Russ,
Do you have a 71 250? That was my first Mercedes. I bought it about 12 years ago. I loved that car, it is why I still drive a Mercedes. Mine was Red -I mean real blood red. I bought it from a guy who had spent $7000 restoring it. I know you are thinking $7000 on a 71 250? Why would anyone do that? I don't think he intended to spend that much money things kept snowballing on him. At any rate, I bought it for $2500. It was a beautiful car -White interior. Many of the later run 71's had the 280 engine in them. Mine did. 2 carbs - that were murder to get exactly right. I had that car for four years (a very long time for me) when someone rear-ended me and totaled the car. I bought it back from the insurance company replaced the rear bumper and taillights and tried to weld a few other things together. It still wasn't right, but I had a hard time letting this car go. I sold it to a friend of mine who drove it for two years, then he sold it to a mutual friend of ours. This guy was driving it on the highway when the oil pump obliterated itself (this is all speculation) and he lost all oil pressure and crashed the engine. The old car had 428,000 miles on it. He replaced the engine with a fuel injected GM350 from a late model Oldsmobile station wagon. It's a sin to do that to this car, but at least its faster. Donald H. Snook 90 300D 2.5 246K
