Re: [MBZ] Runs on starting fluid - 74 450SL - $2,500

2022-06-29 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
A 1977 or later exhaust manifold will bolt right up, then install the later
exhaust system and you are good to go. BTDT (almost, '75 block in a '78
SLC). Yes - the manual HVAC would be a really nice plus - worth changing
the exhaust manifold and system for IMHO.

On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 6:23 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes <
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> 75 is the absolute pinnacle of worstness. 76 isn’t much better. Underhood
> temperatures due to the retrofitted cats destroys anything rubber, meaning
> the 100 or so (yeah, I’m exaggerating) little bits of rubber fuel line tend
> to deteriorate and leak, often leading to an inferno.
>
> -D
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> > On Jun 29, 2022, at 6:00 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes <
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> > Either 74-75, or 75-76 are the worst years ever for 107 cars. Run away.
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Re: [MBZ] Runs on starting fluid - 74 450SL - $2,500

2022-06-29 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
75 is the absolute pinnacle of worstness. 76 isn’t much better. Underhood 
temperatures due to the retrofitted cats destroys anything rubber, meaning the 
100 or so (yeah, I’m exaggerating) little bits of rubber fuel line tend to 
deteriorate and leak, often leading to an inferno.

-D

> On Jun 29, 2022, at 6:00 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
> wrote:
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> Either 74-75, or 75-76 are the worst years ever for 107 cars. Run away.
> 
> Rick
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> Subject: [MBZ] Runs on starting fluid - 74 450SL - $2,500
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> Extra 2 in price.
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Re: [MBZ] Runs on starting fluid - 74 450SL - $2,500

2022-06-29 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Either 74-75, or 75-76 are the worst years ever for 107 cars. Run away.

The only thing wrong with 76 is the underhood cats, which are probably
gutted by now.  They get in the way a bit.  Plusses to the 76: manual HVAC,
no D-Jetronic.  We had one.  Pretty nice little car, really.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] Runs on starting fluid - 74 450SL - $2,500

2022-06-29 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes


Either 74-75, or 75-76 are the worst years ever for 107 cars. Run away.

Rick

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Subject: [MBZ] Runs on starting fluid - 74 450SL - $2,500

Extra 2 in price.

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[MBZ] Runs on starting fluid - 74 450SL - $2,500

2022-06-29 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Extra 2 in price.

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