On Monday, January 30, 2006, at 06:54 PM, eric peterson wrote:
Looks nice.... are these W124s any good?? Also can
the clearcoat just be resprayed or do you have to redo
the paint also. What is the going price for these??
All I've ever dealt with are W123s and a W126.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-190-Series-190-D-1989-M-
BENZ-190-D-69-241-MILES-
NICE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6328QQitemZ4608916185QQrdZ1
You already know its a 201. They're nice cars. Nimble in comparison to
your 123-126 experience. The Euro 190D I recently picked up looked just
like the one on e-bay. Florida took its toll on the paint. I think the
car is silver in the pics. It looks like cream inside.
It probably really is a good deal except paint can be expensive, then
again, you may want to try clear coating the upper damaged surfaces
only. I went for the whole paint job and stripped all the trim, bumpers
etc off of it. $678, not the greatest but respectable. In the
springtime (maybe sooner), I will help it out a bit.
I don't know if this is good reference but I paid $1200 for mine 1986
2.5 5 Cyl (not 4 as "yours" is advertised) 62,000 miles, original
owner. I had to do a ton of this and that but I now have a near perfect
low mileage MB diesel for $2600.
If I charged myself for the labor, I may have close to $5,000 in it.
Either of these cars should hold up nicely for a good ten years if
cared for properly. I love mine, had several before, no inherent
problems. Well maybe the wiper.
Johnny B.
I Mac Therefore I am
