Bad luck! One time I forgot to latch the hood on my 85 300SD and I was checking stuff and my son wanted a ride to school. Off we go and down a hill the damn hood flew open and blinded me vertically. I pulled over, shell shock, and the hood was f#cked and the hinges bent. I ended up buying a hood from someone on the board in Ohio who was parting out and actually drop it off in CT as he was delivering other parts to Long Island! Very reasonable, I think I got it all done under $400. I din't have to replace the hinges as the body shop massaged them back not perfect but 95% there.

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85 300CD Signal Red/Tan sold
83 300D Manganese Brown 109K
97 E420 Midnight Blue 197K sold
98 BMW 328i Vert White 100K, sold
95 BMW 525i White 125K, sold
93 BMW 525iT Red 193K, sold
95 E320 Green Wagon 125K, sold
94 E320 White 127K, sold
85 300SD 156K Grey (Annie), sold
84 300D Lapis Blue 170K (Judy), sold
99 ML 320 Black (lease), 1998 C230 White (lease)
00 Honda S2000 Red (lease)
86 Mercedes 300E (sold)
84 Porsche 911 Red (sold), 1965 Porsche 911 White (sold)