86560SEL,
You seem to have waay more patience than I'll ever have. Just spent the last 30 minutes checking out your old threads... you've been at this for several months!!
Tell you what, to end your thorough search, I'll sell you my '84 Euro 500SEL for $2,500. Once you add another $2,000 ($500 for the front leather seats, $500 for the rear suspension, $150 for an excellent detail job on the entire car, $500 - $800 on a timing chain replacement), you'll be having an excellent machine! How's that? You can't beat the value, considering the low miles and over $20,000 spent on maintenance and repairs over the life of the car (yeah, I have all the receipts, even including the one that shows the shipment agreement for its importation from Germany). You'll get a car with new brakes all around, new ABS module, master cylinder, water pump, transmission, etc.
Plus you get that powerful Euro engine. Nothing beats that!!
And besides, nothing's better than buying a car from a fellow forum member. Much better than eBay or a dealer lot.
