Watchcame430
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- May 20, 2012
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- Previous 1994 SL500, 2001 W210 E430 and 2003 Designo S500 Current 2005 S211 E270
Hi all,
I picked up at the weekend a 1994 SL500
I bought it sight unseen so took a chance but it seemed a good buy from the ebay advert.
Owners were emmigrating and had not had it too long. Previous owner had died and it had sat in a barn for about 5 years.
Lady I bought it from had spent a fair amount on it when it was extracted from said barn including new fuel pumps, exhaust, brake lines, battery, bushes, track ends and other bits.
Also some sun damage getting through holes in the barn have been resprayed.
I paid the cash and jumped in to find i could not move the seat back backwards which meant the drive home 175 miles was not much fun for my wife who volunteered.
I got it home and had a look at what I had bought.
Faults so far are:
1) Mention of a cluster change in limited history so miles are actually 157k not 111k on clock.
2) no air con
3) drivers seat as mentioned
4) small tear on drivers bolster and general wear on both seats
5) 1 inch tear on leather roll bar
6) key is falling apart
7) factory stereo on knob is glued on
8) no history to speak of and missing other keys and wind deflector
9) grubby all over inside (seen worse)
10) mercedes badge on bonnet worn
11) no rear sl500 badge where resprayed
On a positive:
1) body really straight - not even any dints and minor scratches (bar one on bonnet) only
2) hood like new and works wonderfully
3) wheels unmarked and new P600 tyres
4) no mods apart from clear indicators
5) factory stereo etc in place still
6) drives superb and really tight
Some pics below:
I picked up at the weekend a 1994 SL500
I bought it sight unseen so took a chance but it seemed a good buy from the ebay advert.
Owners were emmigrating and had not had it too long. Previous owner had died and it had sat in a barn for about 5 years.
Lady I bought it from had spent a fair amount on it when it was extracted from said barn including new fuel pumps, exhaust, brake lines, battery, bushes, track ends and other bits.
Also some sun damage getting through holes in the barn have been resprayed.
I paid the cash and jumped in to find i could not move the seat back backwards which meant the drive home 175 miles was not much fun for my wife who volunteered.
I got it home and had a look at what I had bought.
Faults so far are:
1) Mention of a cluster change in limited history so miles are actually 157k not 111k on clock.
2) no air con
3) drivers seat as mentioned
4) small tear on drivers bolster and general wear on both seats
5) 1 inch tear on leather roll bar
6) key is falling apart
7) factory stereo on knob is glued on
8) no history to speak of and missing other keys and wind deflector
9) grubby all over inside (seen worse)
10) mercedes badge on bonnet worn
11) no rear sl500 badge where resprayed
On a positive:
1) body really straight - not even any dints and minor scratches (bar one on bonnet) only
2) hood like new and works wonderfully
3) wheels unmarked and new P600 tyres
4) no mods apart from clear indicators
5) factory stereo etc in place still
6) drives superb and really tight
Some pics below:
