Very cool.

Try to see it start cold and see if you get a blast of blue smoke (valve guides). If there is any valve noise, have a look at the cams - they are expensive. The vacuum gauge should be pegged to the left at idle if the engine is in good shape.

I swear that's a 107 instrument layout. I've never seen a vacuum guage on a 123, and the US 280E that I drove for four years had a large clock and no tach which I always thought was odd, because our 123 diesel had a tach.

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Chuck Taylor
Falls Church VA
'66 200, '66 230SL, '96 SL500. Sold: '81 380SL, '86 300E, '72 250C, '95 C220, 3 '84 280SL's '90 420SEL, '72 280SE, '73 280C, '78 280SE, '70 280SL, '77 450SL, '85 380SL, '87 560SL, '85 380SL, '72 350SL, '96 S500 Coupe