Which old Mercedes have you/your family owned?
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Very interesting story.
Did your grandmother love the car while she was alive?Originally posted by mister-yee:reuslting in the belief that my SEL500 is haunted by my grandmother..
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Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:your's was converted to the 1 with the Zonda engine?
Not the engine. Only the suspension, kit and HID.I can't remember if Dad switched the exhaust systems though.
But an engine change back then, would have been highly illegal.
Oh..the 500SEL story is interesting.Sometimes people love their cars a lot. -
wah... your dad is one hell of an enthusiast.Originally posted by LazerLordz: Not the engine. Only the suspension, kit and HID.I can't remember if Dad switched the exhaust systems though.
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I know he loved tinkering with carburettors and cam heads when he was much younger, I saw old pics of him and his buddies racing in Brunei decades ago.Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:wah... your dad is one hell of an enthusiast.
Now, he's not that interested anymore.Complains that modern cars are overly electronical. javascript:emoticon('') -
i don't know..i was born 3 or 4 years after she passed away.Originally posted by choco B:Very interesting story. Did your grandmother love the car while she was alive? -
seems like he is man....LOL...So far i dun think anyone has done so much to a merc in SG....Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:wah... your dad is one hell of an enthusiast. 
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Actually he didn't do much, only the kit. and it wasn't by himself.I only remembered going "whoa.." at the HID..think I was in Sec 2 then..Originally posted by AE86tofu:seems like he is man....LOL...So far i dun think anyone has done so much to a merc in SG....
there is a Zender 500SL, and a Koenig SL running around.The latter should be lemon yellow. -
2 bad all our mercs sold off liao....Originally posted by LazerLordz:Actually he didn't do much, only the kit. and it wasn't by himself.I only remembered going "whoa.." at the HID..think I was in Sec 2 then..
there is a Zender 500SL, and a Koenig SL running around.The latter should be lemon yellow.
my dad also was kinda sad...b4 he left the car he said "hiyah u have served me for 7 years already...."
koenig SL? I tot koenig is usually for Bling and not performance?? -
Hmm, Koenig made a few performance kits for SLs..Originally posted by AE86tofu:2 bad all our mercs sold off liao.... my dad also was kinda sad...b4 he left the car he said "hiyah u have served me for 7 years already...."
koenig SL? I tot koenig is usually for Bling and not performance??
based on V8 500 SL (5,5 ltr. and 6 ltr. SL)
supercharger engine
331 KW / 440 HP / 680 NM (382 KW / 520 PS / 730 NM)
price incl. installation: € 20.000,–
kit price € 15.000,–
performance:
0-100 km/h 4,9 sec. (4,5 sec.)
0-200 km/h 16,9 sec. (15,5 sec.)
standing 1/4 mile 14,8 sec. (13,5 sec.)
top speed 300 km/h (310 km/h)
driving performance depends on gear ratio
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wor... how curious. is the car still with? Or gone le?Originally posted by mister-yee:now i'm saying it's haunted because there was a couple of incidents that cannot be explained.
first was my former maid which had never seen the car...said she had dreamt of an old lady saying that she wanted the SEL500 in my house because the car was then placed in my grandfather's house...and when she decribed the old lady's appearance..it matched my late-grandmother perfectly..so we took the car back from my grandfather's place..
secondly was that i went out with my cousin one night and when we returned, i usually park my C230k behind the SEL500. my cousin said that she saw a shadowy figure in the SEL500 which was locked at the time, but when she walk passed it the car was empty. and when she described the figure..it also matched my grandmother's appearance..
reuslting in the belief that my SEL500 is haunted by my grandmother.. -
MB240GD
MB290GD
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This is a bad change for the SL... makes it look like a toyota celica... yuk... degrading the car!!!Originally posted by LazerLordz: -
MB240? wtf? SAF vehs???Originally posted by KLZW:MB240GD
MB290GD
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may i noe wats the model for the oval headlight mercs? my dad used to own that but sadly, it was stolen n never to be returned. followed by a pearl white w123 1981. (i've got the piz but duno how to upload.) ppl were quite facsinated tt tis 25yr old car was so well-maintained. it's my dad's n my pride and sadly again, it has to be scrapped. tis is 1 car i m goin to miss, accompanied mi thru my growing-up yrs.
bye bro mercs~ -
My Grandpa owns a paper Merc Benz..with chauffer somemore!
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Originally posted by markzz:My Grandpa owns a paper Merc Benz..with chauffer somemore!
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is it the 1970s model?Originally posted by wAts_LiFe:may i noe wats the model for the oval headlight mercs? my dad used to own that but sadly, it was stolen n never to be returned. followed by a pearl white w123 1981. (i've got the piz but duno how to upload.) ppl were quite facsinated tt tis 25yr old car was so well-maintained. it's my dad's n my pride and sadly again, it has to be scrapped. tis is 1 car i m goin to miss, accompanied mi thru my growing-up yrs.
bye bro mercs~
should be W116 or W119. -
Want me to ask him give u a lift?Originally posted by ^spidee^: -
Originally posted by AE86tofu:MB240? wtf? SAF vehs???
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whoa, no thanks, i'm fine with walking..Originally posted by markzz:Want me to ask him give u a lift? -
My dad used to own the 190E Cosworth 2.3 16v. It was imported from UK.Originally posted by ceecookie:ur 190E: was it the 190E Cosworth 2.3-16v?
Parts are not easy to get, he usually go to Tai Seng in waterloo street and they order it from Germany itself.
Still have some photos of it now. The car was a monster and thoroughly enjoyable on winding trunk roads in Malaysia...closest we got to some form of rally heh...till now my parents sing praises of it, the steering angle is wonderful...once my mum parallel parked into this lot which many others before couldn't get in...and a group of uncles sitting nearby were just shaking their heads laughing in disbelief...
We lost the car after it's engine conked out one day...it was time to go I guess...even through my dad's best efforts at maintaining the car(he went through his receipts and calculated he spent about another S$100K on maintenence and parts for the car, this was about 1994-2001)...the bodykit was starting to come off...screws popping out the sides...interior leather also would not stay on...it was very sad to see it 'aging' at that time...also we were still staying in a HDB estate and upgrading was not done yet...so no covered multistorey carpark and exposure to the sun...tree sap from old rain trees...
We just lost a W211 E320 about 2 weeks ago...its been written off by the insurance co. The tyre had an unusual puncture on the wall, so my dad stopped on the shoulder lane of the North South Highway. Warning sign and spare tyre was placed at the back of the car. Somehow..................................a Proton Iswara rammed into the car from behind................My mum whom was standing at the side said there was no other cars that the driver could have been avoiding on the inner and outer lane...somehow he just rammed into the W211 E320 on the shoulder lane without breaking...no brake/skid marks.
Luckily he hit the warning sign and the spare tyre which cause it to swerve outwards abit...missing my dad whom was squatting down changing the tyre...and "BANG!" like some cartoon...there was just blank space in front of him...the car had flew about 70 feet ahead and banged into a tree...
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Oh dear.
That sounds terrible. Well, at least you and your folks are fine. -
I saw a 190E Cosworth a few weeks back.
Another rare model is the MB 260E. -
Saw a silver 190E Cosworth. No tail spoiler though.
