Hi,
I really love this board and so I would like to share some details about my car:
The E420 I own was ordered in Germany by a lawyer in 1994. Altough leather is standard, the car was ordered with the normal black fabric seats of that W124 area. For driving with a suit, this may have been a good choice in summer and in winter.
After some years the lawyer gave to car to his brother who drove it some more years. With 424.000 kms on it (ca. 265.000 mls, driver's seat undamaged (!)), the car was given away to a friend with a workshop with the only option not to sell the car but to scarp it and sell it in parts. The owner kept the car-papers. Of course (a friend...), the car was sold as a whole. The buyer was selling cars and wanted it for himself. At that time, a friend of mine, knowing every Mercedes in our area, became aware of the car. He asked several times to buy the car but did not succeed (he did not want to pay that much either). But he still kept an eye on the car.
When atempting to ask again, he was told by the wife of the owner that the car was going to be sold that afternoon and that the buyer was on his way.
He was upset and waited for the buyer. When the buyer arrived, my friend told him that he cannot buy the car and that the car was already sold to him instead. The buyer left and the very upset owner discussed with my friend. I dont want to comment on this, but as a result, the car was sold to my friend.
I shared a garage with him at that time and the E420 now stood in a part of that garage for two years. My friend was not able to get papers for the car, which is in a way related to german legal procedures with cars lacking the papers.
I asekd him to sell the car to me and after a while, he did.
In order to optain the car's papers or a legal document in order to have new papers issued, I drove (prepared with the necessary documents) to the owner who was the last one to have the papers (the brother of the lawyer). I arrived there on a Tuesday after work, in the countryside, cold and rainy in October, and rang his doorbell (I only had the address). He was not amused and let me stand in the rain for half an hour arguing about the papers. It apeared that he had destroyed them because he was afraid of warrany-issues with when selling the old car. I left all my arguments and preparated documents and after a week, to my surprise, I received the papers which were necessary to get new papers for the car.
I welded a lot, but mecanically there were no issues. The car is not a beauty and it is meant for driving. I am trying to keep everything original, but since the value is low, things can be tried out.
Cheers
Nic
I really love this board and so I would like to share some details about my car:
The E420 I own was ordered in Germany by a lawyer in 1994. Altough leather is standard, the car was ordered with the normal black fabric seats of that W124 area. For driving with a suit, this may have been a good choice in summer and in winter.
After some years the lawyer gave to car to his brother who drove it some more years. With 424.000 kms on it (ca. 265.000 mls, driver's seat undamaged (!)), the car was given away to a friend with a workshop with the only option not to sell the car but to scarp it and sell it in parts. The owner kept the car-papers. Of course (a friend...), the car was sold as a whole. The buyer was selling cars and wanted it for himself. At that time, a friend of mine, knowing every Mercedes in our area, became aware of the car. He asked several times to buy the car but did not succeed (he did not want to pay that much either). But he still kept an eye on the car.
When atempting to ask again, he was told by the wife of the owner that the car was going to be sold that afternoon and that the buyer was on his way.
He was upset and waited for the buyer. When the buyer arrived, my friend told him that he cannot buy the car and that the car was already sold to him instead. The buyer left and the very upset owner discussed with my friend. I dont want to comment on this, but as a result, the car was sold to my friend.
I shared a garage with him at that time and the E420 now stood in a part of that garage for two years. My friend was not able to get papers for the car, which is in a way related to german legal procedures with cars lacking the papers.
I asekd him to sell the car to me and after a while, he did.
In order to optain the car's papers or a legal document in order to have new papers issued, I drove (prepared with the necessary documents) to the owner who was the last one to have the papers (the brother of the lawyer). I arrived there on a Tuesday after work, in the countryside, cold and rainy in October, and rang his doorbell (I only had the address). He was not amused and let me stand in the rain for half an hour arguing about the papers. It apeared that he had destroyed them because he was afraid of warrany-issues with when selling the old car. I left all my arguments and preparated documents and after a week, to my surprise, I received the papers which were necessary to get new papers for the car.
I welded a lot, but mecanically there were no issues. The car is not a beauty and it is meant for driving. I am trying to keep everything original, but since the value is low, things can be tried out.
Cheers
Nic
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