FOR SALE Vented E500E front fenders, €2.800 (Germany)

[gsxr]

No affiliation.

These vented fenders are sweeeet looking. However... from memory, I thought the 036 R&D injinears found this was a low-pressure area at speed, and decided to NOT use the vented fenders on production 036 models. That’s why they went with next-to-the-headlight air inlet, because it was pressurized at speed. (I think.)

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Rare original fenders from a Mercedes w124 500 E with air vents are for sale.
In mint condition and absolutely rust-free.
Color: mother of pearl gray metallic.
Please only serious inquiries.
Feel free to send an asking price.

 

[mercepor]

interesting to see (2nd picture) that a kind of panel with air vents was cut/added-welded to the fender

 

[036]

Original? Somehow i doubt it.... Prototyps were destroyed. But maybe some parts survive....

 

[Rouven036]

That's certainly a aftermarket installation.

 

[036]

 

[500AMM]

The backside of the left fender shows it's a separate section welded in.

 

[500AMM]

@036, I prepared my image while you posted.

 

[500AMM]

I compared the airvents on the fenders in post #1 with those on the Norwegian Brabus 6.5 and they are different. It's in fact quite a job - the owner told me he used cutouts from 300 TD fenders and the right side was more or less a cut & weld job, while the left side was a lot of job. The vent design isn't just rectangular slots in a square formation, so he had to cut out each slot, turn them around and merge them into the left fender.


This is really a high sheen, well maintained car, it turned 350.000 km this summer.

 

[gsxr]

The factory prototypes were likely fabricated the same way, cutting a section of existing diesel fender and welding to 036 fenders. I am curious how the driver/left side was done on the factory prototypes, since as Arnt said it's not as simple on the "other" side.

For those unaware, most (not all) 124 diesels had these vents on the right/passenger side for the cold air inlet to the airbox.

 

[r44raven]

Back in the day , I owned a W124 300 TD ( a non-turbo 3 litre straight six - one of those that you had to give the throttle 5 minutes notice of the intention to pass another vehicle!). Sadly it did not feature the vented front fenders. That was always a disappointment for me - although I kept the car long enough to.put 375k miles on it!

 

[gsxr]

Back in the day , I owned a W124 300 TD ( a non-turbo 3 litre straight six - one of those that you had to give the throttle 5 minutes notice of the intention to pass another vehicle!).

Ouch. The turbo version is tremendously better. There's enough low-end torque from the OM603.960 to make it feel like a 400E, at least below 3000rpm. (Above 3k, uh, not so much.)

Sadly it did not feature the vented front fenders. That was always a disappointment for me - although I kept the car long enough to.put 375k miles on it!

Interesting! I wonder which models did not receive the vented front fender. I never bothered to figure this out. The 124.133/193 chassis (300D/TD Turbo), only offered for 1.5 years in USA, did not have the vented fender - but ROW did get the vent for those chassis. Never understood that. The 124.128 and 124.131 (250TD and E300) had the vented fender worldwide, including USA.

 

[dreaming.haze]

Back in the day , I owned a W124 300 TD ( a non-turbo 3 litre straight six - one of those that you had to give the throttle 5 minutes notice of the intention to pass another vehicle!). Sadly it did not feature the vented front fenders. That was always a disappointment for me - although I kept the car long enough to.put 375k miles on it!

I picked up a 1992 300TD (non-turbo OM603) earlier this year. It certainly takes a bit to get up to speed. Agreed that the vented front fenders would have looked great on it. I can't imagine putting 375k miles with this thing! would take me decades and a large amount of patience.

 

[Stevester 500E]

Original? Somehow i doubt it.... Prototyps were destroyed. But maybe some parts survive....

I want to contribute to the conversation, but am afraid to use the word prototype.
@036, tag, your it.

 

[500AMM]

I was looking a bit around the vented fender back when I had my first W124 a '91 300TDT, and from what I was told and have seen the vented fender is only on the right side and only on turbo diesels. It came first on the 300 turbo diesel and later on on the 250 turbo diesel when they replaced the 300. Applied for both sedan and stationwagon, and RHT and LHT cars.
Just my 2 cents on it.

 

[gsxr]

Arnt, yup, it was primarily on the turbodiesels (but not all, e.g. the USA models in the late 80's).

And, the E300 facelift with non-turbo OM606 did receive the vented fender.

It was only on the right/passenger side though, as you said... never on the left.

 

[036]

I want to contribute to the conversation, but am afraid to use the word prototype.
@036, tag, your it.

Well, i was carefull, maybe seller knows something Höllscher doesn´t.....

He told me Porsche crashed half, other half of prototypes were destroyed by an old Leopard which Porsche still have....