1995 Mercedes 500SL

[sshenton1975]

Evening all

The OCD has come out in me recently resulting in the purchase of my first DA polisher with Meguiars compounds.

I am taking my R129 SL at the MB SL national day tomorrow so i thought I would give the DA a go this afternoon. The paint is pretty good as it has been resprayed at some point in its life. However over time it has picked up lots of tiny scratches as well as one big on the bonnet when i used a broom to remove last years snow!

The results are great and the old girl has come up a treat. My 14 month old son George is getting the car bug already and was keen to get involved!

Have a good weekend all

Simon





And with the top up

George lending a hand!

[El Capitano]

Love this shape SL.

Looks good!

[Jedimindtrix71]

Love the car.

Cute kid BTW.

[Escort3500]

Still a great looking car and very tidy for a 17 year old motor. Young George is obviously looking forward to inheriting it

[ciaranthemurph]

That is a lovely car. I always wanted one of these when I was a child, they still look fantastic today.

[Another Fluffer]

You haven't got rid of the CL have you?

[morgrp]

Shameless check out my car thread...

but when a car looks as good as that, all is forgiven!

The last properly engineered model Merc ever made - lovely colour that

[Lagerlout]

Stunning car and great pics.

[sshenton1975]

Another Fluffer said:

You haven't got rid of the CL have you?

No!! The CL is a keeper for now amd still being usd as my daily!

[harry kular]

Lovely car and colour combination.

[sshenton1975]

The thing that amazes me about these is the VALUE you get for such little money!

Mine is worth 5k absolute max and thats only because it is the V8 500. The smaller engined cars are going for less than 3k on ebay!

Grab one whilst you can - they are made of granite!

[tobinen]

Looks lovely. These must be the best used car bargain in the country at the moment. Been offered a 95 SL500 for under £5,000 but I have nowhere to keep it and it's a lovely car too

[martin mrt]

Lovely lovely cars these, and I can't believe they are as cheap as some are suggesting, I'm off to check the classifieds

[DSLiverpool]

Red sl600 on 42k - very tempting but I'm taken

[NickHKent]

That's a lovely looking car, such good value.

Is the maintenance heavy on the wallet?

[anonymous-user]

Absolutely lovely cars and yours looks fantastic. The vfm is immense with these. i have wanted one since they came out, remember the article in CAR with a silver one with cloth interior. there may be plenty to go wrong but it's built so well that it has to be worth a gamble. And besides, parts availability is pretty good, right? (I mean from breakers etc not from MB).

Enjoy and keep us posted on your progress.

[irish boy]

What a superb piece of kit. I've had a couple of 124's and 126's but never a 129.

Looking at those pics really puts me in the mood to go look.....

[TwistingMyMelon]

Lovely car, perfect wheel, colour, leather & engine combo. Great condition

Going to buy myself one in the next few years

[DannyScene]

morgrp said:

Shameless check out my car thread...

This is the readers cars section isn't it??



OP are those alloys standard? They look Mahoosive

[castex]

Polynesian said:

remember the article in CAR with a silver one with cloth interior

I remember Car's launch article, in particular the bit about how they'd had one utterly destroyed by a female journalist who jumped a humpback bridge then turned the wheel in midair ready for the fast-approaching corner. On the crumpled nose was her lipstick where she'd kissed it for saving her life with its amazing pop-up rollbar.