rust free 420 sel american style engine problem

[dinoy]

Mercedes 420sel W126 1987 LHD Project Rust Free Car | eBay

 

[E55BOF]

It looks very tidy bodily, but it's difficult to see how the seller knows the aircon works if the engine is seized.

Is it my imagination, or is it sitting rather high at the front?

 

[ianrandom]

Hmm the engine in that is no big loss, the hamstrung US version was only about 185hp or something.

They do end up going high at the front, this ones very high though isn't it. I think the US ones might have been higher from the start anyway.

Good candidate for a replacement motor and new wood etc, the rust free thing is a good selling point, if it is indeed free of that.