I know there's less than a day left, but here is a green 1972 450SEL 4.5 that looks sweeeeeeeeet!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=579492569

The only weird thing is the trunk star is upside down(?) Thought someone would appreciate the excellent pics that this guy took of the car. Green is not my color, or else I'd be drooling big time.

Thats the exact car ive been looking 4! Color, year, body style! Everything! But i couldnt have paid $8k for it. I want that color and have found one on collector car trader online.com for much less, i think he'll take $3K for it. I think its a 300SEL though. Not a 4.5, but nice. Its a 1972 300SEL. If you ever buy one let me know!

Yup, sure did look nice. I'd say that the interior was about as good as I've seen them. I took the time to download all the pictures.

Only thing it was missing that I would want was a sunroof.

Wood looks nice too except the windshield bow.

Sholin

That wood and that paint look shinier than my 1972 280SE did, back when I owned it, in 1977-1978! Makes me wonder if it's been repainted, but if they did, the jambs and under the hood appear to have been redone also. The carpets and seats look brand new also!

Except for the wood at the base of the windshield, like you noticed, and the very slight rippling of the (Tex?) driver's seat, that car appeared to be mint. The inverted trunk star also sent up a flag in my symmetry-craving brain, because it made the back end of the car look "wrong."

Anyway, it's good to see that a vintage 108 like that holds its value. I paid $6395 for mine back in 1977; jeez, I could have driven it for 24 years and sold it for a couple thousand dollar profit! My silver paint was all chalked when I bought it, and the blue velour was faded.. Anyway, I too saved all 33 pics on my hard drive...

Yup, I totally agree. Looks like the Tex interior is excellent except obviously the driver's seat pad needs to be replaced.

Speaking of wood, I'm in the process of replacing the heater levers in my car so the levers, glovebox, radio, etc... are out. WOW!!!! I had absolutely no idea the wood would actually be that dark of a color (i.e. underneath the moldings, protected from the sun).

Oh well, the wood in my car looks good but had seemed to fade at different rates as the glovebox is darker than the rest of the dash.

Mine also has the original carpet which is good except the snap fasteners don't snap to anything anymore. The original carpet in these cars is amazing: durable but also fairly plush. The only place it is worn is on the center hump in the back seats. The Merc on Ebay really has good looking carpet.

I'd say that the subject Merc had been repainted and otherwise well cared for.

Later...

Sholin

Sholin,

You HAVEN'T finished those levers yet???

Auuugghh, you're killin me.

:D :D :D

Mike,


Yes, I know, I've let you down. Well, I kind of have a semi-excuse (does more than one semi-excuse add up to a whole excuse????):

(1) I've got to replace or repair the two black plastic "hats" on the end of the cylinders. They were "repaired" by the PO, which means butchered beyond usefullness.

Randy has 2 of them, but I haven't order them yet due to my other semi-excuse:

(2) I have to travel in my job and have been out of town alot this year. I didn't want parts to sit on my porch while I was gone.

I do have new levers and they will work fine. Mine are the OEM style with the plastic pliable lever attachments. I've heard they make carbon fiber ones now, which would probably be a better deal.

Oh well, I'll get it done after my next trip (next week).

Sholin

'73 MB 280 SEL 4.5 with sunroof (LEVERLESS!!!)

OK, you're excused...this time :).