1967 Mercedes 200

iwb

A friend asked me to post here to see if anyone is interested in this car. It is in worse condition than he thought when he bought it, so he isn't interested in trying to get it restored. Apparently the chassis rails are rusted out, so it is probably only good for parts.
Can you guys comment please? What is it worth? Any takers? It is in New Ross and I can post a picture if needed.
Thanks.

PaulK_CCI

iwb wrote: »

A friend asked me to post here to see if anyone is interested in this car. It is in worse condition than he thought when he bought it, so he isn't interested in trying to get it restored. Apparently the chassis rails are rusted out, so it is probably only good for parts.
Can you guys comment please? What is it worth? Any takers? It is in New Ross and I can post a picture if needed.
Thanks.

is the car metallic grey by any chance?

MercMad

Post pictures please !

PaulK do you know the car ??

3ps

I remember looking at a flat gray car last year fintail. I think it had burgandy interior. Looked underneath and even I could tell it was rotten! yer man was asking 5k too!!!

Dades

MercMad wrote: »

PaulK do you know the car ??

Did you sell it to him?

iwb

Definitely not metallic grey. Picture attached. It is kind of a cream colour but flaking off quite a bit. Maybe a bad respray?

PaulK_CCI

MercMad wrote: »

Post pictures please !

PaulK do you know the car ??

I don;t know this particular car, but I did know a metallic grey fintail which was being sold a couple of years ago in the Bray area.
The owner asked me then at the time, if I could assist in selling it for him. He had bought the car in good faith but it turned out to be in very poor condition.... which sounds very much like the OP's friends car.

At the time I kindly declined the offer, afraid to be getting the sort of comments as I just got from Dades , so it obviously didn't work...

MercMad

I could be interested if the prices is ridiculously low, judging by the state of it it should be. I reckon its really a parts car !

PM me the price and I'll take it from there, I'll be in Wexford tomorrow too !

iwb

How about you make an offer or if a few people can decide on a consensus?

junkyard

I remember seeing that car or its twin outside Blarney a few years ago and it was pretty rough then. I'd go 100 euros on it if its any good to him.:)

superboy

Hmmm seems a shame to condemn a car to breaking just cos one isnt brave enough to go welding Actually, what is the parts (especially panels) situation with fintails? I have wanted one ever since i saw them as "baddies" cars in James bond films...but it'd have to be black!

MercMad

superboy wrote: »

Hmmm seems a shame to condemn a car to breaking just cos one isnt brave enough to go welding Actually, what is the parts (especially panels) situation with fintails? I have wanted one ever since i saw them as "baddies" cars in James bond films...but it'd have to be black!

.........you can get all the parts, but through dealers at dealer prices ! How does €700-900/corner grab you ?

Yeah I'd hate to see the car scrapped but I'd prefer some more photos before making an offer. Does it start/drive at all ?

superboy

Is that the price of wings??? What are they made from, solid Gold???!!! What about sills??

MercMad

Yeah thats the price of each wing............cheaper for a Boeing !!

Sills are made from solid inobtainium but batches are made from time to time, price depends on who has what !

gn3dr

Nice car that - any pictures of the floor / chassis / sills. I don't really need another car but I would double Junkyard's offer of €100

junkyard

Ok so, 201 euros.:)

MercMad

Hey look if this is going to turn into an eBay thing then I'll switch on my autobid !

€201.50

G Luxel

junkyard wrote: »

I remember seeing that car or its twin outside Blarney a few years ago and it was pretty rough then.

and I remember seeing another similiar blue fintail left outside a railway station about 2 or 3 years ago on the Cork-Cobh line. Next time I saw it was at the station house itself. It was left hand drive and was on original Irish plates. Looking at the picture of the car here, where was it originally from? the door mirrors are neither fitted on the doors or at the front of the wings?

junkyard

G Luxel wrote: »

and I remember seeing another similiar blue fintail left outside a railway station about 2 or 3 years ago on the Cork-Cobh line. Next time I saw it was at the station house itself. It was left hand drive and was on original Irish plates. Looking at the picture of the car here, where was it originally from? the door mirrors are neither fitted on the doors or at the front of the wings?

That car is still in the garage attached to the house, I tried buying it and the owner told me it was for parts for another car he was restoring. And there's an e-type Jag sitting in a garage a stones throw from it which the owner denies is there for some reason and an SS Jag a short distance from there that was eventually thrown into the tide and left to rot, honestly I don't know why some people are left have cars at all as they don't have any mass on them. The Merc was a German embassy car at one stage, I scrapped another Merc which was an embassy car too a few years ago and it had a phone system built into it.

MercMad

Interesting stuff !

