FOR SALE 1990 560TE Wagon, White/Blue, 276kmi, BaT auction (West Chester, Ohio)

[gsxr]

UPDATE: For sale by FlipperDealer™ a couple of weeks after the Facebook sale, see post #6 below with details.


Documenting for posterity:

1990 560TE Wagon, White/Blue, 276kmi, $12,500 (Cincinnati, OH)​

VIN = WDBEA90D0LF147946

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3461217594133210/

Seller: https://www.facebook.com/dylan.gerding.1

Seller's description​

5.6 liter V8 Mercedes engine professionally converted at 159,000 miles. Engine, transmission, rear end, lowered, stainless exhaust all completed at the same time. Exterior paint is nearly flawless for a 30+ year old vehicle. Zero rust on the car, very well sorted and reliable car. Please call/text 513-773-5599. ​

Listed at $12,500 or best offer. ​

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[puchak]

Not the coolest color combination for a V8 swap, but that is pretty damn cool regardless. All it needs is a period correct body kit and some TLC!

 

[036]

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All it needs is a period correct body kit and some TLC!

and leather, no mb tex please....

 

[yevgenievich]

Shows not available

 

[puchak]

Shows not available

It sold fast I think, it was marked sold when I saw it +2 hours after this post was up. For $12k, that’s far less than the conversion would have costed. Those conversions are a huge PITA IIRC.

 

[WDB748372]

Now on BaT:

M117-Powered 1990 Mercedes-Benz 300TE

Bid for the chance to own a M117-Powered 1990 Mercedes-Benz 300TE at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #129,008.

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[puchak]

Yup, just got that notification too. No surprise some flipper got to it so quickly, price was a steal.

 

[gsxr]

Sure was nice of the previous owner to save all those invoices, to boost the profit of FlipperDealer™.

 

[puchak]

Once I saw the records in the comments and everyone talking about how it is a $80k conversion in todays dollars... SMH. I can't stress how sad I am that this went to some flipper. I would have bought this if I had some cash laying around. Absolutely stolen and absolutely disrespected.

Not sure which admin was editing in here, but looks like there was an edit issue and there are double the amount of photos, with half of them being attached to my previous post.

 

[gsxr]

Not sure which admin was editing in here, but looks like there was an edit issue and there are double the amount of photos, with half of them being attached to my previous post.

That was me! The photos should be unique in each post above - no duplicates. I try to attach photos to the "earliest" post(s) after the current For Sale link. There were ~200 or so total, but there is a forum limit of 100 photos per post so they needed to be split across multiple posts / replies.

I opted to not bother uploading all the paint meter shots though, this is a 34-year-old, 300kmi car - seriously, paint meter readings?

 

[yevgenievich]

Sad. Had serious interest in picking it up originally

 

[Kridre]

Sad to see that flipper got it... It's a pretty interesting car and to be honest was a good deal for $12k.

Of course, someone mentioned 500E conversion to flared fenders as next step... I think the charm of this car is that it looks stock, 500E look would just ruin it for me, but who am I to judge. Right now 500E is like M cars for BMW, more driving around than came out of the factory initially.

 

[gsxr]

Sold for $18,750 plus fees, or a bit under $20k all-in, plus transport / title / tax / etc.

Quite the tidy 30-day profit for the Flipper-Dealer®!