W124 300TE 4MATIC

[SgtSlow]

W124 300TE 4Matic

£1,800

Facebook Marketplace: Mercedes w124 4Matic – Antiques and collectables – Walsall

Bit of a unicorn, as I understand it. Not seen many 4Matic W124s about.

I would have been very interested, except I'm after a diesel, and I can't live with no air conditioning.

Could be a nice motor for someone!

 

[SgtSlow]

Just to be clear - I've no affiliation with the feller selling.

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Why are you after a diesel? Have you driven one?

A stoned sloth moves quicker!

 

[SgtSlow]

Why are you after a diesel? Have you driven one?

A stoned sloth moves quicker!

Personal preference.

I've been through the ringer several times for this... but I just want one. An itch to scratch.

Plus I can speed it up a bit. And I'm genuinely in no rush.

I'll be posting in the wanted section as soon as my post count is at 30, ha!

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Personal preference.

I've been through the ringer several times for this... but I just want one. An itch to scratch.

Fair play to you; if that’s what you want - then that’s what you want!

Have you had any test drives of any W124’s yet? Are you after a doer-upper or a half tidy do-bits-as-you-go-along?

 

[SgtSlow]

Fair play to you; if that’s what you want - then that’s what you want!

Have you had any test drives of any W124’s yet? Are you after a doer-upper or a half tidy do-bits-as-you-go-along?

Ideally I'd like an outstanding mint example for pennies... but bank in reality world, I'd settle for something scruffy. As ever, it's a sliding scale - if it's really cheap then I'd consider something really quite rough, but really it would be a 'rolling restomod' affair - suspension, rust removal, interior etc.

Not worried about visual stuff, as long as no structural corrosion and the oily bits are good I'm happy.

No worries for dead or dying suspension, no worries for ratty interior, etc.

 

[grober]

W124 - Fault codes
AND
URGENTLY REQUIRED PLEASE 300te 4-Matic Tandem PSU and Hudraulic Pump refurb kit.
AND
W124 4Matic Front Coil Springs Wanted

Are but a few of the reasons why running a 4matic of that vintage is not for the faint hearted!

 

[SgtSlow]

To be fair, as long as it's been maintained, it wouldn't scare me too much.

Still, for robustness I think a standard RWD flavour is probably a safer bet...