not for the faint hearted

[nick350]

here's a project.........

eBay

[waqas]

Did someone say "unmolested and original".....?

Waqas in Austin, Texas

[seattle_Jerry]

Why would anyone pay that kind of money unless they were just usung the parts? I would think the body repairs alone would get you back up to the price range of a much less rusty car. I guess they are more rare there.

1967 230SL Havana Brown Auto with A/C

[Shvegel]

Keep in mind you are looking at an RHD car here. If you track prices in the UK it seems they are selling in the 45,000 GBP range if nice. Even with 10,000 GBP of bodywork it is still only half price of a nice one.

[mdsalemi]

The seller writes:

 

quote:At first glance this rare right hand drive example of the classic Mercedes SL
probably looks too good to be true. And so it is.
 Its beauty is indeed only skin deep and if you scratch the surface (as you can see I've
inadvertently done on the nearside wing and door) horrors lurk beneath.

It has been languishing in an underground car park for about 3 years after failing an MOT
quite comprehensively. It will need, at the very least, attention to the floor pans,
sill closing panels, inner and outer sills and boot floor. This is not a definitive list and
once you start scraping and poking, I'm sure you'll wish you'd watched the telly instead of reading this.

On the plus side, it does start, run and drive (although I wouldn't suggest that you try
to drive it home). It has a good mohair hood (but no hard top) and a very nice radio CD player.
The interior trim is in fairly good order but the footwell carpets are missing. Apart from
the problem areas, most of the rest of the paintwork is very good and the chrome is excellent.

It is certainly worth saving, but you really need to be prepared to roll your sleeves up
and get stuck in, or else get your chequebook out and have someone else restore it for you.

Well, three cheers for brutal honesty!

Michael Salemi
1969 280SL
Signal Red 568G w/Black Leather (Restored)
President, International Stars Section
Mercedes-Benz Club of America

[JamesL]

I was told that unless you can pay less than about £5,000 for the wreck, there's no money in restoring a Pagoda in the UK.

This from Roger Edwards Motors, who a) know their stuff and b) see one of their rebuilds for sale on Hairpin Company site for some big money

Even now, Very Very few private sales go much beyond £30k and the £40k cars are few, far between and almost always dealer driven