Mercedes R107 (70's and 80's SL) - Page 3

Originally Posted by ssnyc

Originally Posted by impolyt_one

I love the R129, but it's for people with the taste for that era, the E124/R129/W140 cars. Those cars are not likely to become classics in their own right, as the older chromed-out MB's from the 80's are better as 'vintage' MBs, but the blocky R129's hit the right buttons for me. Those and the W140 S-class in black/black were popular yakuza cars, on satin black Brabus tri-spokes, of course, cool for the era.

Originally Posted by dhc905

Wow! Maybe I should pick the one I'm looking up at and send it to Norway. The difference between the $20,000 and the guys ask of 7,000 should be enough to change out the ugly bumpers for proper ones.

I've personally always been a BMW guy (thanks to the parents) and my first car was a E34 525i 5-spd that I loved. However, now that I'm in an inpractical mood, I look at these old Mercs and think they're so classically styled and don't seem to depreciate now that they're 20+ years old. The particular copy I'm looking at has 112k miles been garaged and babied for its entire life (apparently) and is only 7k!

Ay carumba.

Originally Posted by dave

My dad and I have one of these we've been restoring for around 15 years now...still a WIP
1967 230 SL. british racing green (for lack of a better term) over green vinyl. gorgeous car, runs like a top!

Originally Posted by Mblova

Agreed. Those cars may not become classics but in my eye, they had a huge impact on making MB's styling alot more "modern".
Still would love to roll around in the big body s600 with dual pane windows all blacked out.

Originally Posted by LabelKing

The Pagoda image began with the earlier version of the SL, the W113. If you looked at the roof from the rear, it curved upward at the sides like a pagoda. This was because the designers wanted to maintain a sleek profile, but had to raise the roof at the sides so people could get out without it being awkward. You can see a more subdued version of this in the W107.

Originally Posted by ssnyc

Originally Posted by kaiserkarl

there are a couple here just to add to the porn.

http://www.cooperclassiccars.com/Inventory1.asp

Originally Posted by Infrasonic

Just saw this tonight on a friends FB page. Assuming it's a 190SL?