CLK 55 cabrio for spares!

[Alfie]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10398&item=4546819684&rd=1

I didnt know the CLK55 was available as a cabriolet in the W208 shape!

Very sad to see this one end up like this.

 

[ckember]

seems a shame that it can't be rebodied, at £2100 it would be a steal.

 

[KLP 92]

Doesn't look like the damage is that bad.....
£7-9k to rebuild.

 

[Flyer]

Doesn't look like the damage is that bad.....
£7-9k to rebuild.

Cat B salvage:

Salvage Treatment: Category B must be treated as Category A once salvageable parts have been removed. The shell/frame/chassis must be crushed. Buyers of Category B salvage must complete and return to DVLA (with a copy to the insurer) a Notification of Destruction which confirms that shell/frame/chassis parts have been/will be crushed.

... so no rebuilds. Wonder what happened to it? Looks like some OS damage, but not enough to damage the inner wing. Stolen/vandalised perhaps, maybe some chassis twisting. All wheels are gone, so maybe it's landed heavily?

What a shame ...

 

[saorbust]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10398&item=4546819684&rd=1

I didnt know the CLK55 was available as a cabriolet in the W208 shape!

Very sad to see this one end up like this.

Yep it was - special order though...

 

[Alfie]

Yep it was - special order though...

There cant have been very many of these then. There are precious few hard top's around let alone cabrio's.

 

[saorbust]

212 Coupe's made it to the UK. Softtops, I think numbered less than 50.

 

[Dieselman]

Cat B salvage:

Salvage Treatment: Category B must be treated as Category A once salvageable parts have been removed. The shell/frame/chassis must be crushed. Buyers of Category B salvage must complete and return to DVLA (with a copy to the insurer) a Notification of Destruction which confirms that shell/frame/chassis parts have been/will be crushed.

... so no rebuilds. Wonder what happened to it? Looks like some OS damage, but not enough to damage the inner wing. Stolen/vandalised perhaps, maybe some chassis twisting. All wheels are gone, so maybe it's landed heavily?

What a shame ...

I don't see any damage.

Maybe it's a stolen recovered thet has had a full payout so the insurance have insisted on scrappage, or maybe it's a ringer.

 

[Shude]

Maybe it's a stolen recovered thet has had a full payout so the insurance have insisted on scrappage, or maybe it's a ringer.

Those cars usually end up on Q-plates

 

[glojo]

Those cars usually end up on Q-plates

I don't doubt what you are saying, I am just being my usual curious self. I thought the 'Q' plate was primarily designed for vehicles whose date of registration was in doubt?

Surely this vehicle does not fit into that category?

£2500 seems a cheap way of converting a CLK into an AMG version?

Regards,
John

 

[Alfie]

I don't doubt what you are saying, I am just being my usual curious self. I thought the 'Q' plate was primarily designed for vehicles whose date of registration was in doubt?

Surely this vehicle does not fit into that category?

£2500 seems a cheap way of converting a CLK into an AMG version?

Regards,
John

Whatever bits were taken and 'grafted' onto another body, it would never quite be a genuine CLK 55 though.

I'm sure that £2,100 is less than the sum of the parts! Anyone fancy joining forces to buy it and sell the parts separately? I'm happy to put up some of the cash if someone else can store it whilst we strip it! I reckon they would take an offer of say £1,500!

 

[Flyer]

I don't see any damage.

Really? Bonnet missing, OS wing missing, OS headlamp assembly, front bumper.

If you look at the photo of the engine, you'll notice that the front panel is detached from the near-side inner wing; as that headlamp assembly is still in place, it couldn't have been pushed back from a front-end accident. I think I'd still go with the chassis being twisted.

 

[Flyer]

I'm sure that £2,100 is less than the sum of the parts! Anyone fancy joining forces to buy it and sell the parts separately? I'm happy to put some of the cash cash if someone else can store it whilst we strip it! I reckon they would take an offer of say £1,500!

Don't forget delivery as well, and then disposing of it (legally) once it's been stripped. Think you'd have to pay a scrappy to take it.

I'll have the exhaust, brakes and suspension though

 

[Alfie]

Don't forget delivery as well, and then disposing of it (legally) once it's been stripped. Think you'd have to pay a scrappy to take it.

I'll have the exhaust, brakes and suspension though

I have access to a machine that will cut the remains up into small pieces. Small enough to interest a scrappy to collect it for free.

Anyone interested?

 

[KLP 92]

Interested at the right price.
Sitting here trying to think what i could queeze that engine into

 

[marc777]

That cars cleaner than mine inside!

 

[Shude]

I don't doubt what you are saying, I am just being my usual curious self. I thought the 'Q' plate was primarily designed for vehicles whose date of registration was in doubt?

Surely this vehicle does not fit into that category?

I didn't say this vehicle would.

Cars that are stolen/recovered, "ringers", cut&shut or repaired in such a way that a certain amount of the original car is replaced end up with a Q-plate, the same way that self-build kit cars can do even if they are mainly built from one donor vehicle.

 

[aka$h]

just called him, its SOLD!

 

[glojo]

I didn't say this vehicle would.

Cars that are stolen/recovered, "ringers", cut&shut or repaired in such a way that a certain amount of the original car is replaced end up with a Q-plate, the same way that self-build kit cars can do even if they are mainly built from one donor vehicle.

Hi Shude,
I have a certain amount of experience in the 'dodgy dealers' issue and they tend to ring the car with a 'legitimate' (definitely in inverted commas) plate. i.e. Red Mondeo for Red Mondeo, that way it does not attract attention. A 'Q' plate stands out from the crowd and can never be removed.

The vehicle in question will no doubt have it's chassis number\vin number? flagged both with the DVLA and perhaps the Police National Computer?

I accept that you might not be able to technically call a bog standard CLK aa AMG, but if you fitted all the parts available on that vehicle into your own CLK then it would be very difficult to distinguish. Dials, seats, engine, brakes, exhaust etc etc. I would be extremely tempted if I had a CLK, in fact scrub round that, I would do it.

You have carried out some excellent work on your own very nice vehicle. If you had a CLK and could afford the parts would you do it, and if not why not?

Please, please do not take this question as being in anyway sarcastic. Far from it, I have seen pictures of your car and would appreciate your comments.

Take care,
John

 

[Shude]

I have a certain amount of experience in the 'dodgy dealers' issue and they tend to ring the car with a 'legitimate' (definitely in inverted commas) plate. i.e. Red Mondeo for Red Mondeo, that way it does not attract attention. A 'Q' plate stands out from the crowd and can never be removed.

No, I was trying to say that "ringers" with ground off engine numbers and chassis numbers etc sometimes end up being auctioned off with new lives as Q-plates because they can no longer be identified correctly.

I accept that you might not be able to technically call a bog standard CLK aa AMG, but if you fitted all the parts available on that vehicle into your own CLK then it would be very difficult to distinguish. Dials, seats, engine, brakes, exhaust etc etc. I would be extremely tempted if I had a CLK, in fact scrub round that, I would do it.

You have carried out some excellent work on your own very nice vehicle. If you had a CLK and could afford the parts would you do it, and if not why not?

I saw an SLK with some front-end damage being sold for about £8k and I reckon you could make quite a tasty car if you rebuilt it with the CLK55 engine, transmission, brakes, exhaust and other bits and pieces