Only 2300 built of my 16v.

Any euro spec is rare in the US. Remember that just because you don't see another car often on the road, like a W123. Doesn't mean it's rare.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

Adam,

By that do you mean that 2300 of the 16v were built for the North American Market? As the 16v W201 models were never officially sold in Australia, they are rare here (although I have a friend in our club with a 2.3-16 manual and another friend in our club with a 2.5-16 auto and I have also seen a very low kilometre 2.5-16 Evo II in a private collection here). On a world-wide basis they were not quite so rare (other than the Evo models). Having said that, I would still be very happy to own one purely on the basis of them being a significant car in MB history, much like my recently aquired 500SLC.

Figures I have for the 16v W201 state production figures at:
201.034 (190E 2.3-16) 19,487
201.035 (190E 2.5-16) 5,743
201.036 (190E 2.5-16 Evo I) 502
201.036 (190E 2.5-16 Evo II) 502

Greg

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107.023: 350SLC, 3-speed auto, icon gold, parchment MBtex (sold 2012 after 29 years ownership).
107.026: 500SLC, 4-speed auto, thistle green, green velour.
124.090: 300TE, 4-speed auto, arctic white, cream-beige MBtex.
201.028: 190E 2.3 Sportline, 5-speed manual, arctic white, blue leather.
201.028: 190E 2.3, 4-speed auto, blue-black, grey MBtex.
201.034: 190E 2.3-16, 5-speed manual, blue-black, black leather.

I know worldwide they had a must greater production run, although not huge. But here in the US we only had 2300 to spread over a large population, so I would still call it relatively rare here. I should have worded my original post differently.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

well this thread shocked me when i found out how rare my car is , i was lucky to pick up a rough running 300ce 3.4L amg in the uk (hampshire) for a price i shall not repeat otherwise you'll hate me loads lol , i found the fault was a weak fuel pump and a new dizzy cap and arm , it now runs like a dream , has 180,000km on the clock (110k miles) and is in very good condition

About 9 years ago when I was shopping for my 420SEL I checked out a couple of 560s at a dealer in New Brunswick and one had the velour upholstery. The dealer told me it was quite a pricey additional cost.

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Jason Priest
1999 E430
1995 E420 - retired
1986 420SEL - retired

Very rare, but not quite 100% Mercedes:

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1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

I have still never seen another 300SDL with velour, mine must be a damn near one off. They only made about 6,500 1987 300SDL's...how many could have had velour? Then break it down further to color...

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2016 Corvette Stingray 2LT
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

How rare is my 88 560, SEC, AMG, EURO car..?
I've also got my 82 280CE, Euro car..
Next others are a few misc. 300CD's which are not exactly rare, but I've seen a whole lot less of them than four door 123 cars..

As far as rare, non-Mercedes are concerned I have a nice collection. It consists of:

1983 Oldsmobile Diesel station wagon.
1987 F-150 Bigfoot Cruiser 4X4 Pick-Up.
1989 Lamborghini Countach QV5000S.
1970 Chevy Nova Yenko Sport.
1968 Chevy Nova Yenko Sport.
1979 Dodge Ramcharger 4X4.
2001 Dodge Ramcharger 4X4....Junk! But looks odd going down the street, just mechanically typical Dodge Truck though.

Most are pretty rare, in a way. I also have a collection of regular old run of the mill vehicles of all years makes and models.

Nick

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would my 1977 450sel 6.9 be rare?

I think my 87 300TD is pretty rare here in the states.

1978 450SEL 6.9

I had a 63 300SE but sold it last summer.

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1959 Gravely LI, 1963 Gravely L8, 1973 Gravely C12
1982 380SL
1978 450 SEL 6.9 euro restoration at 63% and climbing
1987 300 D
2005 CDI European Delivery
2006 CDI Handed down to daughter
2007 GL CDI. Wifes

87 300Ds are hard enough to find and i've only ever seen two wagons.




My turn- 1991 350SDL. 3rd rarest of the W126s behind the 350SD and the near impossible to find 560SE.

It's the color though that really makes it a find.
481 (Bornite) Aka Blackberry Metallic. с 01.01.1990 по 31.12.1996. You do occasionally see it on W124s but it was pretty much only available for the last year of W126 and even then it was pretty much special order. (A salesmans at my local dealer with 25 years experience says he's only ever seen one other in all his years and it was an E-Class) To give you an idea they made 10,359 500E/E500s and of those approximately 1% came in 481 which is around 100 cars. There are probably only a handful of W126s in 481 and i've only ever seen one other for sale.

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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."

From what I can find, there were only 1,508 1976 280SLC's made and none were sent to the US. I only know of one other, would be glad to know of more.

Mine has MB Tex/cloth interior, crank windows, manual antenna, no A/C, ect. Just turned 58,000 miles with all records except showroom ones.

Imported from Germany when halogens were still illegal.

How rare are 280SLC's now?

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2004 E320 Wagon W211
2000 CLK430 Convertible W208
1985 300SD W126
1983 300D W123

One of my co-workers spotted this gem at Firebirds on Hwy 64.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

I have a 1995 e320 coupe, only 1 of 307 made that year, plus I had it outfitted with a 5 speed over drive manual transmission, it revs 1900 rpms while doing 70 mph
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Very nice! I would imagine that it is the only one with a 5 speed!


I guess i'm allowed to post on this thread for a second time (2 years ago I would not have guessed that I would be given the opportunity)

1982 300GD Cabriolet

The official numbers are hard to find but grey market Gs in North America are hard enough to find. Factory diesels are even harder to find. From what i've been able to piece together mine may be one of only 12 brought to the states.

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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."