The hood, which is all aluminum along with the trunk is the most expensive part, I think it costs $2200 or more for just that, new. Buy a pick 'n' pull junkyard one from and 1982-1991
car at a good price, sand it down and repaint.

Not hard to see why it was totaled. The market for these gas guzzlers (The '91s got hit with a $1500 gas guzzler tax, their window sticker shows this

That mattered not to most buyers, who were looking at an $84,500 MSRP on the 1991 models, the last year of manufacture of them being the most desirable and collectible of all of them


(last production of the W126 was actually in April 1992, and in South Africa, to 1994)


Here was mine also a Pearl Black 91 SEAMG a few days ago at the CEC (Claus Ettinger) Wheels/tuning shop, the Brabus/Lorinser/A C Schnitzer specialists on Santa Monica Blvd in Beverly Hills......

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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)

super nice looking ride, jim. VIN for my car is wdbfa61exmf036283

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"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

wayy to sweet looking to part out (assuming no frame damage). . . There are a ton of 126's in the yards here (and I'd assume where you are at also) I'd fix the car and keep it as a spare, you wont get what its "worth" in the market, mabye someday, not now. Plus, parts arent that expensive, paint will be the only real killer.

A SEC isnt that shabby of a car to rock as a daily driver.

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-Current Stable-
'78 MB 450SL-C 107.024.12.020783 #3840 <Kayleen>
'85 FORD F250 6.9L Diesel <Allison>
'98 Lexus ES300 <Rachel>
Long Gone...
'74 Chevy G10...........................'99 GMC Yukon 4X4
'83 Chevy Suburban 6.2 diesel .....'99 SAAB 9-5
'90 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS............. '01 Chevy Tahoe
'98 Nissan Altima .......................'02 MB ML320
'88 Chevy Suburban V2500 4X4 6.2 diesel

left frame rail is bent over like 4 inches and that will be the killer. i can get another sec that has higher mileage and needs a few things, or use that one (same color) to fix this one, which is nicer. i don't know which way it will go at this point.

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James 4:8

"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

There is one for sale in the "for sale" section $1500, I believe

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