Saw this at a bank lot on the way back from a (what else) soccer game.


Always liked these cars, and want to fix this up for my daughter, who will be of driving age in a few years.

Car has 171,000 miles...owner posted $6999 as the asking price.

Will meet the owner later this week for a test drive. He says he owned it for 21 years and that it's his daily driver.

Stuff allegedly performed within the last 50K miles:

Top-end rebuild.
Transmission replacement
Assorted suspension pieces.
Normal wear and tear maintenance.

These pics were from my camera phone. From this distance (and resolution), you cant see the numerous dinged-up panels.



Rear bumper has flaking chrome:



Light blue? interior was in fair to average condition...noticeable split in the middle of the dash. Wood pieces were sunworn but not cracked.

What do you guys think? Look closer or walk away?

Thinking of having the lower cladding painted to match the body color if I buy this...unless there are AMG pieces still available.

My indie has some decent chrome AMG monoblocks that came off another SEC. I may throw those on (since the car is replete with the chrome treatment anyway)...

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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle
2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car
2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car