I did not need another E500 and I was not looking for one when this Imperial Red/Black came up for sale for the second time in so many years. I was actually looking for a W124 Cab or even a Coupe. I had paid for three cab PPI's in different parts of the country, NC, PA and CA.
I spoke to the owner of this car and just had a good feeling about it. It wasn't a one owner but it pretty close. Mr. Hall had purchased the car from Sun Motor Cars in Camp Hill, PA with 4,400 miles on it. He traded in a 1994 Porsche Boxter. He told me he loved the E500 as soon as he saw and had to have it. He drove the car for many years and always maintained the car at the local MB dealer or a local Indi shop. The car came with a huge stack of maintenance records, not all the records, but enough to see that the car received regular attention. He used the car for business road trips and entertaining clients.
He had his son list the car for sale a couple years ago but no deals were made. The car was listed again this year when I took notice. I love the color and the ownership history so I made an offer and soon the car was on its way across country from PA to OR. I've driven the car about 60 miles now and find it to be very solid for the miles and everything appears to work. The car shows signs of having 212,000 miles with numerous rock chips, faded cladding and a few small glass chips. It maintains all the original Sigla glass. The car looks fantastic from 20 feet.
The interior is in remarkable condition except for the wood on the front sliding tray where the front clasp piece is trying to separate from the accordian. The rest of the wood trim is very sharp and quite nice without any cracks or fading. The leather seats are in excellent condition and function well. I consider this car to be a survivor. The car needs front struts and brakes but I have a new set of struts and two sets of SA brakes in my shop. It also needs the front license plate frame or filler piece. The Wiki indicates three Imperial Red cars worldwide and two of them were US cars with 271 interiors. All and all I am very happy with the purchase and I think this car has a bright future.
WDBEA36E2RC102272
3/25/2107 - Installed Bilstein front struts
3/26/2017 - Replaced upper engine harness
6/18/2017 - Replaced exhaust with Fox cat back and Magnaflow front pipe and cats
6/21/2017 - Replaced lower engine harness (work done by MBI Motors)
7/09/2017 - Replaced oil with Motul 5-40W 211,827 miles
1/15/2018 - Installed Renntech ASR Defeat Kit
I spoke to the owner of this car and just had a good feeling about it. It wasn't a one owner but it pretty close. Mr. Hall had purchased the car from Sun Motor Cars in Camp Hill, PA with 4,400 miles on it. He traded in a 1994 Porsche Boxter. He told me he loved the E500 as soon as he saw and had to have it. He drove the car for many years and always maintained the car at the local MB dealer or a local Indi shop. The car came with a huge stack of maintenance records, not all the records, but enough to see that the car received regular attention. He used the car for business road trips and entertaining clients.
He had his son list the car for sale a couple years ago but no deals were made. The car was listed again this year when I took notice. I love the color and the ownership history so I made an offer and soon the car was on its way across country from PA to OR. I've driven the car about 60 miles now and find it to be very solid for the miles and everything appears to work. The car shows signs of having 212,000 miles with numerous rock chips, faded cladding and a few small glass chips. It maintains all the original Sigla glass. The car looks fantastic from 20 feet.
The interior is in remarkable condition except for the wood on the front sliding tray where the front clasp piece is trying to separate from the accordian. The rest of the wood trim is very sharp and quite nice without any cracks or fading. The leather seats are in excellent condition and function well. I consider this car to be a survivor. The car needs front struts and brakes but I have a new set of struts and two sets of SA brakes in my shop. It also needs the front license plate frame or filler piece. The Wiki indicates three Imperial Red cars worldwide and two of them were US cars with 271 interiors. All and all I am very happy with the purchase and I think this car has a bright future.
WDBEA36E2RC102272
3/25/2107 - Installed Bilstein front struts
3/26/2017 - Replaced upper engine harness
6/18/2017 - Replaced exhaust with Fox cat back and Magnaflow front pipe and cats
6/21/2017 - Replaced lower engine harness (work done by MBI Motors)
7/09/2017 - Replaced oil with Motul 5-40W 211,827 miles
1/15/2018 - Installed Renntech ASR Defeat Kit
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