Originally Posted by Zacharias

Congratulations.

W116s are great, not a overgrown w123s and not w126s either.

I had always lusted after one, since the owner of the business where I worked as a teenager bought a used 450sel. They were nearly supercars in their time, the best sedan in the world.

I bought a 300sd in 1997. It was my first Mercedes.

Your brother should get ready to receive compliments. Pedestrians used to give me thumbs up as they crossed the street in front of me at lights, one woman (tipsy) remarked that it looked like the automotive equivalent of a Harley fatboy (in a nice way, talking about the chrome) .

Good luck with it.