190 cossie - comedy listing

[Howard]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mercedes-cosw...038000455QQcategoryZ43117QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Owner states :-

'Possibly the most original, genuine and mint example of a Mercedes 2.3 16V Cosworth in the UK!'

does he mean except for the non original grille, non original wheels, non original window tints, non original headlight 'eyebrow'

spoilers , the home painted 'in the lock-up' bodykit , finished in slightly running out spray can matt finish black , non standard

suspension ...etc etc

Other than that i guess its that same as the day it left the factory ....

 

[chopperread]

are we liking it tho?
seems too boy racer for me but hey it takes all sorts

 

[Howard]

No, we're not liking it .....

If you are going to mod it, make it look OEM .......

 

[RJIF]

have to be purist on this...uurrrgggh! i hope a real enthusiast is looking for a project, buys it and then transforms this hash of a job back into a pristine example of one of mercedes finest

 

[SportsCoupeRich]

interior looks ok.....

 

[KLP 92]

Think the wheels maybe Lorinser.

Wouldn't take alot to restore it to OEM.

 

[RJIF]

Wouldn't take alot to restore it to OEM.

perhaps one for you chap, its clear you have a talent for this kind of thing?

 

[KLP 92]

perhaps one for you chap, its clear you have a talent for this kind of thing?

190E was never really my cup of tea! I would rather pay more and buy a lower mileage example so after all the work had been done to it, it was still worth something.

Restoring old cars is simply not worth doing, better off buying a mint one in the first place. I didn't plan the SEC to be a project car, it just turned out alot worst than i thought!

 

[graeme73s]

Must be a special factory made non original spec 2.3 cosworth !!. I wasn't aware that they were available with an auto box, I though they all had the dog leg five speed but I could be wrong.

 

[Will]

Must be a special factory made non original spec 2.3 cosworth !!. I wasn't aware that they were available with an auto box, I though they all had the dog leg five speed but I could be wrong.

Automatic transmission was available as a factory option. There are a few thousand out there, although the manual transmission is more suited to the revvy 16 valve, four cylinder engine IMO (and as sales stats show!)

HTH

Will

 

[Plodd]

Last change of owner was in October last year so not had it long either.