I am starting to do some work to the '69 280 SL that I purchased about 2 years ago. I have been too busy to really do much except drive it ocassionally since I bought it, but have some time now to have some "garage fun'! It has a 5-speed ZF transmission that I absolutely love, but it is a transplant done in 1999. I have the invoice from when it was installed. It operates flawlessly.
I just learned from the guy that owned it before me, that the second prior owner (who also lives close by) has the original 4-speed transmission in his garage, and would like to sell it. I obviously would like to have it, since it is the matching numbers tranny for my car, but before I call him, I wanted to pick the forum's collective brain, as to its value. I do not know if he replaced it because it needed it, or simply because he came by the ZF.
Assuming it is a good tranny, what is a 4-speed worth? If it has issues, what is it worth as a core? It is worth something to me just to have the original in case I would ever want to restore to original.
