A bit of an impulse buy really

[grumpyoldgit]

Nice looking car you have there, hope that white stuff clears soon so that you can enjoy it properly.

A useless fact about the R129.......

The R129 came to public attention in 1991 when Diana, Princess of Wales sold her Jaguar XJS to lease a J-reg metallic-red 500SL and became the first member of the royal family to use a foreign car. This was not without controversy as it sparked a media storm as it questioned whether a member of a British royalty should drive foreign cars. Media pressure eventually forced her to return the car to Mercedes-Benz in 1992, with whom it now resides in the Mercedes-Benz Museum.

 

[BTB 500]

I got a pic of Diana's car when I was there:

 

[Wizeng]

I had a 406 V6 saloon, which would blast off all the Chav cars, it was great & would pass anything but a petrol pump! (3 litre engine)

 

[Lorne]

Yes, it's all true about the 406 coupe. French engineering, italian build (actually built by Pinninfarina as well as the body design, the rest of the car being a Parisian taxi), but the best thing was that even after many years ownership I still had to refer to it as the 406 coupe because I never could remember how to spell Pergeot, Purgeot, or whatever it is.

 

[grumpyoldgit]

I got a pic of Diana's car when I was there:

Without any intention of hi-jacked the OP thread, or disrepect to any religious members here.
Is that hideous greenhouse on wheels in the background a PopeMobile?

 

[219]

SL 320 with a straight six M103 engine and electronic 5 speed auto. Been reading up on the engine and am glad l bought the car on impulse otherwise l'd of had to open the bonnet to check head gaskets etc.

Sorry to be pedantic , but a 320 is a 24 valve engine and therefore an M104 ; the M103 is the 12 valve engine and came in displacements of 2.6 and 3.0 litres . Just to confuse things , there was also a 24 valve variant of the 3.0 engine , which was the first version of the M104 . Oh , and there were also 2.8 litre M104's , as well as larger displacements converted by the likes of AMG .

Nice 190SL , by the way .

 

[millo777]

Thats a lovely looking r129, and a fine impulse buy by any measure. Tourmaline green looks great on those, and a straight 6 is always a good choice for an engine. Far less vulgar than a V8.

Don't worry about the Princess whinging jessie connection. It could be worse, I have a w140 and she died in the back in one of those. Strangely MB world don't have that car on display?

 

[Larky65]

Lol millo, yes, very strange that! Very nice car you have their Lorne and your brothers' too.

 

[Lorne]

Don't worry about the Princess whinging jessie connection. It could be worse, I have a w140 and she died in the back in one of those. Strangely MB world don't have that car on display?

I saw that particular SL in real life one day when it's lady owner let me into the traffic on the Kings Road in Chelsea with a lovely smile. She really was the 'peoples princess' in my mind.

 

[BTB 500]

Without any intention of hi-jacked the OP thread, or disrepect to any religious members here.
Is that hideous greenhouse on wheels in the background a PopeMobile?

It is. I didn't bother taking a proper picture of that though