Mercedes-Benz 300TE-24

[Usget]

What a lovely thing. I'd happily have one of those. Is it rather a car-engine mismatch, with that "spank me harder" engine mated to a very wafty vehicle?

[Vixpy1]

I love these..

[Hooli]

Lovely lovely old thing OP.

I had a 260e which did have an economy gauge, I never knew why

Re the window switch, if you take it out you can unclip the slides & it all pops open. There is a ball bearing & tiny spring to catch, but if you do it 'upright' then nothing falls out. I had a dodgy switch in mine & all it needed was the brass contacts cleaning up inside.

[londonbabe]

Re: the window. Mine has developed the same fault. Thanks for the tip.
I've also read that the wiring loom to the door is poorly designed, and twists up over the years, eventually breaking or shorting.

[b4bby]

Well I've had a few email's from Charles Ironside (extremely helpful and nice to deal with) and this Is his last email -

Hi Rob,

I sold the car last time in 2008 to a Mr P**** L** if that makes sense and this is what I did to the car :

Warranty work 3370
Tow bar £205
Radio £164
paintwork £88
General repairs 3349
Dent removal £41
Cleaning £140

I hope this helps !

Thanks,

Charles.

So although I've still not had chance to have a good look over the mechanical's myself thing's are looking promising.

[J4CKO]

Love these, nearly bought a 230E Coupe last year but already have more cars than I need, nothing drives quite like them.

[b4bby]

Well thing's are moving along now with the car as It's had a spring clean today.

Now the best shot's as It was difficult to have room to move around In the unit and only exterior picture's right now as the Interior wasn't showing up well at all.

Ill get Interior shot's posted tomorrow.

[tali1]

Love the rare brown interior.New, one of these would have hit nearly 40k - @75k today !

[b4bby]

And some Interior pics now It's been cleaned up -

[Brett748]

Almost showroom mate, love it.

[Ilovejapcrap]

Amazing love the leather.

What's the black thing at top of center counsel a aftermarket alarm ?

And what's the glass case I'm assuming aftermarket ?

[anonymous-user]

Christ, you see these, especially the estate or coupe for me, and immediately go off scouring the classifieds. I have nowhere for an extra car, and yet I need a TE and that 320CE on ebay at the moment, and another 172/182 to replace my missing hot hatch, AND... back to that brown leather. Just perfect.

I love the effort and care going into looking after these old beasts. My Alpina requires similar, has the horsepower of a decent hatch these days, and for the upkeep money you could be in all sorts of nice cars, but there is a joy in keeping the older stuff healthy. Except when you are spending on replacement flywheels. No joy there...

[tobinen]

That has a mega spec. Superb.

[b4bby]

Ilovejapcrap said:

Amazing love the leather.

What's the black thing at top of center counsel a aftermarket alarm ?

And what's the glass case I'm assuming aftermarket ?

Yes both aftermarket jobbies.

The alarm sensor look's very 90's and Isn't In keeping with rest of the car but I'm wary of removing It and leaving horrid looking hole's so I'll look behind that at some point to see If removal will leave hole's.

Here's the full option list Of the car that I've found.

Code Text
221 LEFT FRONT SEAT, ELECTRICALLY ADJUSTABLE
240 OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR
242 FRONT SEAT RH ELECTRIC ADJUSTABLE WITH MEMORY
263A LEATHER - LEATHER BRAZIL BROWN
280 LEATHER STEERING WHEEL AND LEATHER GEAR SHIFT KNOB
300 STORAGE BOX IN FRONT TRAY
341 ADDITIONAL LAMP
362 HERMES COMMUNICATION MODULE LTE
367 REMOVAL COSTS FOR CODE 524 AND 668
406 SINGLE SEAT WITH ORTHOPAEDIC FRONT SEAT BACKREST, LEFT AND RIGHT
412 ELECTRIC SLIDING ROOF
420 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 4-GEAR
446 TEMPOMAT (CRUISE CONTROL), STEERING COLUMN, ELECTRICALLY ADJUSTABLE, AND AIRBAG
461 INSTRUMENT WITH MILES IND. AND ENGLISH LEGEND
481 UNDERSHIELDS
532 AUTOMATIC ANTENNA WITHOUT RADIO SET
547 DOUBLE ROLLER BLIND AND SUN VISORS WITH MIRRORS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT, ILLUMINATED
570 FOLDING ARMREST, FRONT
588 AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL AND ELECTRIC WINDOW LIFTERS (FRONT AND REAR DOORS)
593 ALL-ROUND WD-GREEN GLASS,HEATED REAR WINDOW-ESG,BF
615 611 + 613
682 FIRE EXTINGUISHER
702 SMOKE SILVER METALLIC
722 BAGGAGE RACK, INTEGRATED
724 CARGO ANCHORAGE
731 WOOD TRIM BURRED WALNUT ROOT
812 REAR-MOUNTED LOUDSPEAKER
844 FOLDING SEAT BENCH IN LOADING COMPARTMENT, REVERSE TO DIRECTION OF TRAVEL

[dbdb]

Oh that's a lovely old thing with the perfect colour combination.

[Coker]

That is superb, what a stunning looking thing. That interior is fantastic.

[xuy]

wonderful!

[R6VED]

That is lovely :-) i have a 1981 SEL 500 which i am doing up as i go along and i love it. Old Mercedes are just cool.

[ajb85]

To echo everybody else's sentiment - it's bloody lovely! Three decades later and these old Mercs are still in a league of their own. Love it. Super cool and super stylish as well, in my opinion.

[benjj]

Stunning.

In 2007 I bought a 420SEL in exactly (and I mean exactly) the same colours in and out.

I paid £422 for it unseen on ebay, used it as a daily for 3 months and sold it for £675 again on ebay without spending a penny on it.

I really, really should have kept that car.