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Garage => Test Drive => Topic started by: floyd111 on 28 January 2020, 02:04 AM

Title: My dream 6.9
Post by: floyd111 on 28 January 2020, 02:04 AM
http://classicsterne.de/en/cars/car-details/mercedes-benz-450-sel-6-9-w116.html

That is a beauty.. Is that a car anyone knows of?
Title: Re: My dream 6.9
Post by: UTn_boy on 28 January 2020, 04:53 AM
I remember seeing this car in the STAR in the early 1990's.  I never saw it in person though.  It's sad to see all of these nice examples end up in Europe.  I find it really hard to believe that even in Europe it sold for 70,000 Euros.  I looked at the rest of what they are selling and have sold. ......I'm not impressed.  I see a lot of cheap and incorrect restorations having been done, and a lot of short cuts taken.  I guess there is a buyer for everything regardless of condition. 
Title: Re: My dream 6.9
Post by: daantjie on 28 January 2020, 11:15 AM
No chin spoiler, I'm out ;D!
Title: Re: My dream 6.9
Post by: rumb on 28 January 2020, 02:43 PM
Quote from: daantjie on 28 January 2020, 11:15 AM
No chin spoiler, I'm out ;D!

Really, for that much and it's missing?  It is a lovely car!
Title: Re: My dream 6.9
Post by: floyd111 on 28 January 2020, 07:57 PM
Good catch!
Title: Re: My dream 6.9
Post by: nathan on 28 January 2020, 10:02 PM
nice looking car,
also doesn't have headlight wipers?  in Australia they were standard, was this not the case in Europe on 6.9s?
Title: Re: My dream 6.9
Post by: Wolfgang Germany on 29 January 2020, 02:43 AM
Yes it was standard in Europe, but this car appears to be an export version for the North American market. Look at the speedometer.
Title: Re: My dream 6.9
Post by: Wolfgang Germany on 29 January 2020, 02:54 AM
You can also recognize it by the type plate on the B-pillar, the button of the parking brake and the warning light "fasten seatbelts".
Title: Re: My dream 6.9
Post by: raueda1 on 15 February 2020, 11:29 AM
The more examples like this that I see the better it makes me feel about my car.  Especially since I got my hands on a chin spoiler.  ;D 
(Provided I ever get it put back together....)