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And then there was this outstanding W116..

Started by floyd111, 07 October 2015, 07:39 AM


floyd111


Peter

Very nice condition and very clean. Are you thinking about a third 280SE Stan ?

floyd111



ptashek

Quote from: floyd111 on 19 December 2016, 05:54 AM
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/mb-450-se-w116-erstlack-ungeschweisst-absolut-original/572372370-216-1023

Would be interesting to know how this ends.

It may be original, but it's also low-spec - cloth interior, steel wheels, no aircon, no power windows.
For our car's sake I hope it'll sell for the 22k, but good luck to the seller.
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE


ptashek

1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

floyd111


floyd111

#69
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/mercedes-w116-s-klasse-leichenwagen-rappold-bestattungswagen/597466930-216-16666

An original W116 Rappold-built hearse. The rarest of the Coach-builders, and by far the best looking. Great flowing lines.
Quietly weeping coz  I can't have it myself, but there is simply no legal  way in Taiwan to get it licensed. -or I would, in a heartbeat!
It has a partition wall between front seats and the rear and the curtains are still good. No special options, it started life in 1976 as a PoVo.
Owner says the engine has been swapped to a 350SE, 10 yrs ago, and then went to storage indoors for a decade. No visible rust in the pics and he says he has not seen anything seriously wrong with the metal anywhere. Friendly enough guy on the phone, clearly not a professional car seller.

Hope someone picks it up, or it will end up at the scrappers, and that would be a sin.

Watch this car, when it was lent out to an artist for an MTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzcReJdNfDQ

floyd111

#70
Rappold built 2 models W116 hearse. In this video, around the 05.55 mark you will see the second, more popular version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSv-IhTZAM8&list=PLA9D50E7FB978E6E6&index=3

And here, around the 0.30 mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYYIlvE5Mao&list=PLA9D50E7FB978E6E6&index=6

Here you can see the 2nd Rappold on the inside.. same owner as before. He gets around!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvL5VJJ7wAE&index=7&list=PLA9D50E7FB978E6E6

floyd111


ptashek

Quote from: floyd111 on 21 February 2017, 07:42 PM
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/treebay-ad.html?id=v1%7C232248448208%7C0

Earliest W116 I have ever seen..

Some wild claims in that ad, and I wonder if the owner has any documentation to back it up.
Also, a it seems the restoration was half-arsed and bondo-laden.
Changing gearbox oil and filter doesn't count as restoration, that's normal servicing! I wonder how that car was cared for in service then.

It's maybe worth half the asking price.
Even if it is the very first W116 sold to public, it still is a 280S in the most common colour combination, and with basic equipment spec.
I don't see anything outstanding about it :)
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

floyd111

I thought that such an early VIN in itself would be valuable?
Besides that I would not even read or believe written details without seeing the car in person, and I would say: nobody should, haha!

UTn_boy

Early and late VIN's have no monetary bearing on a cars value past intrinsic value. 
1966 250se coupe`,black/dark green leather
1970 600 midnight blue/parchment leather
1971 300sel 6.3,papyrus white/dark red leather
1975 450se, pine green metallic/green leather
1973 300sel 4.5,silver blue metallic/blue leather
1979 450sel 516 red/bamboo