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Temptation!
This morning, on the way to a job I spotted a W108 sticking out of a driveway with a 'For Sale' sign in the back window. On the way home I stopped to talk with the owner. It's a '67 250S, WITH A MANUAL 4 SPEED! Power steering, no AC. The car is from Seattle where it spent most of it's life. It's cream with a red Tex interior. Owner started removing stuff for repainting/renovation. Dash pad and windshield wood is in the back seat. Front bumper, horns and headlight assemblies are off but with the car. Except for some nicks and a ding beside the R F headlight bucket it appears to be mostly rust free. The only cancer I saw was a couple of one inch spots in the rear fenders, behind the wheels.
It has a bad power brake booster and a small crack in the windshield. Runs well but needs other work due to sitting. Owner is asking $1500 as is. I'm planning a better look this weekend when the weather is nicer. I need another car like I need another hole in my head! Perhaps some other local Mercedes Shop forum member will want to snap it up and remove this temptation from me. Happy Motoring, Mark
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i had one just like that, i kick myself for selling it, its a sweet running and driving car. i think the 250/stick is quciker than a 280s/auto.
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As a friend and former owner of a manual 280SE once told me "These cars feel 500 pounds lighter with a stick-shift!"
Happy Motoring, Mark
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they do! says the guy whos getting the 300sel tomorrow
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Re: Temptation!
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Regards Warren Currently 1965 220Sb, 2002 FORD Crown Vic Police Interceptor Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL ENTER > = (HP RPN) Not part of the in-crowd since 1952. |
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The car is in Arlington, Virginia.
Happy Motoring, Mark
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Maybe we can check it out together. I work in Newington and get off work Saturday Morning. Want to meet for breakfast? I'll be driving the 300SE.
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Regards Warren Currently 1965 220Sb, 2002 FORD Crown Vic Police Interceptor Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL ENTER > = (HP RPN) Not part of the in-crowd since 1952. |
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That would be fine as I'm planning another look anyway. I'll be driving 'Miss Daisy'. Call me or let me have your number.
Happy Motoring, Mark
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Regards Warren Currently 1965 220Sb, 2002 FORD Crown Vic Police Interceptor Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL ENTER > = (HP RPN) Not part of the in-crowd since 1952. |
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Dudes! Sounds like fun? May I join you?
Please respond by e-mail...I'll bring my "new" '81 240D.
BTW, a link to a nice page dealing with a W108 restoration http://members.chello.nl/~p.vanderiet/index%20English.html |
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another 108 to the crusher (?)
I was gonna start this as a new thread but, with the above link to a sweet, all-inclusive resto job, may be it should go here since it is the other end of the spectrum.
I had spotted a '72 280SE 4.5 sinking in the mud in a yard about 8 miles from me. Stopped in and spoke with the fellow (who did not really understand English) and inquired about it as a parts car. This was about 2 weeks ago. The car is even the same color as mine! Thoroughly trashed black MB tex interior and reportedly a "locked up" engine, four flat tires, rough looking overall but barely rusted (with the sunroof.) Still I figured, what the heck, have it flat-bedded to my place and sit it by the barn to at least be a donor. Went by today to seal the deal (was gonna offer $50) and its GONE! So were the other six vehicles which were also sinking in the mud. Nobody home, gotta figure its scrap now. Dammit... |
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Weird thing about the stick shift..... it will make the car TOUGHER to sell. I learned this when selling my 4-spd 116 last October...... Had several buyers who backed off on the stick shift - its like nobody knows how to drive em anymore....... we've got an entire generation of drivers out there who have never touched a standard shift car.
Last edited by 300SDog; 02-27-2004 at 02:15 PM. |
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And yet there's people that will move heaven and earth to get a stickshift or convert theirs to one. (See some of Chuck Taylors postings) The W116 is considered more of a luxury boat in the US and the stickshift versions were never sold here. I've only seen one and that was a greymarket '76 280S.
I'm not that worried about resale if I decide to get this car but I don't really have a place to keep it and I'm still attached to 'Miss Daisy'. Happy Motoring, Mark
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sounds like me a year ago....
I ran across a similar one a year ago - manual 250s, 4 spd, a little rust. Owned by a lady in a trailer park who was selling it to pay her rent (or support her habit - you choose)... She was ready to deal and was going to let it go for like $800. I never made the trip (bad part of town, low on funds, etc) - now I wish I had....
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Re: Dudes! Sounds like fun? May I join you?
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We could have another local GTG sometime soon. The weather is getting better.
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Regards Warren Currently 1965 220Sb, 2002 FORD Crown Vic Police Interceptor Had 1965 220SEb, 1967 230S, 280SE 4.5, 300SE (W126), 420SEL ENTER > = (HP RPN) Not part of the in-crowd since 1952. |
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