The head was replaced and the engine rebuilt at some time in the car’s past. I don’t have details yet but I’m getting them shortly. He says there’s a good 3" thick file folder of service records.
This guy buys really, really nice examples of MBs and then spends whatever necessary to bring them up to 110%. He’s done this with the intent to keep them, but his business is growing exponentially and he started a family recently. As you might expect, time available for MB fun and games has pretty much evaporated, so he’s thinning out the herd. He’s the one I bought the 94 S420 from. It’s not perfect, but it’s certainly one of the nicest W140s I’ve seen of its vintage in a long time. Dan > On Sep 3, 2015, at 7:16 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > No, just considering this as a second car if the price would be right. > > Why, you want the S430? > > I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: > > After the W140 Mercedes became a commodity, I think. The styling does > nothing to distinguish the cars from any others on the road. The fit and > finish isn’t that great, and the build quality is so-so. Interiors look fake > and plasticky, not luxurious. > > The S430 is a good car, and I’m happy with it as transportation, but unlike > models that preceded it, it has no soul. > > Dan > > > >> On Sep 2, 2015, at 9:44 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> You gonna unload the S430? >> >> --R (sent from my miniPad) >> >> On Sep 2, 2015, at 8:39 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> The guy I got my 1994 S420 has a 300SDL he’s looking to get rid of. Like >> the S420, he poured far more money into it than he did driving time, and it >> was supposedly as nice or nicer than the S420 when he bought it a few years >> ago. >> >> This isn’t the rodbender, is it? What should I look for/ask about? I know >> the W126 chassis well, but not the M603 engine or relatedc running gear. >> >> I may take a look at it in a week or two. I would really like to get back >> into a W126, and even better, a diesel. Back to a simpler time…. >> >> Dan >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
