Author Topic: $11.5K for scrap metal? (Read 8179 times)

66andBlue · « **on:** August 17, 2016, 18:49:57 »

http://www.beverlyhillscarclub.com/1967-mercedes-benz-230sl-pagoda-c-6220.htm

Looks like fire damage and if so then even the folding top frame may be distorted and useless.

Jordan · « **Reply #1 on:** August 17, 2016, 19:05:34 »

I love the description "Great candidate for full restoration or strong parts car. Lots of potential." Potential in the form of energy just prior to it being dropped by a crane.

I don't know where they get their cars but they always seem to look like crap. I would imagine they got paid to haul this thing away.

su8pack1 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 17, 2016, 19:14:12 »

That's just nuts.

StevenF · « **Reply #3 on:** August 17, 2016, 19:38:45 »

Really?

georgem · « **Reply #4 on:** August 17, 2016, 20:04:44 »

Well guys, I think you are being a bit harsh - looks like the guards have the notches, the spare is good, and the heat from the fire may have stabilised the rust!!!

BTW, if it was stolen and burnt - they did a great job - fire was so hot it even melted the rocker cover - oh, I did notice a good wheel chock in the boot. Its a bit odd what the thinking was to make the useable spare a selling point?

As they say, no guts no glory in the restoration business.......

star63 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 17, 2016, 20:05:52 »

I guess it's the title that you pay for...

Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ · « **Reply #6 on:** August 17, 2016, 21:07:55 »

Oh my God ... How about THEY pay someone to tow it away ... LOL

Dieter

wjsvb · « **Reply #7 on:** August 17, 2016, 21:22:58 »

A/C needs a charge.

Garry · « **Reply #8 on:** August 17, 2016, 21:24:16 »

There was one in better condition than that after a fire near my place a few months ago and it went to the tip and taken away for scrap metal.

I guess the VIN and maybe some of the engine.

PaulC · « **Reply #9 on:** August 17, 2016, 22:08:43 »

What's with the tire tread sitting in the cockpit?

Surely the first rule of selling is to have the item for sale clean and tidy, a little polish would not go astray…GOOD LUCK is all I can say!

Cees Klumper · « **Reply #10 on:** August 18, 2016, 01:19:39 »

That'll buff right out. That, or duckttape.

Cees Klumper · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2016, 01:21:07 »

Quote from: PaulC on August 17, 2016, 22:08:43

What's with the tire tread sitting in the cockpit?

"Original tire (a lot of it anyway)"

hauser · « **Reply #12 on:** August 18, 2016, 02:26:15 »

I just hate when the antenna mast is at the wrong angle!

Montreal V8 · « **Reply #13 on:** August 18, 2016, 17:59:06 »

"Fireman, Save My -- Car ?? " ( With apologies to the late Joe E. Brown)

Tyler S · « **Reply #14 on:** August 19, 2016, 00:58:55 »

"All I did is replace all my fuses with pretty blue ones"

rmmchl · « **Reply #15 on:** August 20, 2016, 13:43:59 »

Sometimes they should be taken to the crusher after a champagne toast. Let this car rest in peace

JonathanB · « **Reply #16 on:** August 20, 2016, 19:37:16 »

Perhaps the purpose of the ad is simply to support the crazy prices that are often asked for rust bucket restoration projects? One could imagine the same seller using this as evidence that a rough driver level car is worth $40,000.

mdsalemi · « **Reply #17 on:** August 22, 2016, 20:04:04 »

I must say that looks a lot worse than the $15K car I looked at here in Michigan a couple of years ago for Pete Lesler. Some woman was trying to sell her Dad's legacy; car had sat for decades. Nothing organic remained, having long succumbed to mold, mildew, mice and more. Moreover, it was up a narrow winding 2-track and there would be no way to efficiently remove the "car" from its resting place without machinery riggers; a tow truck was out of the question. But this case at BHCC looks even worse!!!

Pinder · « **Reply #18 on:** August 23, 2016, 13:36:07 »

this would make a good project as a display piece in a large bar or basement man cave maybe make a desk out of it. But price is too high. I wouldn't scrap it.

lurtch · « **Reply #19 on:** August 27, 2016, 00:21:29 »

I think the exhaust system is installed incorrectly?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-Mercedes-Benz-230SL-Pagoda-/222222915884?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

scoot · « **Reply #20 on:** August 27, 2016, 23:57:43 »

I've been to Beverly Hills Car Club, which BTW is no where near Beverly Hills. It's in a lousy industrial neighborhood close to nothing nice. They have sold a lot of junk to a lot of people.

john.mancini · « **Reply #21 on:** August 29, 2016, 23:14:43 »

Actually one of Alex Manos' better cars.

mnahon · « **Reply #22 on:** August 30, 2016, 16:49:35 »

If $11.5K was too rich for you, here's one that's more value-priced, at least for the time being. Note the seller's byline: "Drive your Dream"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-SL-Class-/322245733118?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4b0757aafe:g:AKYAAOSwxg5Xxakm&item=322245733118

Cees Klumper · « **Reply #23 on:** August 30, 2016, 22:40:09 »

Why anyone would want to buy 'this' is beyond me. Not even a title with the 'car'.

bogeyman · « **Reply #24 on:** August 31, 2016, 22:00:57 »

Here's another one-

Fred Flintstone, your car is ready....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Benz-SL-Class-Convertible-/322247376963?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4b0770c043:g:U3AAAOSwFe5Xx03~&item=322247376963

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Author Topic: $11.5K for scrap metal? (Read 8179 times)

hauser

Montreal V8

JonathanB