If you wish, orif it comes to that, I have a close friend with a shop who is a 1992-1995 E500/500E fanatic and expert who could probably help you greatly in discussing the values of these cars, salvage or not.
He owns three of them personally, one of which is a Katrina flood 500E that he bought and is rebuilding.
He scours the internet and other sources, and is a keen and constant observer of the current values and trends of the prices of the E500 and 500E.
He locates for his customers, and buys and sells the best examples of them on a constant basis.
You can PM me if you would like to be put in touch with him
Many of the very very best ones are bought and sold among members of the enthusiast fourms that cater to them. Often the owners never even advertise them on the market, and they want the cars to go to a caring buyer who will take care of their "baby"
I personally feel that all things considered theE500/500E are probably the best sedans Mercedes Benz EVER made. They have a fanatic cult following.
I have driven one. I know what it can do. I would almost sell my soul to own one of them.
Just like the there is a hard core base of BMW followers who maintain that the only real BMW is the 2002, there is a lunatic fringe within that subset who feel the only real BMW 2002 is the 2002 tii, and so it is with Mercedes enthusaists.
One such person owns an E500, which he debadged, BUT place a custom chromed license plate frame on the car that read PORSCHE.
This inevitably elicited one of just two reactions from passersby and in traffic. Either reaction was HIGHLY amusing. Some people would scratch their heads and ask,"What is this, is there some mistake"? Others would merely nod, and give him an amused, wry and knowing grin.
My friend is another such person. He related to me that Porsche's long time marketing slogan was "Porsche - There is no substitute"
One of his E 500 sedans sports a discreet badge on the trunk which reads simply, "The Substitute"
It is the the ultimate "in" joke for the 500E cognoscenti. You either get it or you don't. You are either on the bus or you are not on the bus.
You just gotta love this guy.
