sl r129 anyone taken the risk on a 3/4k car
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jke11y said:
Market waking up to the 129 (or the increasing bubble, you decide!). None of them are cheap btw
Every one of those cars has been picked up recently at auction. Two from Anglia on 8th April and two from Classic Car Auctions in the Midlands the weekend before. The cars were immediately advertised on eBay using the auction house photos, at markedly inflated prices. The silver 300SL-24 had previously been for sale with 1stChoiceCars or similar in Oxfordshire, for about 8k with an advertised occasional roof fault. I suppose this dealer could have the crack R129 fettling squad of all time, as quick and as resourceful than the A-Team, able to mend solenoids with a single bound.
This is what it takes to prepare a decent R129 for sale, from a dealer/mechanic with a very good name.
https://youtu.be/5Hx1sKZKZJM
I popped in today for a look, bit of a joke. Ignored by staff after being shown to where the cars are, mixed bag (the green129 was very nice but laughable pricing, pagoda was no way a £60k car) and left. They're mixed in with the car supermarket cars complete with 90s techno pumping (not joking, ICE MC was on).
Just finished at £9,300
chris333 said:
This very smart looking SL500 has popped up on eBay as an auction. Will be interesting to see what it goes for.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172633394564?ul_noapp=tr...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172633394564?ul_noapp=tr...
£18k at Peter Vardy next week then...
Lowtimer said:
Just finished at £9,300
chris333 said:
This very smart looking SL500 has popped up on eBay as an auction. Will be interesting to see what it goes for.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172633394564?ul_noapp=tr...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172633394564?ul_noapp=tr...
188k miles but with a rebuilt tranny, timing chain done and upper wiring harness replaced. Would still investigate potential throttle body rewire too, and when/why it got the 1998-> rear lights, but the car has no business looking this clean at these miles!
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
Edited by Zonergem on Wednesday 3rd May 09:20
Peter Vardy's Disease (or chronic greed, to give it another name) strikes again.
Buy a 127k mile 300SL-24 at auction (4500 + commission, against an estimate of 2900-3500).
https://www.swva.co.uk/classic-car/mercedes-300sl-...
Get it up to Surrey, take a few more photos and bung it on Autotrader for 10k. Is that a leak from the rear diff or the fuel tank? Don't know, don't care.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
Another dealer is selling a near-identical car - same year, same engine, same colours - but on the correct wheels and with half the mileage - also for 10k? Doesn't matter, you only need one mug.
https://www.candvcars.co.uk/mercedes-sl-300-sl-24-...
Buy a 127k mile 300SL-24 at auction (4500 + commission, against an estimate of 2900-3500).
https://www.swva.co.uk/classic-car/mercedes-300sl-...
Get it up to Surrey, take a few more photos and bung it on Autotrader for 10k. Is that a leak from the rear diff or the fuel tank? Don't know, don't care.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2017...
Another dealer is selling a near-identical car - same year, same engine, same colours - but on the correct wheels and with half the mileage - also for 10k? Doesn't matter, you only need one mug.
https://www.candvcars.co.uk/mercedes-sl-300-sl-24-...
Planning on going to view this tomorrow for my wife to use as a daily, what do you think?
http://www.rhclassics.co.uk/sales-restorations/199...
http://www.rhclassics.co.uk/sales-restorations/199...
Gurbinder said:
Planning on going to view this tomorrow for my wife to use as a daily, what do you think?
http://www.rhclassics.co.uk/sales-restorations/199...
No mention of mileage, guess that can only mean it's highhttp://www.rhclassics.co.uk/sales-restorations/199...
The blue SL320 presents nicely. It would be slap-bang in the middle of the degrading wiring loom insulation era though, but that can be dealt with by SiLeck or others for £1000 or so.
The silver 300SL-24 has been for sale since November 2016, generally at a lower price (7995 on eBay). No wiring harness issues here but an M104 engine of that age/mileage is going to need a head-gasket (ISTR my indie saying it's normally the gatepost gasket which only takes him 3 hrs) in the near future, if it's not been done. Posters here such as Mickyveloce who have the 300SL-24 love the engine but it takes revs to get the best out of it, so perhaps not the smoothest daily?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201728995896
In either case a thorough inspection (door bottoms etc), as many roof cycles as you can manage and a long test drive are important.
Good luck.
The silver 300SL-24 has been for sale since November 2016, generally at a lower price (7995 on eBay). No wiring harness issues here but an M104 engine of that age/mileage is going to need a head-gasket (ISTR my indie saying it's normally the gatepost gasket which only takes him 3 hrs) in the near future, if it's not been done. Posters here such as Mickyveloce who have the 300SL-24 love the engine but it takes revs to get the best out of it, so perhaps not the smoothest daily?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201728995896
In either case a thorough inspection (door bottoms etc), as many roof cycles as you can manage and a long test drive are important.
Good luck.
vpr said:
The owners cheaped out, it'd put me off straight away "replaced nsf suspension arm" A £2000 spend really isn't all that much.
vpr said:
Gurbinder said:
Planning on going to view this tomorrow for my wife to use as a daily, what do you think?
http://www.rhclassics.co.uk/sales-restorations/199...
No mention of mileage, guess that can only mean it's highhttp://www.rhclassics.co.uk/sales-restorations/199...
Zonergem said:
The blue SL320 presents nicely. It would be slap-bang in the middle of the degrading wiring loom insulation era though, but that can be dealt with by SiLeck or others for £1000 or so.
The silver 300SL-24 has been for sale since November 2016, generally at a lower price (7995 on eBay). No wiring harness issues here but an M104 engine of that age/mileage is going to need a head-gasket (ISTR my indie saying it's normally the gatepost gasket which only takes him 3 hrs) in the near future, if it's not been done. Posters here such as Mickyveloce who have the 300SL-24 love the engine but it takes revs to get the best out of it, so perhaps not the smoothest daily?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201728995896
In either case a thorough inspection (door bottoms etc), as many roof cycles as you can manage and a long test drive are important.
Good luck.
I did notice it was for sale for 7995 with another trader, I will view it tonight and let you guys know.The silver 300SL-24 has been for sale since November 2016, generally at a lower price (7995 on eBay). No wiring harness issues here but an M104 engine of that age/mileage is going to need a head-gasket (ISTR my indie saying it's normally the gatepost gasket which only takes him 3 hrs) in the near future, if it's not been done. Posters here such as Mickyveloce who have the 300SL-24 love the engine but it takes revs to get the best out of it, so perhaps not the smoothest daily?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201728995896
In either case a thorough inspection (door bottoms etc), as many roof cycles as you can manage and a long test drive are important.
Good luck.
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