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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
You might be quite surprised regarding that. Such a vehicle has replacement parts that are very costly and decent used parts might command some change.
That being said, the customers who would procure said parts and repair said vehicle themselves might be few and far between. Clearly, you're not selling used parts to any repair shop.
Like any other business, if you are in it, you can make money with it if you run it well................
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You would be surprised how many local shops buy used parts and sell them as new.
I very good friend of mine owns a dismantler specializing in MBs and imports. Interiors seldom sell, and don't take long to rot away while sitting in the yard. The big sellers are secondary electrical components, transmissions, motors, body panels, and suspension bits. Its hard to have much confidence in the first 3 with 366,000 miles and not being able to run test them.
The only value I see is in the body, $600 for the front clip as a package or maybe twice that if its parted out individually, $600 or the rear bumper and trunk. Doors $300 a piece. So there is the opportunity at the current price to double up just selling the body, but there's the effort involved of pulling the parts and having to sit on them until they are needed. Since most MBs of this age are totaled rather than repaired, there's not going to be a huge demand for body parts.
I would love to see the service history on this one too. My guess is its as thick as a phone book. Its probably the highest mileage S600 in existence.