Firstly the Fintails should have one mirror only, driver's side at the fly window, hard to see if its there or not in that shot !

There must be a good few around that had Government/Embassy connections but I have only ever seen one or two with original Irish reg's unfortunately. The phone's were available on Mercs since the early 60's but I didn't think there ever was a network over here capable of supporting same. They did work in Germany, some parts of Europe and the US !

Shame to hear about those cars in Cork, total waste, I cant understand these owners !

I remember I was watching, about 3 years ago, "Reeling in the Years" and it happened to show a scene from I think 1966 where the Government were auctioning off all the old ministerial/official cars and there were the usual crop of Fords etc... but also a fleet of Fintails which the commentator reported were all bought by Des Kelly (he of carpet man fame, or his father). Obviously they had all the old reg numbers and I'm still surprised that one has never shown up in Club circles !

galwaytt

My dad has a '63 Fintail 220Seb - ex Phoenix Park Papal Nuncio car. Reg CZH XXX. Bought it from the Ever Ready Garage in Donnybrook in 1969, for 800.

2 owners from new !

MercMad

galwaytt wrote: »

My dad has a '63 Fintail 220Seb - ex Phoenix Park Papal Nuncio car. Reg CZH XXX. Bought it from the Ever Ready Garage in Donnybrook in 1969, for 800.

2 owners from new !

............lovely stuff, is this the dark blue one ? Did I get pictures of this car before from you ? As far as I recall it hasn't been used in recent years !

Would love photos either way !

galwaytt

yep, dark blue with high quality MBTex interior ! - imagine, they didn't even spring for the leather !

am (very) slowly trying to get it out of his garage..........and into mine. This is turning into a project in itself.

MercMad

Okay so this car is a 4 door car yeah ??

iwb

Hi Guys, Sorry I didn't get back sooner. To be honest, I forgot about the car until I drove in today and it is gone. I talked to my friend and he sold it for €200 to someone.
I now have to check out why I am not getting email notification of new posts and pm's.
By the way, my dad has been looking for a W114 Merc for a long time now. From memory, it is a pillarless coupe and I think he wanted a 200 or 220. Does that make sense? One sold here last year or the year before that would have suited him perfectly. He thought it was too expensive but since then has modified his estimate of that.
Any pointers as to where he should be looking or anyone got one to sell? He would probably want one in near perfect condition but would consider doing some light work on it.

galwaytt

MercMad wrote: »

Okay so this car is a 4 door car yeah ??

if that's me you're asking of, then yes.

tc20

iwb wrote: »

By the way, my dad has been looking for a W114 Merc for a long time now. From memory, it is a pillarless coupe and I think he wanted a 200 or 220. Does that make sense?

Any pointers as to where he should be looking or anyone got one to sell? He would probably want one in near perfect condition but would consider doing some light work on it.

iwb - W114s were the 6cyl versions, W115 were their 4cyl brethren. All coupes were 6 cyls. Coupes, AFAIK, came in 230, 250 and 280 guises. Not that im touting this thread, but i am the owner of a 72 W114 230 saloon, which im thinking of selling. I know you said your dad is on the lookout for the 2 door, but if you want to have a chat, drop me a pm.

cheers,
tony

MercMad

iwb wrote: »

Hi Guys, Sorry I didn't get back sooner. To be honest, I forgot about the car until I drove in today and it is gone. I talked to my friend and he sold it for €200 to someone.
I now have to check out why I am not getting email notification of new posts and pm's.
By the way, my dad has been looking for a W114 Merc for a long time now. From memory, it is a pillarless coupe and I think he wanted a 200 or 220. Does that make sense? One sold here last year or the year before that would have suited him perfectly. He thought it was too expensive but since then has modified his estimate of that.
Any pointers as to where he should be looking or anyone got one to sell? He would probably want one in near perfect condition but would consider doing some light work on it.

...............I'd have paid €300 !!

I know where there is a project 250C for sale, original Irish reg too AFAIK. I needs quite a bit, but its been stored indoors for probably 10 years or so and needs probably minor bodywork before re-asembly !

The guy offered it to me about 3 years ago for €2500, I'm sure he'd take less now !

The main thing with all of these cars is body rot, bulkhead and sills mainly so when looking at a seemingly good car take a poke around it enthusiastically. Even good bodyshop men have been taken in by what these cars can hide !

I personally would only by a perfect example or a total project !

@ Galwaytt.............did you manage to get any photos yet ??

junkyard

MercMad wrote: »

...............I'd have paid €300 !!

And I'd have gone 301 euros.

galwaytt

sold to the man with the pointy hat for 310.50 !!

MercMad

junkyard wrote: »

And I'd have gone 301 euros.

..........yeah but I'd have paid for postage !!