I was 22 and bought a '59 220S "ponton" with a bad engine for $450. I was newly-married and it was our only car, so I disassembled the engine on my garage floor, had an aerospace company in Santa Barbara heliarc the head and plane it flat (they did it for free!!) and I bought a new set of pistons. Total cost for the repair was another $450, so for $900 I had a car that was like new. I wish I still had it!! If anybody out there has an ivory colored '59 220S with unique plumbing for the twin solexes (they were from a 300SL) give me a shout. The car was hatched in California but I sold it in Naperville, IL in about 1976.

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Reid
Past ('59 220Sb, 2-'59 190's, '92 300D 2.5T)
Current
'04 E320 4Matic Wagon
'00 E320 4Matic Wagon