What I'd really like is a red interior. Unfortunately almost every interior piece is unique. Seats, door cards, carpet, door sills, all unique to coupes and cabs. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300
On March 20, 2017 7:41:06 PM EDT, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >I have some really nice green w124 seats out of a TE. Not sure they >are the same as the cab. Missing the mounting rails, as I had to >destroy them to remove the seats from the PnP car. If you arrange >shipping, I will let them go cheap > >clay > > > >> On Mar 20, 2017, at 11:08 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes ><mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Answering a multitude of questions from ya'll, here's the story. I >think >> I've shared most of this before. >> >> Surfing Craigs list one night last fall, found a local ad for a 1995 >E320, >> decided to "click on the link" given that an E320 could be sedan, >station >> wagon, coupe, ??? >> >> Nothing in the text said convertible or cabriolet but the pictures >plainly >> showed this car, a nice looking convertible. Ad had been up for >about a >> month at that point, apparently very little interest. I think the >asking >> price had already been reduced from $3200 to $2200. I showed SWMBO, >she >> was intrigued, said if I could get it for less than $1k she'd >approve. >> >> The next day I called the seller - the owner of the tow company - and >he >> told me everything that was wrong and lowered the price to $1k before >I >> even started to begin to negotiate. I made no comment on price but >made >> arrangements to see the car, then called Rich to see if he wanted to >tag >> along (he did). >> >> We looked at the car shortly after that, the seller told us the whole >> story. Apparently the prior owner (let's call him Gary) had left it >at a >> shop for repair, which (the story goes) was diagnosed as a bad fuel >pump. >> Gary never authorized the repair, so it sat at the shop, they left a >voice >> mail or two and then shoved it to the back of their lot, with the >driver's >> window down for some reason. Gary has died in the meanwhile, never >> responded, the car sat, and then the shop went out of business and >had to >> clear out their lot. They called this tow company to get rid of the >car as >> abandoned property, tow company owner liked the looks and decided >he'd fix >> it up for his wife. He went through the process to get the title, >sent a >> registered letter to the address of the last owner Gary, the daughter >of >> the now-deceased responded and said she'd take the car. She doesn't >show >> up within some legally specified time frame, so tow company gets the >> title. Daughter gets some notification that the title had been >> transferred, calls up the tow co. and curses / threatens / etc to >which the >> owner said "Pay the storage fee of $30 / day which adds up to several >> thousand now, and you can have the car back.". She didn't pay up, >> meanwhile owner decided he wasn't interested in fixing it up, put it >up for >> sale. >> >> Rich and I start looking over the car, and it is ROUGH. Inside all >moldy >> and full of leaves and water, driver's seat looks like a complete >loss. >> Ignition cylinder has been smashed back into the dash by someone >trying to >> steal the car, center console was gently opened up with a pick axe >and pry >> bar to disengage the transmission lock. Top is not fully seated in >the >> rear. The trunk lid is dented up a bit. No coolant at all in the >cooling >> system. No battery, no keys. >> >> I just kept walking around making a list of everything I could find >wrong, >> meanwhile Rich is chatting the guy up about some other cars he was >selling >> (Land Rover Discovery - now gone Rich, and a BMW 2002? Or was that >an >> Alfa? Engine-less little sedan from the 60's). Finally I started >talking >> with the guy about all the stuff I found wrong, and he immediately >drops >> the price to $500. I ask if he can throw in storage for six months >while I >> clean out the garage so I can fit the car inside, he counters with >"not >> only will I store it, I'll detail it inside and out before I deliver >to >> your house." >> >> Well, I let six months slip by, and we're well into month seven, so I >> expected him to charge me some storage and didn't ask about the >detailing >> or the tow. Texted him to ask for it to be brought over, that took a >> couple days set up a time when a driver was available in the evening. >He >> didn't say a word about either the detailing or the storage fee he >could >> have charged me, and the tow was only $30 which I gladly paid. >> >> I think the mileage is around 113k miles. The body is very clean >with no >> rust. There's damage to the front bumper from the tow, so I'll need >a new >> bumper cover at some point. I suspect that the engine and >transmission are >> sound, but only time will tell. No idea about the hydraulic top >condition, >> I suspect I'll be getting that all rebuilt (Thanks for the contact >Dan). >> >> ------------- >> Max >> Charleston SC >> _______________________________________ >> http://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 > >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 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
