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[Blown2CV]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

I'll stop picture whoring here I promise, but as my Romanian friends have done such a cracking job cleaning the old girl for 15 quid, I thought the least I could do was flash up a couple more.

brexit will have the same wash at £50 soon!!

[Blown2CV]

W00DY said:

The SEC does look awesome. I do agree about a few details just keeping it from perfection. I'd love to a Euro focussed overhauling where the end result just looked to most people like a standard restoration, but with all the little bits 'fixed'.





http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1987-LANCIA-THEMA-8-32-/...

Glorious.

that is incredible. For some reason those were my absolute favourite car in the mid 80s. Bit sad that the current owner apparently won't even pay £50 to have the air con regassed... typical alarm bell geezer.

[Jimmy Recard]

Blown2CV said:

W00DY said:

The SEC does look awesome. I do agree about a few details just keeping it from perfection. I'd love to a Euro focussed overhauling where the end result just looked to most people like a standard restoration, but with all the little bits 'fixed'.





http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1987-LANCIA-THEMA-8-32-/...

Glorious.

that is incredible. For some reason those were my absolute favourite car in the mid 80s. Bit sad that the current owner apparently won't even pay £50 to have the air con regassed... typical alarm bell geezer.

I really, really love that car. I don't think I'm skilled/rich enough to act on it though

[55palfers]

Another handsome 190 at £3995. The garage are well respected MB indys.

http://www.wdmcarsmercedesspecialist.co.uk/used-ca...

[SimonConnell]

Any thoughts on this? To my eye, great colours and a rare manual T5. But moon miles and the dealer's photos are sorely lacking. Buy it and spend another grand getting the wheels refurbished, a full detail and replacing any missing trim (e.g. the mirror)? MOT history doesn't seem to show any horrors;

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-Volvo-V70-2-4-T5-SE-5...

[cat220]

CL55 for sale, high miles but under 4k...



http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/classifieds-cars-sa...

[r129sl]

Jimmy Recard said:

Blown2CV said:

W00DY said:

The SEC does look awesome. I do agree about a few details just keeping it from perfection. I'd love to a Euro focussed overhauling where the end result just looked to most people like a standard restoration, but with all the little bits 'fixed'.





http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1987-LANCIA-THEMA-8-32-/...

Glorious.

that is incredible. For some reason those were my absolute favourite car in the mid 80s. Bit sad that the current owner apparently won't even pay £50 to have the air con regassed... typical alarm bell geezer.

I really, really love that car. I don't think I'm skilled/rich enough to act on it though

You have to love that super-tidy audio installation. I really like the mixture of dangling on the wires and duck tape used to secure those cross overs.

[cat220]

SimonConnell said:

Any thoughts on this? To my eye, great colours and a rare manual T5. But moon miles and the dealer's photos are sorely lacking. Buy it and spend another grand getting the wheels refurbished, a full detail and replacing any missing trim (e.g. the mirror)? MOT history doesn't seem to show any horrors;

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-Volvo-V70-2-4-T5-SE-5...

At that mileage and money I'd be looking for a full service history. Too much money IMO. Perhaps at £1250 it would be more attractive.

[E65Ross]

55palfers said:

Another handsome 190 at £3995. The garage are well respected MB indys.

http://www.wdmcarsmercedesspecialist.co.uk/used-ca...

comical pricing for a 1.8 IMO

[Zonergem]

E65Ross said:

comical pricing for a 1.8 IMO

[ahem] http://www.john-haynes.com/sale/mercedes-190e-1-8

15 LARGE!

[r129sl]

E65Ross said:

55palfers said:

Another handsome 190 at £3995. The garage are well respected MB indys.

http://www.wdmcarsmercedesspecialist.co.uk/used-ca...

comical pricing for a 1.8 IMO

What, would an extra 200cc make any difference whatsoever?

[SuperHangOn]

Zonergem said:

E65Ross said:

comical pricing for a 1.8 IMO

[ahem] http://www.john-haynes.com/sale/mercedes-190e-1-8

15 LARGE!

I had a look at that car when I was last in there. It is effectively a brand new 190E.

The restorations they do at that place are jaw dropping, especially the odd gulllwing they have floating about I would imagine some of the resto's run into the hundreds of thousands.

[Croutons]

cat220 said:

CL55 for sale, high miles but under 4k...



http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/classifieds-cars-sa...

258k? Just run in.

One gallon say every 20 miles = 12900 gallons. Fiver each over time? £64,500 in fuel. God loves a tax payer...

Edited by Croutons on Tuesday 25th October 08:08

[Jimmy Recard]

r129sl said:

You have to love that super-tidy audio installation. I really like the mixture of dangling on the wires and duck tape used to secure those cross overs.

At least that's easy and cheap enough for me to sort out myself!

I'm not a welder, painter or engine builder though

[Stu T]

SuperHangOn said:

Zonergem said:

E65Ross said:

comical pricing for a 1.8 IMO

[ahem] http://www.john-haynes.com/sale/mercedes-190e-1-8

15 LARGE!

I had a look at that car when I was last in there. It is effectively a brand new 190E.

The restorations they do at that place are jaw dropping, especially the odd gulllwing they have floating about I would imagine some of the resto's run into the hundreds of thousands.

John Haynes do the work on my r129, they really are excellent.

[E65Ross]

r129sl said:

E65Ross said:

55palfers said:

Another handsome 190 at £3995. The garage are well respected MB indys.

http://www.wdmcarsmercedesspecialist.co.uk/used-ca...

comical pricing for a 1.8 IMO

What, would an extra 200cc make any difference whatsoever?

10% so perhaps, yes. But £4k for a 4 pot 190E is overpriced IMO. They're nice enough cars but the engine is the most boring engine I've ever experienced. I suspect a 6 cylinder would make the car a much better experience.

[Bonefish Blues]

I must admit I used to drive my boss's 190 2.0 back in the day and wondered what the fuss was about. I know, burn the heretic and all that, but much much later drove a Merc Specialist's nail loaner and viewed it with much more affection.

[Parisien]

Bonefish Blues said:

I must admit I used to drive my boss's 190 2.0 back in the day and wondered what the fuss was about. I know, burn the heretic and all that, but much much later drove a Merc Specialist's nail loaner and viewed it with much more affection.

Having owned several new back in the day, they were indeed hewn from granite in comparison to other cars, it was never sold as a zippy mid range car, its ride/handling in the day was were fabulous compared to lots of others, virtually as good as the high end models Mercedes sold. Sure it rolled and was a bit slow but those issues were far out weighed by others.

Yes, the 200cc extra cc do make a difference, its all about gearing and power delivery which are better in the 2.0 car.


P

[BigBen]

Croutons said:

cat220 said:

CL55 for sale, high miles but under 4k...



http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/classifieds-cars-sa...

258k? Just run in.

One gallon say every 20 miles = 12900 gallons. Fiver each over time? £64,500 in fuel. God loves a tax payer...

Edited by Croutons on Tuesday 25th October 08:08

Looks pretty good but not cheap enough for the miles IMO

[The Don of Croy]

55palfers said:

Another handsome 190 at £3995. The garage are well respected MB indys.

Interesting enough mota, but why is there a tanned bald person wearing a bridal gown slumped between the front seats? Was it a factory extra?