W124 e500 te!

[Vlad]

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/W124-Merced...m14&_trkparms=72:110|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

Not sure....but is he saying this is a MB orginal one off 500TE?

 

[Dee-124CAB]

Well the chassis number is visible there in one of the pics, if someone knows how to check the datacard thing....

PS: Is it me, or does the rear arches not seem flared compared to the front arch in the top right picture?

 

[Ian B Walker]

Please don't let Mattc see that

 

[Vectrolosys]

Quite possibly my ideal W124!!. Plausible that it could be original I guess, though I have never managed to find anything about a 500TE in all my various searches.

 

[Mudster]

It's pretty much the perfect W124 Estate. My ideal car.

 

[Mudster]

Well I've run through every combination of that VIN I can find on the Russian site and get no result

I read it as WDB1240361*929274

The * being unrecognisable. I've tried every number and every letter in that space an got no hits.

 

[Howard]

VIN WDB1240361B929274
Model 500 E / AMG 500 E 6.0 E 500 / E 60 AMG
Chassis 1240361B929274
Engine 119974 12 007522
Transmission 722370 03 836916
Order 0 2 227 06162
Delivery date 16.02.93
Dealer Nuernberg branch (227)
Interior leather grey / alpaca gray (278)
Paint
199 metallic blue-black (с 01.01.1983)
Options
291 airbag for front passenger
airbag for driver and front passenger (с 01.07.1987 по 30.09.1993)
airbag for driver and front passenger (if driver airbag standard - then only for passenger)

300 storage box in front tray (с 01.05.1988)

310 antenna with splitter for car phone net C, on left rear fender (с 01.02.1986)
antenna with splitter for car phone net C, on left rear fender; s 124, on right rear fender

412 electric sliding roof with tilting device (с 01.07.1983)

540 roller blind, electric, for rear window (с 01.05.1985)

551 anti-theft warning system (с 01.11.1978 по 31.03.1998)

592 heat-insulating glass, all-around, heated rear window pane (laminated glass), band filter
green heat-insulating glass all round, heated rear window, laminated safety glass - tinted strip (с 01.01.1972)

620 emission control system
vehicles with catalyst technique (с 01.03.1985)

682 fire extinguisher (с 01.04.1970)

855 telephone TELE-AID, Nokia, D-net

873 seat heater for left and right front seats (с 01.02.1984)

880 closing system with infrared remote control (с 01.02.1988)

 

[Mudster]

It appears I missed "B"...!

 

[aka$h]

WOW, so that is a factory 500TE!!

 

[Smarties]

Yes WOW, I could live with that!!

 

[Big_Jon]

Very nice indeed, how the hell do you value something that rare though?

 

[maggot]

The winning bidder will tell you how much it's worth.

 

[Mudster]

It must have been a custom build for someone, I imagine that was a huge amount of money new.

I would want to see a lot of provenance though.

Still, it's a belter and actually more rare than pretty much any AMG as it appears it's a one off.

 

[Vlad]

I think it must have been converted at some stage from a saloon as the data card shows electric window blind for the rear window......I assume that this is the window blind that is housed in the rear parcel shelf on the saloon version.

This then begs the question, if the car was converted by MB, maybe as some form of prototype, why didn't they modify a standard TE bodyshell, rather than going to the trouble of converting a saloon.....Or is it the front half of a 500E thats been welded to the rear of a TE....cut and shut...please tell me thats not the case!

Interesting, but all I know, is that I really would like a 500TE!!

 

[aka$h]

Well the chassis number is 036 which is for a e320 saloon.

 

[Natalie]

Please don't let Mattc see that

Never mind Mattc! I've seen it and I like it ever so much!!!!!

 

[Mudster]

Well the chassis number is 036 which is for a e320 saloon.

I'd certainly want a chat with the factory before I parted with my hard earned.

 

[talbir]

036 is correct chassis code for the 500e.....all 500e/e500's are 124036.

And all 500E chassis codes have 1B in the number....1B denotes left hand drive.

This is not the only 500 TE....Bernie Ecclestone had one, except his was an E60.

Electric rear blinds were also made for the w124 TE's, so it doesn't imply this must have staretd life as a saloon.

I'm not convinced it's a genuine 500TE as i have only seen them in Japan really. The way the rear wheels sits doesn't look right....could be just angle of pic or the wheels, but something doesn't feel right about this car.

Still he's getting 30k+ for it, that's some result ! That sort of money would buy a mint E60 Limited....why fork out on a tired looking TE that looks suspect ?

talbir

 

[The G.F.P]

wow

i love the estate w124 (yet hate the saloons!) and that is truly stunning

id probably sell one of my many houses and buy it if i was not on about houses i own in a game of monopoly i played in 1996

 

[Seamster15]

wow

i love the estate w124 (yet hate the saloons!) and that is truly stunning

id probably sell one of my many houses and buy it if i was not on about houses i own in a game of monopoly i played in 1996

lol!