I think I'm pulling the trigger on this 560SEC
I was driving down the skid row of Wichita, (South Broadway) and came across this lovely 560SEC. Salesman immediately approached me and explained that this was the lowest mileage SEC for sale in the nation. :rolleyes: After walking around the nice, but moderately weathered exterior, I hop in to the well worn interior and am immediately overwhelmed by smoking odor, with the accompanying burns throughout. I also noticed the air bag cover on the passenger side looked like someone ate it for lunch.
Oh what the heck, I thought. With the incredible low mileage:rolleyes: its worth taking a drive. Started it up, and it promptly died within a second or two. It roared to life with the second fire, and eventually settled down to a bone shaking idle. "Listen to her pur", the salesman said. This particular SEC had about the same acceleration as my 300D. Not only did it feel ridiculously down on power, but refused to kick down even with me forcing it with the sloppy shifter linkages. The CCU was unresponsive, as well as the stereo and rear sunshade. All 4 windows and sunroof worked at least, loudly though, as well as the adorable town and country horns. I returned the car back to her roost on the curb, promptly returned the keys, wanting to bolt, but no luck. The salesman wanted to talk. I explained some the issues, and the cost associated with them. He tried to act surprised (poorly) and responded with something like, "well that's why its so cheap. If we fixed everything we'd want 10 grand for it," then cited the source of his appraisal. Well, he talked me into it. I can't wait to pick this beauty up. ;) http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...erh860/mb1.jpg http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...erh860/mb4.jpg http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...erh860/mb2.jpg http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...erh860/mb3.jpg |
I'm not too particular, but for 8,300 I'd want the gas cap door to close flush with the side panel. :o
If you're serious, good luck with it.;) |
I'm not too particular, but for 8,300 I'd want the gas cap door to close flush with the side panel. :o
If you're serious, good luck with it.;) edit: Chrome wheels always give me the impression of young (broke, hot roddin) owners. :o |
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"There's nothing more expensive..............." ;) Shouldn't the vacuum guage pointer be to the left when the motor's not running? |
You didn't park it on the mailbox post, did you?!?!?!!? :eek: :D
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$8000k he says.:deal::D
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Make sure the heater works.
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I think the heater is powered by a furnace in the trunk that accepts only $100 bills.
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Well like any Mercedes, all you need is a healthy checkbook to bring it back to spec.:D
SEC's are great, if you want to restore one and don't mind putting all of if not more than $10k into it go for it.:cool: |
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tyler, i start the bidding (in your honor) at $250 |
This is just a little bit spooky...I looked at a white 1991 SEC that was almost an exact copy of this one up to and including the annoying lack of power (My 603 could push me back into my seat better then that V8 could)
For a while I thought that it might actually be the same car that I drove until I noticed that is has orthopedic seats, which is nice. (Seriously....I want to know what happened to that airbag...it looks almost like its been melted....) |
The 6.9 I had needed some love, but not much of it was expensive 6.9 specific stuff. As you can tell, it was running just fine::D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7otPz_T_ONk I'm sure some poor dope will fall for the swapped odometer and kill himself trying to keep it going. |
Looks physically nice, but I bet it would indeed cost a fortune to make right. I'd run. Those have the self leveling suspension too... Just another thing to fail! :eek:
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