I've been looking for a 94/95 E320 cabrio off and on for a while now, saw this on Ebay. Take a look at the front end??????? doesn't look like a stock E320. Seller says it's an AMG Aero Body.

http://cgi.ebay.com:80/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220551099241&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:MOTORS:1123

Anybody know if AMG ever modified the E320 Cabrio? If so, what all was included in the mod? Any change in engine hp/output?

Thanks,

J. M. van Swaay

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1994 E320 Wagon, 230,000 miles
1995 E320 Sedan, 106,000 miles
1994 E500 Sedan, 79,000 miles

You might run the VIN at the Russian MB club site and see what comes back.

If you need the URL,

http://old.mbclub.ru/mb/vin/?lng=eng

I did try to run the VIN on the Russian site--no luck. Kinda makes me wonder about he car.....

J. M. van Swaay

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1994 E320 Wagon, 230,000 miles
1995 E320 Sedan, 106,000 miles
1994 E500 Sedan, 79,000 miles

nope.. if it was AMG it would have the 3.6 liter.. and it doesnt.

loops like someone put a r129 front end on it

the exhaust tips might be signs of an AMG exhaust but cant tell

A really AMG cabrio should look like this (They are silly rare as are pictures of them)

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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."

yeah.. I love that green. I wish mine was green.


The cabrio in question does have AMG exhaust tips, which probably means it has an AMG exhaust


and I want monoblocks badly

As usual, the seller doesn't know what he has. It's a 1995 E320 Cab that has an R129 front end, a body kit, and that's probably a Remus exhaust rather than an AMG - the Remus has the square tips like that.

It wasn't a factory-built AMG conversion, and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I like it - the R129 front ends usually look silly to me, but in this case with that color and the body kit, I think it looks rather good. Still, $21k is expensive for that car.

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1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

especially since its not all original

If I remember correctly the R129 is based on the W124 so maybe that conversion wasn't as difficult as it looks?

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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."

Thanks for the replies--you all have confirmed what I was thinking. If it really was a true AMG it would have the 3.6L engine, and it would still look like an E320. Looks like somebody swapped out the front end with one off a 129.....

I kinda like it though.....

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1994 E320 Wagon, 230,000 miles
1995 E320 Sedan, 106,000 miles
1994 E500 Sedan, 79,000 miles

its different. I'd like the remus exhaust for my car

The vehicle in question appears to have an Extreme Dimensions body kit installed.
The telling sign is that the bumper impact strips are molded into the bumpers, not separate part as OEM or AMG GEN II.

If I recall there was a pre face lift early M104-24V listed on EBAY at the same time.
It appeared to have been GEN I kitted by one of the AMG USA shops.

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1971 280SL ROADSTER
1988 300CE TWIN TURBO WIDEBODY
1994 E320 CABRIOLET
1999 C43 AMG
2005 G55K AMG
2008 CLK63 AMG BLACK SERIES

ive owned a few e320's.... i saw an identical car in
Arizona some time back.. very very striking.... if i didnt already own a mint 1994 pewter/tan e320 id buy this car.... 21k isnt too bad if the car is in mint condition.... id offer 18k and go up to 20k max.

I have one and LOVE it. Unfortunately they are NO longer available, back in the 1990s tuners / Remus dealers had them for sale for $750, but no more, they are engineered SPECIFICALLY for the W126 chassis, and are NOT universal fit.

I tried a couple of years to set up a group buy and Remus would only tool up if 10 customers would pay. About $975 each, and we even had a NJ Remus Distributor ready to set it up.

Unfortunately talk was cheap and only myself and one other person would ante up the cash and so, the deal collapsed. I snagged a brand new one right afterwards in Manhattan from a guy who found it in his garage when he moved to FL after he sold his 560SEC.

I paid him $1,000 for it --- immediately --- when I found his ad.

Looks good, and it's very quiet. Nice tone too PLUS 2 more hp dyno tested

Though I ditched my resonators a year, lost 30 pounds off the car( which sounds noisy as hell now, but lotsa fun!)

Remus is really good, they make the F1 exhausts for the euro race cars too.







This is the exact W126 Remus unit I purchased as seen new -

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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)

I don't know about the 126, but Remus exhausts are still available for the 124. I had a new system installed on my 300CE last year.

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99 ML320
94 SL600
92 SL500
95 E320 Cabriolet
87 560SEC
86 300SDL Grease Car
80 380SLC Euro

13 Fiat Abarth
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00 BMW Z3
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80 Ferrari 308 GTSI
88 Jaguar XJS12 H&E Edition
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