Every $10k W140 I have seen so far needs a lot of work. But A $10k W126 would be a near perfect example. I don't know where you guys dig up the mint W126's but they all seem to be $10k+ in my area. I looked at an 89 or 90 560SEL that was real nice but it needed to have some maintaince caught up, they probably would have sold it for around $7,500-$8,000. A diy could have put another $1,000 and had a mint car. Still it was very clean and in good shape with a fesh paint job.

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