Originally Posted by mercmad6.3

They are in the Mercedes World. A car that was both blessed and cursed by 'over engineering'.
Maybe not common in the Chevfordmopar sense but there are a lot more around than you realise.
With a W111,if you are going to buy one, buy the very best you can afford with a service history.There are precious few of us out here who have any experience whatsoever on them,especially the 220SE so just getting a simple service done properly can be almost impossible.