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[kvz2000]

Hi ,
I'm off tomorrow to view a 1972 Mercedes W114 280e , had all relevant questions answered and loads of photos and all looks good , going to be a long day starting with a short drive , then train journey then flight then short drive but will be worth it if all goes well , overnight stay and then a nice drive home !
Updates to follow .

 

[Smart320]

I wish you a good journey and an even better viewing, nice way to spend Easter

 

[kvz2000]

I wish you a good journey and an even better viewing, nice way to spend Easter

Thanks, it's costing me to treat my good lady to a nice hotel so I'll need to get the sellers price down a bit .

 

[alymac]

Hope all goes to plan and you have a lovely run up the road in your new car.

 

[kvz2000]

Long but great day ,
Donald Neil's Library | Photobucket
Delighted with my purchase

 

[kvz2000]

 

[brucemillar]

Wow. Beautiful. The cars not too bad either ;^)

That does look like a gorgeous, clean example. I hope you had the best of weather for your waft homewards. If you get the chance, please do post up some more pics of the interior.

 

[kvz2000]

Wow. Beautiful. The cars not too bad either ;^)

That does look like a gorgeous, clean example. I hope you had the best of weather for your waft homewards. If you get the chance, please do post up some more pics of the interior.

Ha Ha , cheers , yes I'm very happy with it , showing 45k miles and from the condition of the car it could be genuine , spent most of its life in France then to Eire and now heading to Scotland . There is some French paperwork that I'll get translated . I'm not too bothered about having it in perfect order I want to use and enjoy it , it does need a few jobs done , exhaust knocking , manual gears are very notchy and I'm hoping that's due to it not being used much in the last few years ? I want to fit rear seat belts so I can take my grandsons in it and it needs a radio and I'd like an old one or retro .
Other than that a service and a careful clean of the upholstery.
Just had breakfast and heading to Giants Causeway so I'll get some photos if it stops raining , will be looking for advice on where to buy the items I need etc

 

[kvz2000]

Hi All ,
Home now and car ran like a dream , my first job is to give it a good service , I'm looking for recommendations for best oils etc , engine, gearbox and diff to start with it's only done 3500 miles since last service but that was 11 years ago ?? It may have been done since then but I can't find any confirmation so to be safe I'd like to change the oils .
Can diff or gearbox oils go off if used as little as stated above .
Thanks
Donald

 

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[Alex225]

Such a cool car. Glad the collection all went smoothly.

 

[brucemillar]

Donald

The car looks fantastic. A Google will show the correct fluids. But some on here may give a better view on the best fluids, allowing for age and wear. My only advice in fluids would be: Do not scrimp, buy the best that you can.

 

[CLSMark]

Only MB's are timeless in my opinion. That still looks absolute class


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[MancMike]

It's the one from that confused.com advert with james corden!

 

[gr1nch]

Lovely looking car in a superb colour combination. Not a bad number plate either

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[kvz2000]

Donald

The car looks fantastic. A Google will show the correct fluids. But some on here may give a better view on the best fluids, allowing for age and wear. My only advice in fluids would be: Do not scrimp, buy the best that you can.

Thanks for that , yes Im trying not to scrimp on this car as I'm planning to keep it for a long time and want to look after it best I can .

 

[kvz2000]

Lovely looking car in a superb colour combination. Not a bad number plate either

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Yes I love the number plate but it's a Southern Irish reg and I don't think there is any way of keeping it as car should be registered over here and I'll get a standard UK one .

 

[brucemillar]

You may be ok on the Reg. Have a word with the DVLA.

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[kvz2000]

Done some detective work with the paperwork I found in the car and the good news is it's only had two previous owners , paperwork shows a French gentleman buying the car new and owning it for 31 years , then it came to Eire and second owner had it for 13 years , I've emailed the man in France and hope he is interested in chatting . I've also been all over the car and underneath and it appears to be rust free, so happy days . Still trying to work out how to get the dials out to get the dash lights working , it looks easy on what I've seen on the internet it should just pull out but mine is catching on something. Also still trying to track down some secondhand gear levers.

 

[l5foye]

Lovely car-enjoy. Have you informed HMRC of your purchase? You have 14 days to do so.