ilpatino bid $16,000
ilpatino bid $48,000
ilpatino said:
I must say, I am truly shocked. This doesn't even qualify as stealing anymore. I'll keep the profanity to myself, but my lord, I'm absolutely flabergasted. This can't be..... @stuttgart_steel; hats off to you for letting this go for this amount. The buyer will be over the moon, and congratulations for his buy! I'm going to weep in a corner now. but anyhow, maybe my wife will make it up to me somehow :-)
Can I swear here?
@Stuttgart_Steel; no reserve then?
@124guy; If i don't keep my promise, I don't know if i'll make it untill this weekend.
It's 10 o'clock in the evening here in Belgium. My wife just went to bed, and I promised I would not place a bid. At the current price, it is VERY difficult for me to keep my promise.
See picture 51; even the mono-wiper has the correct part-number on it; 124-202. I am at a big disadvantage, here in Belgium, I have to add about 5000eur to the final price to get it shipped here, and with Trump winning the election, and everybody thinking all economic woes are now gone, the exchange EUR/USD isn't doing me any favours either. Ah well, it's just money, while a very good W124 is priceless!! Good luck, to all involved!
@stuttgart_steel; well, Mercedes are also cars. In that sense, there is no magic involved. I'm an amateur-restorer. I like to do stuff myself, but nevertheless, I still have ploughed well over 30.000eur into my SL, to get it where I want it to be to drive it. Not where I want it to be to sell it. And even after all that, some things will still need to be adressed, like the head-lamp-wipers. I'm looking at well over 4.000eur to get them operational again.... Once it is finished, I intend to keep it, and enjoy it, because chances are, I will lever lay eyes on one again. Maybe you know, but of the 237.287 r107 SL's ever produced, 49.347 were 560SL's, produced exclusively for the US, Canada, Australia and Japan markets. The Canada-variants had a kilometers layout, but impact-bumpers and sealed-beam headlights, the Australia-variants were of full-Europan livery, but were right-hand drive, and only 701 examples were produced for the Japan market, with full-European livery, and were left-hand drive (although, in Japan they drive on the wrong side of the road, it was truly a status-symbol to be ABLE to get one in left-hand drive.) So no conversion. "ab-werk" as they say in Germany. Aaand, I recently learned that there may be a different cam-profile and EZL involved as well, which should amount to north of 238HP, and 300 pound/feet of torque as in the Australian version. (less restricted on emissions) To say that it rarer then hens teeth is an understatement. But enough of this, I am here for the E420 ;-)
@dean_laumbach; I agree. I am in the process of bringing up to spec a very special, and very, very rare 560sl "japan." Only 701 examples were made. I'm sure you know of their existance. It costs a lot of time and a lot of money to get old benzes where they should be, and the work is never really finished. It is easy to lose patience, and run out of money! That being said, this is a very nice specimen, and the seller has set himself a very worthy target, to try to emulate your work. I'll be here for the duration ;-)
Hi Mr. Laumbach. Congratulations on a very well sold E320 on BAT ;-) Can I have this one, please?
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Single-Family Owned 1994 Mercedes-Benz E420 w/58k Miles
ilpatino said:
I must say, I am truly shocked. This doesn't even qualify as stealing anymore. I'll keep the profanity to myself, but my lord, I'm absolutely flabergasted. This can't be..... @stuttgart_steel; hats off to you for letting this go for this amount. The buyer will be over the moon, and congratulations for his buy! I'm going to weep in a corner now. but anyhow, maybe my wife will make it up to me somehow :-)Single-Family Owned 1994 Mercedes-Benz E420 w/58k Miles
ilpatino said:
Can I swear here?Single-Family Owned 1994 Mercedes-Benz E420 w/58k Miles
ilpatino said:
@Stuttgart_Steel; no reserve then?Single-Family Owned 1994 Mercedes-Benz E420 w/58k Miles
ilpatino said:
@124guy; If i don't keep my promise, I don't know if i'll make it untill this weekend.Single-Family Owned 1994 Mercedes-Benz E420 w/58k Miles
ilpatino said:
It's 10 o'clock in the evening here in Belgium. My wife just went to bed, and I promised I would not place a bid. At the current price, it is VERY difficult for me to keep my promise.Single-Family Owned 1994 Mercedes-Benz E420 w/58k Miles
ilpatino said:
See picture 51; even the mono-wiper has the correct part-number on it; 124-202. I am at a big disadvantage, here in Belgium, I have to add about 5000eur to the final price to get it shipped here, and with Trump winning the election, and everybody thinking all economic woes are now gone, the exchange EUR/USD isn't doing me any favours either. Ah well, it's just money, while a very good W124 is priceless!! Good luck, to all involved!Single-Family Owned 1994 Mercedes-Benz E420 w/58k Miles
ilpatino said:
@stuttgart_steel; well, Mercedes are also cars. In that sense, there is no magic involved. I'm an amateur-restorer. I like to do stuff myself, but nevertheless, I still have ploughed well over 30.000eur into my SL, to get it where I want it to be to drive it. Not where I want it to be to sell it. And even after all that, some things will still need to be adressed, like the head-lamp-wipers. I'm looking at well over 4.000eur to get them operational again.... Once it is finished, I intend to keep it, and enjoy it, because chances are, I will lever lay eyes on one again. Maybe you know, but of the 237.287 r107 SL's ever produced, 49.347 were 560SL's, produced exclusively for the US, Canada, Australia and Japan markets. The Canada-variants had a kilometers layout, but impact-bumpers and sealed-beam headlights, the Australia-variants were of full-Europan livery, but were right-hand drive, and only 701 examples were produced for the Japan market, with full-European livery, and were left-hand drive (although, in Japan they drive on the wrong side of the road, it was truly a status-symbol to be ABLE to get one in left-hand drive.) So no conversion. "ab-werk" as they say in Germany. Aaand, I recently learned that there may be a different cam-profile and EZL involved as well, which should amount to north of 238HP, and 300 pound/feet of torque as in the Australian version. (less restricted on emissions) To say that it rarer then hens teeth is an understatement. But enough of this, I am here for the E420 ;-)Single-Family Owned 1994 Mercedes-Benz E420 w/58k Miles
ilpatino said:
@dean_laumbach; I agree. I am in the process of bringing up to spec a very special, and very, very rare 560sl "japan." Only 701 examples were made. I'm sure you know of their existance. It costs a lot of time and a lot of money to get old benzes where they should be, and the work is never really finished. It is easy to lose patience, and run out of money! That being said, this is a very nice specimen, and the seller has set himself a very worthy target, to try to emulate your work. I'll be here for the duration ;-)Single-Family Owned 1994 Mercedes-Benz E420 w/58k Miles
ilpatino said:
Hi Mr. Laumbach. Congratulations on a very well sold E320 on BAT ;-) Can I have this one, please?