Just been offered a Merc 560 SEC
 

A friend of mine has just come in and offered me a 1987 Mercedes 560 SEC in dark blue MOTed, taxed and running for £800 :eek: I've just had a look at the trader and the cheapest one on there is £5k :eek: God I'm tempted but I'm not a fan of Mercs normally :o

Please talk me out of it!!!!

I'll have it :D

There's your answer -- get for £800, into AutoTrader for £5K ono .....

Has to be worth an inspection and lengthy test drive at the very least ;):D

not really, bit of an old man's car.

I don't think it'd be right doing that to a mate though otherwise I'd have it tomorrow and sell it! I think he wants to do a deal with someone who'll keep it so if I did I'd have to keep it for a few months 'til i got "bored"

hmmm sounds like an idea!

I have the guys number anyway so I'll have to have a think

Paul, you're obviously not from Yorkshire, then ;)

Here's a bit of eye candy for you:

http://www.classiccarshop.co.uk/Cars...sec_velour.htm

http://www.classiccarshop.co.uk/Cars...des_500sec.htm


[homer simpson]Mmmmmmmm ..... big V8 ..... [/homer simpson]

:confused:

That's the ones :eek: I can't see why it's so cheap :confused: He reckons the guy can't afford to keep it but £800 :eek: I may have to go and have a look :eek:

huuuge V8, RWD, fantastic reliability, massive profit whenever you choose to resell it...

nah, don't do it Paul...

:D

Edit - the ultimate in wet trackday fun, surely??

STOP IT!!!! :mad:






















:lol: The missus really would kill me!

They're supposed to be pretty well bulletproof cars, from the pre-unification days of high labour rates and over-engineering ...... I've never seen one with anything more than very superficial rust spots.

I guess like any big barge, if it blows a head gasket or similar then it's gonna be costly, and tyres / brake pads will get a hard life but probably not much worse than the Carltons you've had ....


PS -- coming from Yorkshire as I do, most of my mates would have no qualms about buying low and selling high. Then again, perhaps I just know a bunch of undesirables :)

Mmmmmm PIMP DADDY :D

hahaha :D

Put some chrome wheels on it and you're sorted :eek: I believe it comes with two sets of wheels! :eek:

Two at the front, two at the back :D :hjtwofing

Paul,

Just do it, or give me the 'phone number of the chap selling! ;) :D They're fantastic cars

Matt

My mate's dad used to have one of these a good few years ago. I was shocked at the pace, but that was a while back as I said. It had over 250k miles on the thing and it was still driving like it was new. They're as strong as an Ox.

If anything did go wrong with it, you're only losing out on £800 max, and that's if you can't sell the bits off it.

You know you wanna ;)

Sheesh, if you don't want it, let me know. I'll take it off your hands unless it's a total shed.

buy it ! my mate has two a 500sec and a 560SEL . He has spent a total of £400 maintaining both in the last year. (he keeps telling me) . He bought his (rusty) 1984 SEC for £1500 - think of the scoob upgrades you could do for the profit ;)

Buy the 560SEC, and take it to a nice AMG dealer and fit it with plenty of gofaster options. 20" Chrome Dubs, Blacked out windows.

Guru Dazzler speaketh the truth.

Didn't JR drive one of these in Dallas ;)

Paul,

If you don't want it I'll have it ................... and the corner :D

As with any merc of that age there are good ones and bad ones.

I bought a 1990 300 E-24v (230BHP) for £1800 and traded it in for £2500 LOL

560 SEC check for :-

A/C compressor -- £1000 or more for a non-DIYer.

Climate control problems -- £500 or more for a non-DIYer.

Cruise control problems -- £500 for a non-DIYer.

Front suspension rebuild -- £1000 or more for a non-DIYer.

Rear suspension subframe mounts and differential mounts -- £350 for a non-DIYer.

Transmission rebuild -- £2000-2500 for a non-DIYer.

£4000 - £8,000 for a rebuilt engine.

Cracked head -- £2500

Check cost of interior trim bits as some mercs are dirt cheap - Glove box for my 300 was £4 new !!

SL interior bits a megabucks so worth checking the SEC prices..

Be quiet, there's no room for sensible post's on this thread;)

Paul stop p!ssing around and get investing:D

Nah, it's winter, you don't need air-con

Wear a coat if it's cold, open the window if it's hot

Ignore it, you can't use cruise control on UK motorways anyway, unless you set it 56 and drive like a trucker

Throw it away when it fails it's MOT

Turn the stereo up if you hear it knocking

You only need 1 gear on these anyway

Throw in a Chevy 454, it'll last forever. There's bound to be an American specialist in this conversion

See above

There you go, absolutely NO reason not to buy it now :D

bangernomics gone mad ;):D:D:D

have I missed something here :confused:


has your mate not looked in the trader?

Just find a Merc mechanic that enjoys doing the head of the Simpsons family (oops, that would be me then!). Just don't deliver it to me if you are wearing dodgy golfing gear as I won't take payment in kind from any of your bitches.
Craig:lol1:

I'm now looking at one this afternoon :eek: the guy has offered me another one (might even be the same car) and he's bringing it round :eek:

What are the performance figures like for these?

Isn't that what Patrick Swayze drove in RoadHouse? :o

If it was a mate of mine, I'd have it in an instant if it looked comparatively straight!! :D

Manufacturer Mercedes-Benz
Type V-8
SOHC
16 valves total
2 valves per cylinder
Bore × stroke 96.50mm × 94.80mm 3.8 in × 3.73 in
Bore/Stroke ratio 1.02
Displacement 5547 cc
(338.499 cu in)
Unitary capacity 693.38 cc/cylinder
Compression ratio 10.00:1
Fuel system Bo KE-Jet fuel inj.
Aspiration Normal
Compressor type N/A
Intercooler None
Catalytic Converter
Max. output 299.1 PS (295.0 bhp) (220 kW) @5000 rpm
Max. torque 454.0 Nm (335 lbft) (46.3 kgm) @3750 rpm
Coolant Water
Specific output 53.2 bhp/litre 0.87 bhp/cu in
Specific torque 81.85 Nm/litre



Not bad - that's pretty potent actually. 0-60 in about 6.8, apparently. :norty:


EDIT: forgot to mention, it weighs 1748kg! :freak3: