barry Taylor, (above right) the now retired owner of AMG West, who I've known since 1985, has a nice, totally original and fully equipped one of them, stashed in his personal home's garage.

He calls it his "Mean Green Machine". I think it's a '79 or an '80 and I have no reason to doubt its authenticity or that he's moved it; it is his treasure.

Several years ago I got to go in there and see it, and it's a w123-type of thistle green one fully loaded with all the Monte Carlo rallye equipment on it.

I don't have a photo of it, but it is real, original and I have no doubt it's still parked in there.

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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)

The hell with the car...I want the chick on the shirt!!!

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

300SEL 6.3 or 450SEL 6.9.

$10k isn't enough to get a really nice one of those though.

AMG C126's are pretty cheap now, I don't think they will be this cheap again. You can probably find with some hunting a super mint 560SEC 6.0 32 valve wide body AMG Hammer...but they go for $20k-$40k or more.

Rare yes, $100k car in 20 years, probably.

600's are also poised to really shoot up in value. More so if they had famous past owners.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

600's only have one problem. It's not the cost of buying them, it's the cost of just keeping them going that gets people and that's without doing any restoration.

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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."

My favorite 600 related quote was, "it just needs the regular stuff, about $25,000"

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

They are expensive, but not horrendous.

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

That would likely win it's class since there are so few on this side of the Atlantic. A diesel version would be preferable. Though you wouldn't want to drive anywhere with one of those from central Kansas.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13