1984 Mercedes 500SEL Euro

[RubbderDucky]

Hah, yeah I've always wanted them too, best possible look IMO. The yellow inner fogs really suit the car, and I usually don't think that about yellow lights. I got lucky with the euroness of this car, but I suppose I wouldn't have gone after it otherwise.

Nice, I know you'd also want a LWB rear deck to do that. It has a little hinged cover that pleasantly fills the void of the reclined seats when they're all the way down.

I think it's insane that some of these even had heated rears too, but I think I'm going to dedicate this to being a summer car only, so I guess I'll save that effort for restoring the AC at some point. I almost want a rusty W126 winter beater now just so I can rock heated front and rear seats.

Haha, I'm telling you dude, I'm gonna find a high optioned 560SEL that's a rust bucket for its luxury options, I want headed front and rear seats and all the "VIP" stuff. I feel left out kinda with a SE, mine is actually really basic for what it is. My rear windows aren't even power.

[Z.Cockburn]

Nice pick up,


All those vacuum lines would just make my brain melt, lol


In for updates.

[Bystrov]

Ah, cool, maybe 20 minutes away from me. Sorry the weather isn't very Floridian right now

its all good, going snow mobiling in a few days.... hopefully that will make up for it

[Isaacey]

So cool! I want to buy a car recently, can you give me some suggections

[hi its me alec]

I'll swap you headlights. Lol, I've always wanted a set like those.

I wanna pick those up, apparently they fit in the SEs too.

Hah, yeah I've always wanted them too, best possible look IMO. The yellow inner fogs really suit the car, and I usually don't think that about yellow lights. I got lucky with the euroness of this car, but I suppose I wouldn't have gone after it otherwise.

Nice, I know you'd also want a LWB rear deck to do that. It has a little hinged cover that pleasantly fills the void of the reclined seats when they're all the way down.

I think it's insane that some of these even had heated rears too, but I think I'm going to dedicate this to being a summer car only, so I guess I'll save that effort for restoring the AC at some point. I almost want a rusty W126 winter beater now just so I can rock heated front and rear seats.

[RubbderDucky]

I'll swap you headlights. Lol, I've always wanted a set like those.

haha, I know, it's great. It has functional power reclining back seats.

Keep in mind that the wheels on it are 16s, not typical of a modern car this big. It rides amazing on the freeway though.

I wanna pick those up, apparently they fit in the SEs too.

[hi its me alec]

im currently in the apple valley burnsville metro area

Ah, cool, maybe 20 minutes away from me. Sorry the weather isn't very Floridian right now

[Bystrov]

im currently in the apple valley burnsville metro area

[hi its me alec]

where in MN are you at?

Minneapolis, Lake Calhoun. Know the place then, I assume?

[Bystrov]

where in MN are you at?

[hi its me alec]

This car is enormous holy crap. Looks good though.

haha, I know, it's great. It has functional power reclining back seats.

Keep in mind that the wheels on it are 16s, not typical of a modern car this big. It rides amazing on the freeway though.

[jrcanes55]

This car is enormous holy crap. Looks good though.

[hi its me alec]

Well it all started a couple weeks ago, I was decently drunk at my computer at about 1am on a weeknight. I thought "I wonder what kind of old Mercedes are around right now, and I wonder what I can get for under $2k." Sure enough, one of the first cars I find on craigslist is this one. I talked to the PO and learned the car's story, and figured it would be worth the plunge. It was from Duluth, a city in Northern MN, so I was getting ready to figure out how to pick it up. Turns out the PO also owns a tow company and trailered it to my work the following Friday without batting an eye. It was awesome.

Here are the pics when it showed up:














So I ended up driving it straight to the shop, in the rain. I found out the hard way that the wiper arms were broken and in the trunk. The mechanical issues I noticed right away were

- Rough idle + hesitation at take off, as described by PO
- Very loose control arm or similar front suspension part
- 10 year old tires
- Front end needs a drop ^_^

So for the past couple weeks, it's been at my go-to deep discount shop (Firestone) getting looked over whenever they have the time. They adjusted the TB valve and stitched the vacuum lines back together, but told me they're done looking at the engine after dealing with that job. This week they'll finish up the control arm issue and brake inspection, and I'll drive it to the body shop. As far as cosmetic/exterior problems, it's pretty clean so I'd like to address the body right away too. This will all be done before summer:

- The car has a US front bumper now, I ordered a Euro set that will need paint.
- The AMG spoiler on the trunk has some weird damage that I'd like to take care of. Also the '560SEL' badge on the trunk is wrong for the car, so I'll have to take that off and repaint the trunk along with that.
- Right front fender has a rusty gouge. Same thing with the left quarter panel by the tail light. Both are minor, but hey, the car is black so why not fix them!
- It will also be PDRed at some point during paint/buffing















It has plenty of early maintenance history, which is good..


Updates coming soon!