Re: [MBZ] good shape no motor no transmission no battery everything else is there 1986 Mercedes-Benz sl-class SL 450 Roadster 2D, $2, 900

2022-07-04 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Thanks, I fixated on the cam chain, rather than the model and application... ooops. Still wonder what the whole backstory is On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 12:49 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > No, Grant, that was exclusively the 380 and in the early 80s, from 1980-82 >

Re: [MBZ] good shape no motor no transmission no battery everything else is there 1986 Mercedes-Benz sl-class SL 450 Roadster 2D, $2, 900

2022-07-04 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
The under hood cats were 1975 and 1976. A 1986 R107 would be a 560SL So it's most likely a 1976. The manual AC makes it a euro - without the cats, etc - more power than the US version - probably why the drive train is out - it went to another car. It's ripe for 5.0 dual overhead cam transplant On

Re: [MBZ] good shape no motor no transmission no battery everything else is there 1986 Mercedes-Benz sl-class SL 450 Roadster 2D, $2, 900

2022-07-04 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Well it’s not a 86. It has a 450 trunk badge but has manual climate control. That would make it either a 72-73, or a euro model. If euro, might actually be a 280. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 4, 2022, at 2:46 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > I wonder what the full story is that accounts

Re: [MBZ] good shape no motor no transmission no battery everything else is there 1986 Mercedes-Benz sl-class SL 450 Roadster 2D, $2, 900

2022-07-04 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
No, Grant, that was exclusively the 380 and in the early 80s, from 1980-82 or thereabouts. The 450 never had a single row chain. But - it did have retrofitted cats that were under the hood and made it like a blast furnace, effectively destroying all of the little bits of fuel line, which like

Re: [MBZ] good shape no motor no transmission no battery everything else is there 1986 Mercedes-Benz sl-class SL 450 Roadster 2D, $2, 900

2022-07-04 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
I wonder what the full story is that accounts for the missing engine and transmission? The body / interior / mileage look pretty nice . Is this year in the deadly single row cam chain zone? On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 9:19 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >

[MBZ] good shape no motor no transmission no battery everything else is there 1986 Mercedes-Benz sl-class SL 450 Roadster 2D, $2, 900

2022-07-04 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
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