Hopefully you will find one this spring. Just wait for the right car. Thats what I have been doing. I phoned about this 86 560SEL I am interested in today and talked to a lady about it. The car is actually a donation to a local Salvation Army Thrift store downtown. She seemed to really know a lot about it. She said it is a 3-owner car and that the original owner sold it when it had 10K (perhaps could not afford it?), then the second owner owned it until 160K and the current owner has put 28K miles on it. It now has 188K and he no longer needs it because he is moving out of the country. She said it had all records with it and it operated perfectly (for its age she kept saying). She said it is priced $200. over loan value. It is priced $3500. I was thinking I would offer $3000. if it ran well. I have about decided to pass on this one and get a 1981 up to around a 1987 300SD/SDL diesel. I may still yet buy that local 84 300SD, if I can talk the owner down enough on the price. Last week on my way into Johnson City I noticed a 300SD for sale in a parking lot off of the highway and I may take a look at that car and there is always that 81 300SD for $1500.

Thanks again and good luck on your search.

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2004 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4wd
1991 Lincoln Town Car Executive
1991 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1988 Mercedes 300SEL
1972 Chevrolet Caprice Kingswood Estate 9-passenger wagon
1973 Pontiac Grand Ville
(Prior MB's: 1974 240D, 1985 380SE, 1984 190D, 1993 400SEL)