Hi all,
Wanted to post an intro to the group and say hello. Long time lurker and have wanted a W124 500E for many years. I'm a Porsche guy and am lucky to have a few of those including a 987.2 Cayman that I race in Porsche Club Racing in Stock G class.
I bought the 1992 500E at Gooding & Co at Amelia Island a few weeks ago.
https://www.goodingco.com/vehicle/1992-mercedes-benz-500-e/
It felt like the right car with the right provenance and so I decided to pay-up for something that I thought was investment grade. The car came north about 10 days ago via InterCity who were great and I had it taken to Mercedes Benz Greenwich where there is a fantastic Tech named Dave LaTulippe. The car is beautiful and is in remarkable shape. Every trim piece, decal and fixture remains in as-new condition including bottom-side which doesn't even have rust on the exhaust bolts. I'm happy to post more pics once the car is done with some of the mild work that Dave is doing, specifically:
- rotors, caps and plugs
- fluids
- disassemble and grease wiper gears
- sending head unit to Becker USA for the BT mod
There is some seepage at the rear main seal and one side of the diff which we're just going to clean-up and monitor for the time being. The car has never been apart so would prefer not to take it apart if we don't need to. Maybe that will be a winter project. Beyond that the car has a goofy painted "500E by Porsche" logo which is luckily on top of the clear coat and which presumably was done in 1992 along with the painted stripe which is nice and will remain. I think a wet sand will get it sorted so I'll have Detailer's Domain in Norwood, NJ take car of that.
Car was built 1/21/92, has 31,100 miles or so, had just one owner, has all paperwork from day one including window sticker, no paintwork. I've never driven one so looking forward to doing so once Dave finishes his work. Thanks to all here for an awesome and helpful forum. Look forward to meeting some of you in person.
Anthony
Wanted to post an intro to the group and say hello. Long time lurker and have wanted a W124 500E for many years. I'm a Porsche guy and am lucky to have a few of those including a 987.2 Cayman that I race in Porsche Club Racing in Stock G class.
I bought the 1992 500E at Gooding & Co at Amelia Island a few weeks ago.
https://www.goodingco.com/vehicle/1992-mercedes-benz-500-e/
It felt like the right car with the right provenance and so I decided to pay-up for something that I thought was investment grade. The car came north about 10 days ago via InterCity who were great and I had it taken to Mercedes Benz Greenwich where there is a fantastic Tech named Dave LaTulippe. The car is beautiful and is in remarkable shape. Every trim piece, decal and fixture remains in as-new condition including bottom-side which doesn't even have rust on the exhaust bolts. I'm happy to post more pics once the car is done with some of the mild work that Dave is doing, specifically:
- rotors, caps and plugs
- fluids
- disassemble and grease wiper gears
- sending head unit to Becker USA for the BT mod
There is some seepage at the rear main seal and one side of the diff which we're just going to clean-up and monitor for the time being. The car has never been apart so would prefer not to take it apart if we don't need to. Maybe that will be a winter project. Beyond that the car has a goofy painted "500E by Porsche" logo which is luckily on top of the clear coat and which presumably was done in 1992 along with the painted stripe which is nice and will remain. I think a wet sand will get it sorted so I'll have Detailer's Domain in Norwood, NJ take car of that.
Car was built 1/21/92, has 31,100 miles or so, had just one owner, has all paperwork from day one including window sticker, no paintwork. I've never driven one so looking forward to doing so once Dave finishes his work. Thanks to all here for an awesome and helpful forum. Look forward to meeting some of you in person.
Anthony
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