I am really starting to get the urge for a v8 124. I am mad about the one that was up in KS that must have sold. It was a 94 with heated seats and asr
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 31, 2018, at 1:18 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Here’s the CL ad: > > https://greenville.craigslist.org/cto/d/400e-mercedes-benz-w124-m119/6456318662.html > > I posted a link to current photos yesterday: > > http://penoff.com/Penoff.com/PhotoDump.html > > He had listed this on Benzworld a while back starting at $2k or thereabouts > with no takers. It’s had all the requisite 1993 vintage/M119 stuff done to > it, but needs a lower engine harness rebuild (easy for someone with basic > soldering and mechanical skills) and the ASR sorted out - also a fairly easy > fix once some troubleshooting can be done. Heck! if someone bought this and > shipped me the harness, I would rebuilt it for the cost of shipping. It’s > easy if you’ve got the stuff. > > I’m out at this point. As stated by the time I have the purchase price and > shipping ($450) into it I’ll be upside down trying to get everything sorted, > as it has a bunch of minor things like rear window regulator and wonky > antenna, to name a few, that need to be addressed. My Martha tendencies > would require that I address it all, which would not make good fiscal sense > in the long term. > > This is a bad*ss car with a 4 liter M119 in it, and besides being > surprisingly frugal on fuel for a V8, it will blow the doors off of about > anything else on the street today. > > I would bet if you walked up with $750/$800 right now he would take it. For > that and not having to pay to ship it somewhere you could have a real race > car for minimal $$$. > > -D > >> On Jan 31, 2018, at 1:34 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> link? or was that just some random car you ran across? I could get the >> daughter unit to take a look at it if you want, she'll be back up there >> Thursday. >> >> How low do you think the guy would go? I have a truck and a trailer... or >> just catch a ride with her and drive it back... >> >> --FT >> >> >>> On 1/31/18 1:08 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: >>> I’m going to pass on this car. While I’m confident the ASR issues would be >>> easily resolved after researching them in detail, there are a lot of other >>> little niggly bit to be addressed that I fear would just add up to the >>> point where I would have too much money sunk into it for my satisfaction, >>> especially because I’m going to have nearly $1500 into it before I even >>> crack the hood with having to ship it home. >>> >>> That is, I would Martha the p*ss out of it for more than its worth. >>> >>> If anyone is interested, I think it would be a great project car that you >>> could get going for minimal $$$ if you’re not worried about it being >>> perfect. If anyone wants the contact info for the seller, let me know. CL >>> has beaten him up pretty badly, so I suspect if you were ready to walk up >>> with cash in hand you could even get it for less than the current $995 >>> asking price. >>> >>> -D >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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
