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Yet another Mercedes cabrio in my stable?

waybomb

waybomb

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thembmarket.com had a 1980 SL450 listed. 85,000 miles or so. Red.
For the hell of it, I bid.
I won at $7,250.
I haven't heard from the seller, I'm guessing he's thinking about dropping out, even though I believe legally he can't.
It's in Florida, but I do have a good broker who has moved a few cars for me.
It's a disease.
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He went through with it. Of course he says i got it at an insane price. He even offered to cover half the shipping cost.
Chatting with the guy, he's doing alright. Owns a black G63 and a white G63. His and hers.
 
Interesting thing about Benz from that era. Even though they were for high end customers, one could easily work on them. The factory expected you to do so and the cars even came with tools.
Imagine that today.
 
Hagerty insured for 14,400 agreed value. Insurance for the year less than 200 bucks
 
Took it out for a 35 mile through wine country after washing and waxing, though it didn't need it.
Rides wonderfully, but needs a few things.
Tried the ac, cool, not cold. So I added about 14oz of 134 to get the pressures right. Somebody had converted it in the last.
The radio antenna (Herschmann 481) wouldn't go all the way up nor all the way down. Took it apart, cleaned it all the old grease and regreased. Works OK now
It's got the original Becker Mexico Cassette radio. No Bluetooth back then. But i ordered the Becker streaming adapter that plugs into the Aux port in back
The clock doesn't work. Seems to be a resistor and a capacitor that fails. I'll do that during winter hibernation.
Cruise control doesn't work. These have the infamous cruise control amplifier that has 5 caps on it that fall. I'll probably just buy a rebuilt one.
 
Your newest is beautiful but I always like the 260SL

My dad hired a contractor way back when, that guy had a 260SL and I fell in love with that car.

Never owned a MB, was more of an Audi guy, owned those, still have a little Audi A3 convertible, but the 260SL would be a prize if ever I were to look for another classic.
 
My dad went through a period where he had a few of these. I remember throwing up in the front seat of one when I was a little kid. I also remember sitting in the back bench seat (no seat belts of course) when he was showing off and we ended up taking a corner too fast and doing a complete 360 in it. It was a pretty cool car back in the day. He also had an old school "fuzz buster" for it.

Total flashbacks.
 
Beautiful car! I have to say my rag top sports car days are over but I still appreciate a nice classic car whenever I see one.

That front bumper kills me. Damn thing looks like it would absorb a 25 mph impact with no trouble. :ROFLMAO:
 
I also enjoyed a few Benz's back in the 80's. 450SEL's and one diesel 350 SEL. The diesel was top of the line Benz that got 24 MPG on the cheapest fuel at the pump.
440K on the clock when I sold it
 
Had an 82 300SD. Loved the noise, especially the music at 80mph. That thing sounded so correct.
Had an 87 420SEL too. Very nice ride.
 
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