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
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