of late 1980's, original 30k's owned by texas oil tycoon, beautiful, any remarks ? anyone know anything about these ? its in Maryland now

You need the vin to know what it is. AFAIK MB never made any factory limo's. I don't even know if they made any Guard W126's.

Except for the 600 series.

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nothing personal, i think your great and all, but you dont know much about mercedeses, if you drive one doesnt really mean you know all about one bro, its companies that took brand new benzez and made them into limo's but benz sold them as thier own.

But didn't you just answer your question. If it is shipped as a Mercedes to another factory, then it is not Mercedes factory built, just like Cadillac and Lincoln have other manufacturers build limos from their cars. Looks pretty simple too me, and I only drive one also.

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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

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true but there were also factory ones i heard about, nothing can be compared to factory made one though, you understand me?

Well then its not factory. That would be an aftermarket limo, so I was correct.

AMG was aftermarket until what date? Lets test YOUR knowledge.

Don't pick a MB fight with me friend, I have been doing this a long time, and have owned more than whats in my sig.

Without the vin this thread is useless because we don't know anything about that car.

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You are right, basically, about the 600s and production W126 factory limosines.

The last 600s were made in, I believe, 1981, at which time the W126 was inproduction.

Their was no regular "Guards option" for the W126, BUT the factory DID build the equivalent.

Anyone wanting to know what they looked like should search "Saddam W126" or equivalent until the threads come up here or on Benzworld.

Saddam had 3 white 1988 560SEL ones he'd ordered from the factory in Germany. they had armor plating, reinforced windows and other things.

When he travelled, all three would travel together, and they had identical license plates, and were constantly shuffled around in the convoy so assassins could not figure which one Saddam was riding in.

I saw a video of one such convoy in action

One of the cars is located in Hartford Connecticut where the owner recently tried to sell it for a million dollars. He was a US soldier who bought it for $5500 in Baghdad and illegally imported it through Portugal to the USA where the EPA DOT impounded it, but eventually released it

(The way the question got asked was I think, kind of arrogant and retarded.)

That is why I refuse to search up and post the links.

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1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

Jim B. you know what you talking about, well the MD limo is of late 1980's and is 560SEL aswell, altough there is no badge , so it was probably cousin to the ones Saddam had.

Model? Pics? If it's local I'd like to see it.

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

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arent you from MD aswell? hey i have them posted on here go to shop forum gallery and look under most recent

Wasn't the Pullman a factory limo? Certainly not as long as modern limos, but pretty long. And extremely expensive, both to buy new and to maintain.

Yes the Pullman was a factory limo, they made those until 83 I beleive.

I beleive they made W140 guard cars and slightly stretched versions of that, but I am not sure of the W126. John has a nice W126 limo but its was done by who a Dutchlet(sp?)

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Looks good. Its possible they made them, I really dont know for sure, one look underneath should be able to tell you though, whether parts were factory made for the stretch section or fabricated. What is its VIN? That should be a clue as well.

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

are you benz mechanic? hey can you also do bodywork, will you give me reasonable prices