1987 Mercedes-Benz W126 560 SEC - project

1987 Mercedes-Benz W126 560 SEC - project

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bmthnick1981

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5,310 posts

215 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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Spotted this car sat at a specialist near Castle Coombe, made some enquiries and purchased it. Not quite purchased 'unseen' as I did stop and have a look at it but i've not been underneath it or heard it run (although apparently it does...). Pics from Google Earth how it looked when I first saw it;







I was mainly attracted to it by the period and staggered Lorinser wheels which are quite rare. It also has a Lorinser steering wheel and maybe some other Lorinser bits. No badging on the back so a quick mytextcheck revealed it is a 560 with 4 previous owners and no record of write off stolen etc.

I have some more pics from when I stopped to look at and I will dig those out and post.

schuey

705 posts

209 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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Looks ace,would love one of those.

bmthnick1981

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5,310 posts

215 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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I think they're ace too. Whether this one turns out to be an ace example remains to be seen though. Apparently it has been parked up for 7'ish years!

harry kular

2,770 posts

225 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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Great find with those wheels. Good luck with it.

The one next to it doesn't look bad either!


LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Thursday 24th October 2013
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Looking forward to more pics of this biggrin

NeilyWheelie

44 posts

126 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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I love the look of these - cant wait to see more pictures. Strangely I find there something romantic about a car that looks unloved and then saved by an enthusiast, having moved a wheel finally after all those years.

If I had the time/ability/money and countless other things I can find excuses for, I would like to have had a look and photographed the whole site and bought one (or all, ideally!) home with me for safe keeping.


deltashad

6,731 posts

196 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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These could be a serious classic to watch out for with future valuations.


Chunkychucky

5,942 posts

168 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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Love these big Merc coupes, especially the 560s. Always remember driving past this garage and seeing the guy's array of Mercedes, fair play for stopping and buying one OP. Looking forward to updates!

slippery

14,093 posts

238 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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Watching with interest. smile

dbdb

4,311 posts

172 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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I like these big coupes, there is definitely something special about them. A friend's father had a 560SEC when I was at school and riding in it gave a real sense off occasion and a feeling it was different to other cars - much like an XJ-S does, though in a completely different way. I was surprised that he had ordered it with velour seats rather than leather though.

si_xsi

1,189 posts

194 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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Get some more pics up man!!

Lovely, the ultimate 80's wafter. Don't these hand you your seatbelt too thumbup

bmthnick1981

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5,310 posts

215 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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Chunkychucky said:
Love these big Merc coupes, especially the 560s. Always remember driving past this garage and seeing the guy's array of Mercedes, fair play for stopping and buying one OP. Looking forward to updates!
There is more stuff down there which I am sure is available. There was a W140 S500 I had to refrain myself from enquiring about. My 560 SEC wasnt owned by the garage, it was a customers car who had left it there for storage and seemingly forgot about it!

Some pics from when I had a look round it;









And most importantly THE WHEELS! (Staggered Lorinser LO's);




chris182

4,151 posts

152 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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I sold my one of these a few months ago frown. Beautiful cars, bit heavy on the juice but such quality, the body panels felt like they were made from armour plate.

Steff

1,420 posts

262 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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love it - I've always wondered why those Merc's were dumped at the side of the road

bmthnick1981

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5,310 posts

215 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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Steff said:
love it - I've always wondered why those Merc's were dumped at the side of the road
If you are local pop in and have a nose round, Tony is a nice chap to deal with. In one of the Google Earth pics you can see a W116 saloon, I wish that was still there I would love to know the story behind it.

This is what mine should look like (image found on Google Images), same colour, wheels etc, but mine sits lower (borked suspension?);


deltashad

6,731 posts

196 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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Much nicer without the bodykit, the wheels though... sublime....

gabbo

77 posts

142 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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love these and very tempted with one

bookmarked

NeilyWheelie

44 posts

126 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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perhaps a stupid question, as I am sure its been posted before, but where is this place.

loving the car btw...

<edit> castle coombe - brilliant, I have a job in bristol next week to do, so I can see myself wasting a couple of hours on the way back home here...


Edited by NeilyWheelie on Friday 25th October 16:18

f1ten

2,161 posts

152 months

Friday 25th October 2013
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yes classy wheels, very understated

205pat

238 posts

172 months

Saturday 26th October 2013
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Always drive past these old mercs on my way to castle combe, well done on saving one! Hope it turns out to be a good one..