True, a five liter model is a totally different animal, and those will always command a high price. But - the more common plebeian 350/450 won’t.
-D > On Feb 5, 2020, at 3:18 PM, Clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I think not. There are very few survivors to be found, let alone in a > condition to be used. The ones I see are very clapped out and would required > complete renovation, about $28k. A 5 liter SLC remains collectable and > investment worthy due to desirability. The standard SLC just ain’t sexy > enough to bother. > > Preserving my SL requires a couple grand each year to keep roadworthy and > pretty enough. To make desirable enough to have precipitous valuation > increase requires a change in historical ownership by a world class rockstar > or personality. That and about $20k in bodywork/interior/controls, rubber > bit exchange, and reduction in mileage by 180k miles. > > clay > >> On Feb 5, 2020, at 10:14 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> They have declined in value in the past 15 years, but due to scarcity and >> iconic styling there will be a day when the value rises precipitously. IMO >> >> On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 12:30 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > > _______________________________________ > 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
