Best Smoker Barges - 1 - 5 Large [Vol 3]

[GBB]

Chrisw666 said:

I like his claim that 6 cylinder manual cars are rare. I'd always assumed manual Mercedes of this era were rare with good reason.

Sounds like a company car where the budget didn't stretch to Metallic or Automatic!

[Garlick]

BUT....

All that said, I still find it appealing. Just not £2200 appealing.

[Robatr0n]

What are those 190Es like with a manual box? A friend of mine had driven one and maintained it was like stirring porridge. Allegedly they are much better suited to an autobox but I've never been in the position to pass judgement.

[Garlick]

Robatr0n said:

What are those 190Es like with a manual box?

Not great. You get used to it, but notchy was a word made for this era of 'box.

[Garlick]

No, I'm being too kind. It was awful.

[Gorvid]

Garlick said:

No, I'm being too kind. It was awful.

Any barge Merc of the golden era... any spec... what would you pick?

[bmthnick1981]

CampDavid said:

jonnydm said:

Says Nick with the reddies in his pocket and a cab booked for 15mins before.

Indeed

Viewing is at the earliest convenience of the seller

I'm sure you're not going to attempt to steel, that would contravene the first rule of Barging :Laugh:

Haha! As much as I like it I think with an E38 750i and a recently acquired Alp B3 i've got enough on my plate at the moment!

My enquiry was to see if you had viewed/bought it yet!

ps - London is a bit more than 15 mins from me in a cab

[hornetrider]

Gorvid said:

Any barge Merc of the golden era... any spec... what would you pick?

That's a great question. I'm no Merc beard but on the face of it I'd go for either a 300CE-24 or a 500E.

[Garlick]

Gorvid said:

Garlick said:

No, I'm being too kind. It was awful.

Any barge Merc of the golden era... any spec... what would you pick?

A question I could ponder all day....

Unrealistic - 6.9


Realistic - E320 Sportline Cab


Rare, but would be great - W123 TD

[Robatr0n]

Garlick said:

No, I'm being too kind. It was awful.

My old Audi Coupe of similar vintage had a very vague gearbox, it just offered no feeling or feedback. Mind you I didn't think that at the time, smoking around in one of those at the age of 19 made me feel like the dogs danglies.

[bmthnick1981]

Garlick said:

Gorvid said:

Garlick said:

No, I'm being too kind. It was awful.

Any barge Merc of the golden era... any spec... what would you pick?

A question I could ponder all day....

Unrealistic - 6.9

This.

[bmthnick1981]

But then again, what about a Grosser?

[jonnydm]

bmthnick1981 said:

But then again, what about a Grosser?

Do you have the correct atire?

[Gorvid]

Garlick said:

Rare, but would be great - W123 TD

I utterly LOVE these old estates.

I want one, with the whitewall tyres and metal roof bars, and I want to fit a ridiculous engine in it.

Did they ever come with any great big engines?

[BigBen]

Gorvid said:

Garlick said:

Rare, but would be great - W123 TD

I utterly LOVE these old estates.

I want one, with the whitewall tyres and metal roof bars, and I want to fit a ridiculous engine in it.

Did they ever come with any great big engines?

The biggest capacity was the 300D but that suffers from being a diesel. The 280E was a 2.8L straight six with circa 170BHP, they went quite well.

There was an article on here a year or so back about someone fitting the 5.6 V8 from an S-class to a W123 and it seemed quite an easy job

Ben

[Strawman]

BigBen said:

The biggest capacity was the 300D but that suffers from being a diesel. The 280E was a 2.8L straight six with circa 170BHP, they went quite well.

There was an article on here a year or so back about someone fitting the 5.6 V8 from an S-class to a W123 and it seemed quite an easy job

Ben

Yes, I met someone doing this, I think to a W123 coupé rather than the estate though, he was mating it to an manual gearbox from an Merc ambulance (IIRC), he said the front suspension from the S class, that donated the engine, fitted across quite easily.

[richardxjr]

hornetrider said:

Gorvid said:

Any barge Merc of the golden era... any spec... what would you pick?

That's a great question. I'm no Merc beard but on the face of it I'd go for either a 300CE-24 or a 500E.

500E for me. Twas my all time fave thing ever 'til that R63 thing popped up last week

[Traveller]

BigBen said:

The biggest capacity was the 300D but that suffers from being a diesel. The 280E was a 2.8L straight six with circa 170BHP, they went quite well.

There was an article on here a year or so back about someone fitting the 5.6 V8 from an S-class to a W123 and it seemed quite an easy job

Ben

Practical classics did a 560 v8 transplant into a w123 a year or so ago, an easy 11 on the cool meter.

[Gorvid]

BigBen said:

The biggest capacity was the 300D but that suffers from being a diesel. The 280E was a 2.8L straight six with circa 170BHP, they went quite well.

There was an article on here a year or so back about someone fitting the 5.6 V8 from an S-class to a W123 and it seemed quite an easy job

Ben

Oh Jesus.

Want.

[Garlick]

I'd be happy with the 300 turbo-diesel to be honest.