Does anyone know where to locate old magazine reviews from magazines like motortrend and car and driver? I would like to see if they ever reviewed my 86 420 when it was new and see what they said about it.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

Go to your local library and look through the periodicals.

University or college libraries are best. In Wilmington, NC, UNCW has Car and Driver and Road and Tracks from the early seventies through the late nineties.

Cool stuff.

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'90 300SE 298k
-300K and it gets put into retirement.
'80 300D 255k Purchased new by family in 1980.

Had a:
1973 220 (gas)
1980 300SD
1992 400E

I am pretty sure I once read one for the 420SEL in Car and Driver or Road and Track, so there ARE some of them out there, especially in 3-car comparisons, such as with Jaguars and BMW 7ers.

Once you locate them, you can buy the old magazines off ebay and ebay.co.uk

I got a few that way.

There are not so many for the 420SELbecause it is a mid-line model and not really considered as "sexy" as the flagship 560SEL model.

I could poke around and see if I have anything, I think I might, possibly.

Wasn't the 420SEL reviewed in some C/D article from the point of view of people watching a new one being driven away by some successful stockbroker, as all the envious bystanders watched its trunk star disappear when he drove out of the downtown parking garage?

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Check out Road & Track. They used to sell soft-cover books that contained road tests of certain makes over a particular segment of time.

Thanks guys. I realy wanted to see what they thought of the 420 and the 560sec/L when they are new not 23 yrs old.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

Well if you want some for the 560/SEC/SEL, I certainly do have a few of those, and know where at least 2 or 3 of them are now. and could get down to a copy shop or something and send you some of them for sure. A couple are difficult to read though, but I had a decent selection of them once.

PM me your snail address if you wish, maybe I could do something for you.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

That's ok. I don't want to inconvienience you. I am gonna go to the library tonite and look and see what they have. Thanks though

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

Some magazine index their articles every year. I have had a subscription to Fine Woodworking for years and I know they index theirs. maybe Car and Driver does, too.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I tried to look for them on Car and Driver and Motortrend online with no luck. The Library seems plausible. I like to see old stuff like that especially because when my car was made and reviewed I was about two years old and lacked the necessary knowledge to read them.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

I am pretty sure Road and track has a comprehensive index. If they tested one I probably have the magazine. Finding the exact one though may be a problem.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

This is probably too old for ya
An ad out of a 1956 "Sports Car Pictorial" magazine. Has a revue of this car, too.

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past MB rides:
'68 220D
'68 220D(another one)
'67 230
'84 SD
Current rides:
'06 Lexus RX330
'93 Ford F-250
'96 Corvette
'99 Polaris 700 RMK sled
2011 Polaris Assault
'86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)

My 1962 190c fintail cost 4000 new.

By 82 a 240 d was around 23K IIRC.

Tom W

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Check out ebay. I used to go on once a week and search for 420SEL. Every now and then a magazine like the ones you are looking for would pop up.

I found a May 1987 Autoweek with an article that compared the 420SEL to the BMW 735i and Jag XJ-6. PM me with your email and I will send you a scan of the article.

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Jason Priest
1999 E430
1995 E420 - retired
1986 420SEL - retired

Well I went to the library last night. I havent found what I was looking for yet, but I did find an article on the 87 AMG Hammer wich is pretty interesting. 178MPH top speed is ridiculous. If anyone wants it I can email it to them as its too big to post.

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

Road and Track tested it @ 186mph there were tuned models that broke 200.