450 slc mercedes 1979 - $1500 (NJ)

[48hp]

Spotted this. Intriguing ...

http://southjersey.craigslist.org/cto/3705895515.html

[Dr.Grillz]

The damage is to the hood and fender? Looks very repairable with some replacement body pieces and paint. Priced very well, provided it wasn't in the water.

[amgtony88]

very nice,
wish it was in cai

[48hp]

I'd be surprised if this isn't already in Fonzi's garage, lol.

[fonzi]

I talked to the guy on Friday or Saturday of last week just after it was posted. I told him I couldn't offer him anything more than $1000 without seeing it and he wanted an in-person transaction. I told him about my "problem" and he chuckled. I was driving by his house on Tuesday and scheduled to come see it. The seller said that if the car wasn't still there on Tuesday, then it wasn't God's will. I chuckled (thinking I'm more of someone who thinks we determine our own destiny by the choices we make, like not finding 2-3 hours to go see it over the weekend). Anyway, it sold on Saturday or Sunday before I had a chance to see it, apparently to a Mercedes guy in the Atlantic City or Ocean Ciry area. I called on Tuesday to ask if it was still there that the guy said it was, but the buyer had already taken the title. I wanted to stop by and see what I missed out on. But I called one exit too far south on the turnpike and it would have cost me over an hour or so.

It was a 350slc 4-speed manual, a fairly rare car, but nothing I would be likely to use due to the damage and the fact that the seller told me he had already put sheet metal over the driver floor. It was likely a rust bucket parts car. Headlights, bumpers, and AMG kit could have gotten my money back plus some bits for myself, but it would have been a lot if hassle for me for an AMG appearance kit and maybe a few hundred bucks in the pocket after all the part out.

So I guess he was right. It wasn't God's will for me to get this one.

Admittedly, I'm not the AMG fiend that many here are, and I have an AMG air dam for one of my two SLCs already anyway. I do wish my SLC 5.0 Convertible was a 5-speed Getrag and do like recaro seats. OK, the extra power would be nice too.

[RJMB]

Sorry, I thought it was God's will for you to purchase all SLC's???