I am buying this old 450SL from Calif.
The owner is giving me a State of California Certificate of Title
and it has * Duplicate * on it, so will that be Ok to get registered?

How to find out if the car owes any money?

ANy info is greatly appreciated.
Thanks

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Assuming you want to register it in BC? A fellow who goes by Iceman-something in the Diesel forum has all the answers.

The title has a space for lienholder information. If that space is blank, there is no lienholder known to the DMV. Protocol is to surrender the title to a lienholder. It's possible the seller surrendered the title then requested a duplicate before the DMV updated the records. I believe lienholder info is also in the registration card so ask for an original registration card.

If this car is a high value collectible then maybe he had it financed. Otherwise no bank or run-of-the-mill finance company is going to finance such an old car. I wouldn't be too concerned with liens at this point.

Any 450SL is over 15 years old so you shouldn't have any problem with emission and safety equipment. MB has some peculiar arrangements with Canada to prevent you from buying cheaper cars in the US so maybe there's a hitch I'm not aware of with R107s. US W210s require expensive modifications to meet Canadian specification. The whole thing reeks of MB politics.

Sixto
93 300SD 3.0

Sorry, Icefire, not Iceman

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/member.php?u=34586

Here is some discussion on importing a US car to Canada -

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=176467

Take everything I say with a grain of salt :/

Sixto
93 300SD 3.0

I am more familiar with the ontario regulations, not so much BC, so check with your local authorites.

Three weeks ago I took a bus to Chicago from London Ontario, to buy 380 SEC, I already informed my insurance company, and had the seller fax the title to the us border.

I then went to the BMV (indiana) and got a temporary permit, then I drove the car to the canadian border, stopped on the US side to get the title stamped, Crossed to canada paid duty(6%), taxes(6%) and AC($100) fee, then took the car for an Ontario Safety, then to the MTO (DMV equivelent) to get it licensed in ontario.

Overall easy process, in ontario we dont require emissions testing on cars that old, again im not familiar with BC.

Good luck.

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1984 Euro 300SDC, (4spd standard)
1986 Toyota Landcruiser Diesel HJ60 5spd X2

Gone but not forgotten (some sold, some stripped)
1983 300 SD, 1985 300 SD, 1983 240D, 1986 300 SDL, 1985 300 SDL, 1983 300 D, 1984 300 D, 1985 300SD, 1987 300 SDL, 1983 300 SD, 1985 300 TD Euro, 1983 380SEC, 1990 300 D, 1987 300D, 1982 300D, 1982 300D, 1994 E420, 1987 300 TD, 1987 300 D, 1984 300 D

Hi Ice fire

Yeah , you're the best man to answer.
So you car need a safety inspection, how much does that run approx?

Many yrs ago i colleged in TO and any used car need to be safety cert when change hands, I guess thats the same thing now.

Our predicament is a little different. A car that had been sitting here in van for 2 yrs after they paid for the at the customs, still need to go thru the safety and pay tax.
Another big issue is the car was orig sold for much higher than we're going to pay, so the tax will be assessed at the import price or what we pay now?


OT so you're dropping a 300SD engine into a 380 sec.

we have a 280se eng seized want to do the same thing too.
cheers

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Sorry for not responding sooner I mostly browse the diesel forum.
A safety inspection can run between $40 if nothing is wrong to $$$ if it needs major work. you need a safety inspection from BC,

Unfortunatly you will need to pay the provincal sales tax on the value stated at time of import. I hope that you do not have any problem registering the car in your jurisdiction.

I have already put a 300 SD engine into a 500 SEC, with a 4spd out of a 240D

Right now i am begining to put a OM603, 87 SDL engine into a 83 380 SEC.

Its rewarding but time consuming, usually everything bolts up, and wiring the diesel is simple enough,

Email me at Icefire_@hotmail.com I put a 83 300 SD engine into a 500 SEL body, so I know what your planning to do. and i can help with the process.

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1984 Euro 300SDC, (4spd standard)
1986 Toyota Landcruiser Diesel HJ60 5spd X2

Gone but not forgotten (some sold, some stripped)
1983 300 SD, 1985 300 SD, 1983 240D, 1986 300 SDL, 1985 300 SDL, 1983 300 D, 1984 300 D, 1985 300SD, 1987 300 SDL, 1983 300 SD, 1985 300 TD Euro, 1983 380SEC, 1990 300 D, 1987 300D, 1982 300D, 1982 300D, 1994 E420, 1987 300 TD, 1987 300 D, 1984 300 D

Hi Ice fire


Last 84 500sel i had was converted to a 300D engine, I saw the pass side engine mount was custom built. The rest look normal to me.

SO how to go about say I have a 81 280se W 126 with seized engine.
I need to drop either a 300D or Turbo engine in it.

I think the short ratio rear end as compare to Dsl engine. Gas engs are high revving wheras Dsl doing 3000 is high too.
Even the 300D maybe adequate the Turbo will be better too, depends on if I can get an Turbo cheap.
cheers

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Go to the California DMV (Dept of Motor Vehicles) website for complete information on this subject area.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/

Good luck.

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1989 300TE "Alice"
1990 300CE "Sam Spade"
1991 300CE "Beowulf" RIP (06.1991 - 10.10.2007)
1998 E320 "Orson"
2002 C320 Wagon "Molly Fox"

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