I talked to my sister the other day to find out what he got. Turns out he bought a '92 300SD. My brother in law is the type of guy that jumps right into things without doing proper research. I told my sister about the cars reputation. But with 200k plus, it may have had its issues solved. My nephew give me the VIN and I run a Carfax. Turns out the car has recently been bought at auction and has had serious damage to the front end from a collision.
So I finally talk to my bro-in-law and he says the car has a conversion kit. He tells me it is a Lovecraft kit.

I really hate to break all the bad news to him. I don't think I will say anything, just cross my fingers and hope for the best for him.

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'85 300SD (formerly california emissions)
'08 Chevy Tahoe
'93 Ducati 900 SS
'79 Kawasaki KZ 650
'86 Kawasaki KX 250
'88 Kawasaki KDX200
'71 Hodaka Ace 100
'72 Triumph T100R

...or...tell him about the reputation, tell him to remove the lovecraft compontents, fix the car up a little, and flip it, he may make a little money off it, or at least break even.

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1985 300TD-euro 352,000 mi
1974 240D (1?)52,000 mi - has a new home now

Just politely mention to him how horrible lovecrap is and point him in the right direction.

Wow a wrecked early W140, plus a 3.5L 603, plus a Lovecraft kit! I hope he got that thing cheap!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200