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1988 Mercedes Benz AMG Mallet 300TE 6.0L V8 M117 Wagon
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:29 pm
by 48hp
Re: 1988 Mercedes Benz AMG Mallet 300TE 6.0L V8 M117 Wagon
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:01 pm
by kodiak
Oh my!!!
Is this the one and the same where the wife wouldn't let Recaros be installed?
Re: 1988 Mercedes Benz AMG Mallet 300TE 6.0L V8 M117 Wagon
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:12 pm
by Mapearso
wagon goodness
just what i need to see when mine done gone bad
Re: 1988 Mercedes Benz AMG Mallet 300TE 6.0L V8 M117 Wagon
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:32 am
by RJMB
this car's come up before, I think it was located in NJ. I never heard before that it had a 6.0 liter engine...
Re: 1988 Mercedes Benz AMG Mallet 300TE 6.0L V8 M117 Wagon
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:41 am
by 48hp
It's been on and off the market for a couple years but I do recall it always been advertised as 6L. IIRC BAT has a thread on this wagon.
Re: 1988 Mercedes Benz AMG Mallet 300TE 6.0L V8 M117 Wagon
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:58 am
by RJMB
you're right, I'm just skimming through these old threads.
Re: 1988 Mercedes Benz AMG Mallet 300TE 6.0L V8 M117 Wagon
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:23 pm
by RJMB
I checked but this car does not have AMG paperwork, although it was apparently written up in Car and Driver.
Looking at the pictures between the listing and the Car and Driver write-up on this car, I can see some differences, maybe it's just the light...
- side skirts look different to me - Gen 2 in the listing, Gen 1 in the C&D article?
- AMG badge and 6.0 badge are missing
- different wheels
- AMG exhaust missing
- Window chrome trim, roof rails chrome deleted and blackened in the C&D article; looks like chrome in the listing, but might be the light
- Different headlights
Of course, all of the above might have been switched or replaced over the years, and there's talk of several resprays, but I'm doubtful if they would change the body trim and badges.
Am I right with this or is it just the angle of the photography?
Re: 1988 Mercedes Benz AMG Mallet 300TE 6.0L V8 M117 Wagon
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:54 pm
by 48hp
RJMB wrote:I checked but this car does not have AMG paperwork, although it was apparently written up in Car and Driver.
Looking at the pictures between the listing and the Car and Driver write-up on this car, I can see some differences, maybe it's just the light...
- side skirts look different to me - Gen 2 in the listing, Gen 1 in the C&D article?
- AMG badge and 6.0 badge are missing
- different wheels
- AMG exhaust missing
- Window chrome trim, roof rails chrome deleted and blackened in the C&D article; looks like chrome in the listing, but might be the light
- Different headlights
Of course, all of the above might have been switched or replaced over the years, and there's talk of several resprays, but I'm doubtful if they would change the body trim and badges.
Am I right with this or is it just the angle of the photography?
The missing badges is odd. I appears as if the light is affecting the roof rails as they were black from the factory. Also the side skirts do look different as you've pointed out.
Re: 1988 Mercedes Benz AMG Mallet 300TE 6.0L V8 M117 Wagon
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:47 am
by RJMB
the roof rails are black in other pictures from previous advertisements, so def just the crappy pictures in eBay. The sideskirts and badges is an issue, along with the exhaust given it's such a low mileage car...that's not to say this is not another 6.0 300TE that AMG produced. The cluster & birsdeye maple are def legit.
Re: 1988 Mercedes Benz AMG Mallet 300TE 6.0L V8 M117 Wagon
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:03 am
by 48hp
RJMB wrote:the roof rails are black in other pictures from previous advertisements, so def just the crappy pictures in eBay. The sideskirts and badges is an issue, along with the exhaust given it's such a low mileage car...that's not to say this is not another 6.0 300TE that AMG produced. The cluster & birsdeye maple are def legit.
and as you know, it's time/location, not mileage that eat those original AMG/Sebring exhaust systems.