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forcefed44 · #16 06-11-2009, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by pawoSD

I'm still afraid of the W140....maybe someday. I'm going to get a real nice LWB W126 as my next one....*maybe* an SDL.....or a rod bender and do an engine swap....thats a good way to pick them up cheap, as Tyler recently did.

The rod bender is the 350SDL not the 300SDL correct? As for the situation dillemma between the W140 and W126, I personally love the W126's, I have just seen some really nice W140's but you guys are right in the ways of repair cost being catastrophic.. I think they are more than my 500E's. If I can find my ideal Black on black,gray, or palomino 420SEL with no rust then I will take it.. I just love the look of some W140's in the all black monochrome scheme and that slab sidedness always commanded a presense back in the day and still do just not wearing 20-22" chrome wheels..

Yes the W126's are and always will be the ***** (good thing) in my book. If you guys know of one and preferably an east coaster.. PM me..

Thanks guys,

Jim B. · #17 06-12-2009, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by frosty

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Btw, noting says mafia or p.i.m.p like a well-kept W126.

Hey, hey, man, gimme yo lunch money!!!!

pawoSD · #18 06-12-2009, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by forcefed44

The rod bender is the 350SDL not the 300SDL correct?

Yep. The 1986-87 300SDL's did not have that problem. It was the 350 motor.

Skippy · #19 06-12-2009, 04:45 AM

As the saying goes, "How fast to you want to go? How much do you want to spend?" If you like the W140 and can afford to keep one going, by all means do so. I personally don't care for that platform for a variety of reasons, but that shouldn't keep you away from one if that's what you really want.