I bought this non running car a few years ago...it was slated for the scrap yard and then probably crushed after it being picked apart. It is an '85 Euro model with 235-hp.
The original family that owned it called me and asked me to "save it", as they had heard through a mutual friend I was into these old Benzes.
The father that bought it new in Zurich had passed away, his wife was in ill health as well and there was $$ owing to an indy garage that had worked on it, so also a lien that I had to pay plus storage fees at a police impound.
I did not want another car project but after talking to the family and considering it...I went for it. I've been so busy working on other cars, that I just parked it in my shop for a few years and threw a cover on it.
I decided a few weeks ago, it was time to give it some love. It now runs extremely well.
The day I rescued it:
First bath in a few years:
And going through the engine.
Before and after:
