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Jimmy Recard said:
I think to get a V12 the surest way would be to get on a waiting list with an importer to get first refusal on one.
Or if you know what you're doing/fancy a gamble on a Japanese auction site, import one yourself
Yeah, I'm sure if I really wanted one, the guy who brought our Alphard in would source one for me.Or if you know what you're doing/fancy a gamble on a Japanese auction site, import one yourself
I've just read it back and it looks like I'm advising you on how to get one. It was just hypothetical musing as I've also noticed that V12s don't ever seem to end up on the market here.
I'd like one a lot but it's too expensive for me as a curiosity. With a Euromillions win I'd quite like to have that and a chauffeur to take me on pub crawls
I'd like one a lot but it's too expensive for me as a curiosity. With a Euromillions win I'd quite like to have that and a chauffeur to take me on pub crawls
I like the look of this but don't know much about w123 mercs. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C833103
0a said:
I like the look of this but don't know much about w123 mercs. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C833103
Slow and noisy, I'd have thought with an old school non-turbo Diesel engine.80bhp and 1.6 tonnes to drag around!
0a said:
I like the look of this but don't know much about w123 mercs. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C833103
That would be utterly wonderful to drive slowly. Great car. Great colours. Diesel = meh.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Trabi601 said:
I make no apologies for going slightly over budget for this one.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REDESIGNED-TOYOTA-CENTUR...
Toyota Century V12.
I'd love to have that, but am not sure I'd ever love owning it. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REDESIGNED-TOYOTA-CENTUR...
Toyota Century V12.
Krikkit said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
Trabi601 said:
I make no apologies for going slightly over budget for this one.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REDESIGNED-TOYOTA-CENTUR...
Toyota Century V12.
I'd love to have that, but am not sure I'd ever love owning it. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REDESIGNED-TOYOTA-CENTUR...
Toyota Century V12.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
0a said:
I like the look of this but don't know much about w123 mercs. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C833103
That would be utterly wonderful to drive slowly. Great car. Great colours. Diesel = meh.
Speed addicted said:
Looks lovely, my first thought was how little hassle it would be to put something a bit more woofly and V8 under the bonnet. Something with enough capacity to make it spritely rather than outright fast. More for effortless cruising than bruising.
All you'd have to do is replace the engine, the gearbox, the back axle, the half shafts, the brakes, the suspension, the cooling system, the wheels and the tyres and a bunch of minor things. A dead-ish SL500 would be the ideal donor source of parts.Lowtimer said:
Speed addicted said:
Looks lovely, my first thought was how little hassle it would be to put something a bit more woofly and V8 under the bonnet. Something with enough capacity to make it spritely rather than outright fast. More for effortless cruising than bruising.
All you'd have to do is replace the engine, the gearbox, the back axle, the half shafts, the brakes, the suspension, the cooling system, the wheels and the tyres and a bunch of minor things. A dead-ish SL500 would be the ideal donor source of parts.I was just for changing the engine to something that produced about 3x the horsepower (and a much nicer noise) and leaving the rest alone, I'm sure it'd be fine if you were careful.
Probably.
Old 635 manual and located in.....Yugoslavia! Do you think that means you have to travel back to the 1990's to buy it?
http://m.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C771706
http://m.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C771706
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