Parting out:1990 300SEL
 

Something fell out of the head and chewed up a piston so those are toast but everything else 300SEL specific is for sale.

Florida car with little if any rust. (I haven't found any yet)
It has a brand new muffler on it
The headlights are in excellent condition and will be the first thing that I pull.
The interior is extremely clean. (If anyone wants the full Gen two interior for a conversion please let me know so I don't start selling individual pieces)
Car has a little over 100,000 miles on it.

For now I prefer local pick-up until I can get a paypal account setup.


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I'll try to get some higher resolution photos posted later today.
PM me any requests.

Thats too nice of a car to just part out. Why not just change the engine? m103's are a dime a dozen.

It would take another $1,500 or so to get it repaired at which point it would be worth no more then $3,000 so I just don't feel that it's worth the effort.

You can get an entire JY engine for about 300 bucks. Maybe one day +- to replace.

The bottom end of the m103 rarely goes bad. I have a m103 sitting in my garage that I would happily sell for $100.

Does it not have a passenger air bag?? I thought all 90-91s had em :confused:

It was probably standard on the 560, but optional on the later cars until mid 91 at least.

-J

Nope, this one has a glove box.

Is there anything else wrong with the car? A/c? Would you sell the car whole?

And is that glass tinted??? I kinda wanna trade up...

I'm sure if you make him a reasonable offer on the whole thing he'd take it, it's always easier to sell a whole car than part it out :)

-J

Nope, my '90 300SEL does not have dual air bags. The '91 560SEL I own does and I believe V8 cars received them as standard when they became available here. I would have to check my books to be for certain.

No matter to me. Less crap to fail and makes HVAC work easier.

That sounds right; I just think of options on our cars as what was available over the top on a 560... like ortho seats and 2+2 seating :P

How much for the wheels, centers and lug bolts?

Damn, that sure was a pretty car. Wish I had the time.

M, I've got a PayPal account you can use if that makes things easier to sell stuff off (seriously if you don't want to set one up-for those who don't know Fulcrum lives the next town over and knows where to find me :) ).

What's the car color? If it matches my 350SDL I'd be interested in the right front fender.


'94 Sl500 63,000
'87 300SDL 315,000
'91 350SD 197,000
'91 350SDL 297,000