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Chicane-UK
2,593 posts
54 months
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rohrl said: Is that an AMG Hammer?
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rohrl
3,761 posts
14 months
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Chicane-UK said: rohrl said: Is that an AMG Hammer? No, the Hammer was an E-class making about 300bhp I think, thats a 560SEC.
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Chicane-UK
2,593 posts
54 months
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Ahh.. ok... either way it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Got a bit of a soft spot for that era of Merc.. especially the ones with crushing performance.
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Leins
1,193 posts
17 months
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Chicane-UK said: Is that an AMG Hammer? Nope, the Hammer was only 300E W124-based AFAIK, but with the engine out of the W126 560 SEC, and sometimes bored out to 6.0L That looks like an AMG widebody W126 though
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rohrl
3,761 posts
14 months
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Chicane-UK said: Ahh.. ok... either way it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Got a bit of a soft spot for that era of Merc.. especially the ones with crushing performance. You'll like this link http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=161&i=212... And if anyone here is ignorant of the amazing 1000SEL website full of 80's tuner monstrosities - http://www.1000sel.com/TuningHistory.com has lots of scanned magazine articles. They're in a mixture of languages - http://tuninghistory.com/
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SWoll
4,426 posts
127 months
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This  Difficult to explain why, but the level of want for the past 20 years has only increased.
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plasticpig
8,344 posts
94 months
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 Mainly for it's rarity value.
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gowmonster
1,307 posts
36 months
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poprock said: I’m very lucky and already own my favourite car from the era. Tragically though (for me), I think I might need to sell it quite soon. I wanted this to be a real keeper, but I’m going to need the money to keep a roof over my head instead.  That looks lovely and in the best colour, if only I had the money I'd have that off you being local. much you looking for it?
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Chicane-UK
2,593 posts
54 months
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rohrl said:  I'd be a very happy guy if I had a chance to drive one of those one day 
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poprock
1,869 posts
70 months
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gowmonster said: That looks lovely and in the best colour, if only I had the money I'd have that off you being local. much you looking for it? I haven’t decided yet … having enough trouble facing up to the idea that I’m probably going to have to let it go! I suppose ideally £7k, but will probably go a LOT lower for a quick sale. It’s far from a standard car (the vented front wings are unique, for example) and was pretty much top-spec to begin with.
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ferdi p
508 posts
41 months
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Johnboy Mac
2,666 posts
47 months
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ferdi p said: Fond memories.
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Eighteeteewhy
6,368 posts
37 months
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SWoll said: This Difficult to explain why, but the level of want for the past 20 years has only increased. I'll raise you... 
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Cupramax
2,956 posts
121 months
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Johnboy Mac said: ferdi p said: Fond memories. Me too, apart from the rust and inboard disks  oh, and the jammed throttle that may have been caused by a cassette jammed down the back of the dash 
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gowmonster
1,307 posts
36 months
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poprock said: gowmonster said: That looks lovely and in the best colour, if only I had the money I'd have that off you being local. much you looking for it? I haven’t decided yet … having enough trouble facing up to the idea that I’m probably going to have to let it go! I suppose ideally £7k, but will probably go a LOT lower for a quick sale. It’s far from a standard car (the vented front wings are unique, for example) and was pretty much top-spec to begin with. Sadly out of my price range. there is a company up loch lomond way that i see a few 944s on when I'm looking buchananmotors.com, may be worth a call and see if they would be interested in buying it or selling it for you. I'm no way connected to them btw.
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Johnboy Mac
2,666 posts
47 months
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Cupramax said: apart from the rust It was dire, especially on my '76 1.2 ('81 one not as bad) but thankfully a nice lady in a tank of a 504 Estate hit me!
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poprock
1,869 posts
70 months
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gowmonster said: buchananmotors.com They have a really, really bad reputation amongst 944 owners—be very careful if you ever do think about buying from them! Thanks for the thought anyway, very kind.
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gowmonster
1,307 posts
36 months
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poprock said: They have a really, really bad reputation amongst 944 owners—be very careful if you ever do think about buying from them!
Thanks for the thought anyway, very kind. oh b  ks, in that case, apologies and thanks
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S2Mike
2,090 posts
19 months
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Johnboy Mac said: ferdi p said: Fond memories. I remember working for an Alfa franchise, in the early 80s, and we were kept busy replacing bodypanels on these because of the demon rust, and the cars were less than a year old, Holes in the front edge of the bonnet and tops of the front wings, but did we have fun driving them on errands, garage exchanges etc. I was young and inexperienced in fast cars but these went like s**t off a shovel. Must be super rare to have an original one now!!
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E30M3SE
6,675 posts
65 months
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The list would be long, but here's one, 
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