hello, i stumbled upon the forum while i was randomly surfing the net, so i figured i'd sign up.
im from a small town about 25 miles away from newcastle in the north east of england.
ive been rolling benz's for the last 7 or so years
here are some pics of my current benz fleet.

'84 W123 230E





'96 W124 E220



and last but not least

'88 W126 500SEC









so, hello to you all.

Alright, I'll take the SEC, please.

Welcome to the shop. Before you give up on this asylum, check out the technical side. Unlike this forum, those guys know what they're talking about and are very helpful.

B

Welcome Tony! Nice rides, especially that SEC. I gotta ask though, what is the significance of of the doll under the bumper?

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Welcome to the forum Tony. You've got a beautiful collection there. I'm a fan of green MBs too.

Do you have 2 sets of the pentas or do you swap them between the w123 and w126?

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

And why is the car defecating a doll?

Bot, I liked your original post better. But I guess this oner is classier and less likely to offend.

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Chad
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys

He's new. I wouldn't want him to get the right idea about us.

1996? W124 Did I miss something?

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Barbie decided to talk a walk on the wild side.....

Welcome and enjoy the Forum, OD gets alittle wacky and occassionally panties get in a bunch but we are a good group to hang with. Nice cars you have there.

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Welcome, I like the SEC! Sweet ride.

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Chris
2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

cheers for the welcome guys.
and thanks for not flaming me for having a lowered 123.

i only have one set of pentas.
they were destined for the 123, but as you can see its been lowered a little.what you cant see is that the front wings are sitting on the tyres.
so the pentas were put onto the SEC in place of the lorinsers that were on it when i bought it.
the 123 is currently running the mexican hat alloys, but i do have a set of 15 x 8 steels with hubcaps to go on it.
the 15" steels and caps are really rare over here, and took some tracking down.

hehe, if your all anything like me i know what you're all like.

theres a typo there, its actually a '95.
and we got 124s up to '97 over here.iirc the last ones were all AMG models, dont quote me on that though.

a little tricky to explain, but il try.
the scene im into here has been hanging stuff off their tow eyes as a plagerism/ hommage to the japanese bosozuku/ shatokan style of cars, who hang a tokyo subway grab handle from their cars.
it kind of started with people running cars with chopped springs hanging a coil that they'd cut off.
i simply applied some lateral thinking and stole a bratz doll off my daughter, made a noose, and hung that off the back of the car.
theres really no reason why i do it, i just do.

first post was hastily put together before i went to work, now that i have a little more time il put up some pics of my former mercs.

the one that popped my MB cherry.
'82 200T



theres the 123, in the back ground, as it was before i slammed it.

my first 500 SEC



and a group shot.



the white 123 was a 230E and was bought for peanuts as a spares car.
when i collected it i deemed it too good to break, so i washed and polished it, put it through an mot, our road worthyness test, which it passed without having to do any work to it.
then promptly sold on for a profit.
thats getting hard to do now as prices for older mercs are currently on the rise here.
and the green thing, its not intentional, honest.

How common are these older Mercedes in the UK? I'm still waiting to see one show up on a "Cheap Car Challenge" on Top Gear. (At least they did the amazing 600 a few episodes back)

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

"Top Gear" destroyed an old Merc wagon in an episode. Answering the question of how much abuse can an old Merc take? Might have been a 124.

B

Aha! I finally found a post were the mighty Botnst is wrong. It was 5th Gear that featured a W124 wagon being destroyed. Even after they exploded a bomb in the engine compartment it still ran.

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."