There's a chop job 280SE 3.5 available here in D.C. at Friendship Classics. The sappy part is that it still has the s/r switch on the dash. They chopped a 3.5 sunroof coupe to make a faux cabriolet. :(( The moron who did this is not going to come out ahead on the deal, I bet.
On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Fredd <f...@knology.net> wrote: > Folks, > > There is a BIG difference between a correctly converted coupe into cabrio, > with behind dashboard, A post, B post, behind cabine and floor structural > reinforcments, or a regular chopped coupe into > cabrio done a la Straman and the copycat conversions. > > Not one company, repeat NOT ONE, in the US did coupe into cabrio > conversions with the structaral reinforcments, no matter what they printed > in their brochures. > They all did it the Straman way and made the car effectivly worthless. I've > seen to many of them while they were building them. > I call these cars a front half parts car and a rear half parts car with some > interior parts, nothing more. > > Fredd > > > >>> These have shot up to crazy prices lately... even the coupes converted to >>> cabs have value... they list them in german pricing guides. The last >>> guide >>> I have shows a converted 220SEb cab worth 32,000EUR in #3 condition. >>> Compare to 41,000EUR for a real one and only 17,300EUR for a coupe. >>> >>> Regardless of the history of the car, I've seen much worst sell for $26k >>> around here... its still a good deal, believe it or not. >>> >>> Even if it has holes in the floor and bondo... new floors will cost you >>> only a smaller percentage of the car's value, so its not a big deal. I've >>> helped a few people buy these recently and had to change my thinking... >>> they're buying cars with bad floor repairs as investments, and its >>> actually >>> paying off. >>> >>> It is another car that I've been saying to myself "buy one while you >>> still >>> can"... but I'm afraid I've missed my chance. They're just too >>> expensive. >>> >>> Jaime > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to 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 For new and used parts go to 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
