It used to be like that around here to some extent. All of the blue hairs that would come down here to die would have a nice old MB sitting in the garage.
When I do see these (and I watch the local CL pretty closely) any more they seem to have unrealistic expectations as to the cars value. I don't know where they are getting their number, or if they're just pulling them out of the air, but it seems like if it's a vintage MB, it's suddenly priceless. There is a guy down here who has a pretty nice early 70s 280S (not SE) that thinks it's worth $14k because he bought it from the estate of the original owner and it only has 80k on it. Granted, it's a nice car, but it has some wear and minor mechanical issues that he isn't willing to address because he thinks it's "a perfect vintage automobile". Yeah, right. I talked to him a few months ago about the car, even took a quick look a it. I could tell the way he talked he thought he struck the mother lode with this one. I didn't bother to offer any critiques, I just left. It's still popping up on CL about every two weeks or so - at the same price. Dan On Jan 4, 2013, at 5:33 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: > Thats right Rick, there are just lots of these cars around here if you know > where to look. > > This car found me... a friend of a friend put me in contact with the > seller. He never advertised it, just word of mouth. > > Oddly enough, its a few blocks from where my 79 300SD was living its whole > life, and across the street was a perfect W201 with blue NJ plate sitting > in a car port. Looks like the folks in that town were really into their > MBs in the 70s and 80s. > > But keep in mind theres a huge amount of junk out there and most cars > aren't even worth looking at. And the cars I buy are ones that most people > are terrified of: ones that have sat unused for long periods of time. But > getting them back into original running condition is what I enjoy doing. > > I don't enjoy undoing lots of clown-mechanic repairs, like the ones found > on a 280C I worked on all day today. > > Jaime > > > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Rick Knoble <rickkno...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> On Jan 4, 2013, at 3:47 PM, "Tim C" <bb...@crone.us> wrote: >> >>>> 450SL. It was too nice to say no, original owner just died, always >>>> garaged, original paint, etc. I was happy it didn't have ACC II, but >> I'll >>>> >>> >>> Okay, I've got to ask how you keep coming upon these. >> >> >> I'd like to know that too!? My guess is, in the New York City area, there >> are a lot of older, wealthier, people that don't drive much, and when they >> retire or expire, they or their heirs dispose of things no longer needed. >> Jaime, having lived in this area much, if not all of his life, has an >> inside track to these cars. That and the law of attraction at work. >> >> Rick >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.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 _______________________________________ 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
