Sounds like I need to head out to california with a car hauler! Every time I visit out west I'm tempted. One of these days I'll find the time, money, and courage to fly out, buy something, and drive it back here to NJ.
Jaime On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:38 AM, David Bruckmann <bruckma...@transcontinental.ca> wrote: > So you mean my perfectly rust-free, mostly-original-paint 280SEL 4.5 might be > worth something?! > > The market in California is clearly different than everywhere else. Here, > rust-free, running, decent looking 108s are on Craigslist regularly for > months and people can't give them away. $2500 seems to be the magic number > when they disappear. Of course they all start with $7k+, but then creep down > when they realize nobody will pay that. > > That friend of mine who bought the 115: it was a 76 300D, no rust, original > paint and interior, basically nothing wrong with it apart from a toasted prop > shaft support and seat pads, for $1k. He'll need to spend 3k to make it nice, > but it will be worth it at the end. > > D. > > Jaime wrote: >>Which brings up the question asked earlier on the list: How much is a >>W108 4.5 worth? I didn't say much, but I was shocked to hear $1000. >>A decent W108 around here is very hard to find, and anything without >>significant rust is worth $2000+ easy in my opinion. If you can drive >>it home, its worth $3500+. If there is no major issues, $5000-8000+. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
