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#1
Test Drive / Re: Amazing rebuild
Last post by raueda1 - Today at 10:50 AMQuote from: rumb on Today at 09:15 AMLovely car! I'm not sure why he rebuilt engine with only ~140k on it though. The black paint on engine is a bit too shiny for me despite the "pop" it presents. I thought it odd he put the valve stem seals on before inserting the valves which could damage them. 3-5 photos of each item makes it tiring to keep viewing. Chassis # 649 and VIN 6235. I'm fascinated why chassis would hang around for several years before being built. Anyone know when they started putting the high voltage label on the air cleaner? And why the valve setting label that goes on one or ?two? valve covers are rarely seen. Never seen cotter pin clamps on radiator overflow hose before.Maybe he hydrolocked and blew it up.
Anyway looks great and owner seems to know what he is doing.
#2
Test Drive / Re: Amazing rebuild
Last post by rumb - Today at 09:15 AMLovely car! I'm not sure why he rebuilt engine with only ~140k on it though. The black paint on engine is a bit too shiny for me despite the "pop" it presents. I thought it odd he put the valve stem seals on before inserting the valves which could damage them. 3-5 photos of each item makes it tiring to keep viewing. Chassis # 649 and VIN 6235. I'm fascinated why chassis would hang around for several years before being built. Anyone know when they started putting the high voltage label on the air cleaner? And why the valve setting label that goes on one or ?two? valve covers are rarely seen. Never seen cotter pin clamps on radiator overflow hose before.
Anyway looks great and owner seems to know what he is doing.
Anyway looks great and owner seems to know what he is doing.
#3
Test Drive / Amazing rebuild
Last post by raueda1 - Today at 06:42 AMAfter forgetting about it I stumbled on this amazing rebuild that I'd bookmarked long ago. It was my bible during some dark times a few years ago. I figured that everybody has seen it, but that's probably not true. So if you haven't, enjoy! Cheers,
#4
Mechanicals / Re: What have you done for you...
Last post by BMA - Today at 01:26 AMcould get a new black front plate pretty cheap and replaced it, just looks nicer and no visible surface rust anymore! 
#5
Mechanicals / Re: Anything special or exotic...
Last post by raueda1 - Yesterday at 07:00 PMQuote from: john erbe on Yesterday at 04:05 PMBased on what's been said, can I assume that the 4.5 starter is not a direct swap?No. 6.9 starter has 4 bolt holes, only 2 of which are used for some reason. i don't know if there are other differences, but there's that, so I would assume it's not a swap. Cheers,
#6
Mechanicals / Re: Anything special or exotic...
Last post by john erbe - Yesterday at 04:05 PMBased on what's been said, can I assume that the 4.5 starter is not a direct swap?
#7
Test Drive / Re: Looking for 450 SEL 6.9
Last post by BCK1963 - Yesterday at 02:24 PMHi Lothar,
on mobile.de there is a couple of cars at least in the price region that you expect your dream car to be in.
I have personally seen this one:
https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=314038389&damageUnrepaired=NO_DAMAGE_UNREPAIRED&isSearchRequest=true&makeModelVariant1.makeId=17200&makeModelVariant1.modelId=143&pageNumber=2&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=searchNetGrossPrice&sortOption.sortOrder=DESCENDING&searchId=23809652-9d17-a2e6-ebc6-c4e5edd92a03&ref=srp
It is listed now for appr. or more than 3 years, since pre-corona. Maybe it is long sold and the add was not removed. It looked very nice from a walk-around-perspective. Cars in the mentioned price range are also available from Rosier and Kienle. The question is: Are they that much better for a price around or above 100.000 €?
I'd be interested to hear which cars you had a look at and what your experience is.
What is your level of knowledge of these cars?
Bernd
on mobile.de there is a couple of cars at least in the price region that you expect your dream car to be in.
I have personally seen this one:
https://suchen.mobile.de/fahrzeuge/details.html?id=314038389&damageUnrepaired=NO_DAMAGE_UNREPAIRED&isSearchRequest=true&makeModelVariant1.makeId=17200&makeModelVariant1.modelId=143&pageNumber=2&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=searchNetGrossPrice&sortOption.sortOrder=DESCENDING&searchId=23809652-9d17-a2e6-ebc6-c4e5edd92a03&ref=srp
It is listed now for appr. or more than 3 years, since pre-corona. Maybe it is long sold and the add was not removed. It looked very nice from a walk-around-perspective. Cars in the mentioned price range are also available from Rosier and Kienle. The question is: Are they that much better for a price around or above 100.000 €?
I'd be interested to hear which cars you had a look at and what your experience is.
What is your level of knowledge of these cars?
Bernd
#8
Test Drive / Re: Looking for 450 SEL 6.9
Last post by daantjie - Yesterday at 11:38 AMLet me perhaps also just elaborate on what I mean by "nice" 
I do NOT mean low mile/garage queen. Many folks think this is the holy grail but believe me it is NOT. Rather give me a meticulously maintained higher mileage example any day.
Now, along with this, I am a big fan of ONE OWNER cars. There is simply nothing better than a fully serviced and documented, one owner car that got driven regularly. First prize if all the services were done by Benz, but as these cars get older, as we know this is harder and harder to accomplish, so a competent indy shop is great too, as long as the services were done timely and by a good shop.
Also, of course EVERYTHING MUST WORK PERFECTLY. And no major issues in any of the 3x areas: mechanical, body and interior. Small niggles one can iron out, but major issues in any of these 3x areas should be a walk away if indeed you are serious about getting a great example.
Just my 2c, use as you wish
I do NOT mean low mile/garage queen. Many folks think this is the holy grail but believe me it is NOT. Rather give me a meticulously maintained higher mileage example any day.
Now, along with this, I am a big fan of ONE OWNER cars. There is simply nothing better than a fully serviced and documented, one owner car that got driven regularly. First prize if all the services were done by Benz, but as these cars get older, as we know this is harder and harder to accomplish, so a competent indy shop is great too, as long as the services were done timely and by a good shop.
Also, of course EVERYTHING MUST WORK PERFECTLY. And no major issues in any of the 3x areas: mechanical, body and interior. Small niggles one can iron out, but major issues in any of these 3x areas should be a walk away if indeed you are serious about getting a great example.
Just my 2c, use as you wish
#9
Test Drive / Re: Looking for 450 SEL 6.9
Last post by daantjie - Yesterday at 09:54 AMPierre Hedary had a recent video on his YouTube channel where he gave his take on "overexposure" of a car for sale online. Was very informative IMHO.
His channel is well worth a gander. He has an active shop and he appears very busy so he does not post a ton which is refreshing in a way.
His channel is well worth a gander. He has an active shop and he appears very busy so he does not post a ton which is refreshing in a way.
#10
Test Drive / Re: Looking for 450 SEL 6.9
Last post by raueda1 - Yesterday at 08:19 AMQuote from: rumb on 08 June 2023, 03:37 PMHi Lothar,Seems not to be Euro version that OP seeks though. Bidding seems lackluster thus far, kinda weird. Cheers,
Try bringatrailer.com they sell them regularily. There is one on there currently that is pretty nice but the seat color is wrong and could be dyed to match better.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-mercedes-benz-450sel-6-9-12/