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Mercedes W126's
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28-03-2016 3:02pm#1
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My favourite S-class. Hell my favourite saloon car of all time!
Best of luck finding one, I will one day own one too. Or a C126
Silberdistel metallic is such a cool 80s colour:
Yeah I'd have an SEC too, but when they are so big might as well go for the saloon. There seems to always be a few for sale. I would be looking at the lower end of the market, project region 😂‚
Thinking about looking for one with engine trouble and putting an OM606 in.0 -
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I have one ......
Mines a 300SE. I don't use it every day though. There are lots of rust places to look for, not just under the rear window. They are no different to any other car really in that respect. Most parts are available but getting expensive. Stay away from the 560 SEL with SLS - they are a nightmare. Best are the SE cars as the suspension is simpler to keep maintained. There was a lovely one on DD recently for €11k of there abouts. If you buy one for about €6000 you will get a good one. If you buy one for €3000 you'll spend €3000 getting it right. Avoid any car that's damp inside0 -
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That one looks lovely W124ManI have one ......
Mines a 300SE. I don't use it every day though. There are lots of rust places to look for, not just under the rear window. They are no different to any other car really in that respect. Most parts are available but getting expensive. Stay away from the 560 SEL with SLS - they are a nightmare. Best are the SE cars as the suspension is simpler to keep maintained. ...
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I wouldn't mind a W126 with the SLS setup, but I may be the only one with that opinion. I used to have a few S124, and as I remember, three of them needed work done to the rear suspension. I am not a mechanic, but I managed to fix them all with second hand (and some new) bits and they stayed reliable and smooth after that. The SLS is the icon of Mercedes-Benz of this era and a great, well engineered system. It is simple and rather easy to maintain and service.0 -
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When I was doing a quick image google yesterday, I did find that the C126 was looking a bit dated now with the W126 looking a lot fresher. I guess it has aged better (well in my view it has)
I think it depends on colour - especially compared to bumper colour
this one I think looks fantastic and very fresh
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We have had a silver 1985 280SE since 2008. It gets brought out occasionally at the weekends to potter about in (anyone spotted it on the roads?)
What I can say about it:
It's an absolute tank of a car. The badge is so far away to remind you it's a slightly bigger car than normal. There is a satisfying thud from the doors. It has a huge boot. Ridiculously comfortable
A very responsive drive, even with wooly failing bushes and ball joints. Brakes are absolute crap (278mm front and 279mm discs at the rear pre 1986) in order to fit those 14 inch balloon tyres. We have W140 S600 brakes to fit someday, for our own sanity. Later wheels will need a minimum of 10mm spaced out to correct the offset and clear the calipers.
It will rust in awkward places. Wings/under the rear windows are common spots however there is rust above the diff that needs seeing to and surface rust dotted along the doors. Source new!
It's not very economical, but who gives a sh*te a very smooth 4 speed gearbox (keep the oil changed) and can go when needed (this has 185 bhp). They like good gogo juice, 98 ron. Fuel pumps love to go, surprise surprise, but are very easy to change (beside the right rear wheel)
Parts are readily available. Recently we had to get an exhaust for it, the centre section. Over 40 units still available in Germany from Mercedes and in the local dealer in a few days.
Cloth seats are ****. They fall to bits and smell like a cats arse if it gets any way damp, the smell of damp is then impossible to fully remove. Carpets love to become soggy too, take them out, wash thoroughly and dry. Bin cloth seats for leathers immediately.
Electrics are.... Fun. He lied. Poor idling/overfuelling is usually a faulty warm up regulator. Window regulators/central locking module often give bother. Fusebox takes the continental style fuses and loves to get corroded; new fuseboxes are readily available, inexpensive and aren't as scary to change as they look. This is often the root cause of French style electrics....
Recommend as a daily driver? You bet! A reliable sod of a car, just sort out the niggly bits and you have a car much more fun than some modern econo dirtbox with a pint sized engine :cool:
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fancy pigeon wrote: »We have had a silver 1985 280SE since 2008. It gets brought out occasionally at the weekends to potter about in (anyone spotted it on the roads?)
What I can say about it:
It's an absolute tank of a car. The badge is so far away to remind you it's a slightly bigger car than normal. There is a satisfying thud from the doors. It has a huge boot. Ridiculously comfortable
A very responsive drive, even with wooly failing bushes and ball joints. Brakes are absolute crap (278mm front and 279mm discs at the rear pre 1986) in order to fit those 14 inch balloon tyres. We have W140 S600 brakes to fit someday, for our own sanity. Later wheels will need a minimum of 10mm spaced out to correct the offset and clear the calipers.
It will rust in awkward places. Wings/under the rear windows are common spots however there is rust above the diff that needs seeing to and surface rust dotted along the doors. Source new!
It's not very economical, but who gives a sh*te a very smooth 4 speed gearbox (keep the oil changed) and can go when needed (this has 185 bhp). They like good gogo juice, 98 ron. Fuel pumps love to go, surprise surprise, but are very easy to change (beside the right rear wheel)
Parts are readily available. Recently we had to get an exhaust for it, the centre section. Over 40 units still available in Germany from Mercedes and in the local dealer in a few days.
Cloth seats are ****. They fall to bits and smell like a cats arse if it gets any way damp, the smell of damp is then impossible to fully remove. Carpets love to become soggy too, take them out, wash thoroughly and dry. Bin cloth seats for leathers immediately.
Electrics are.... Fun. He lied. Poor idling/overfuelling is usually a faulty warm up regulator. Window regulators/central locking module often give bother. Fusebox takes the continental style fuses and loves to get corroded; new fuseboxes are readily available, inexpensive and aren't as scary to change as they look. This is often the root cause of French style electrics....
Recommend as a daily driver? You bet! A reliable sod of a car, just sort out the niggly bits and you have a car much more fun than some modern econo dirtbox with a pint sized engine :cool:
Well I must say I have never experienced any of the issues mentioned above and never experienced any damp inside my car!
A really good W126 will command a good price. You can buy a cheap one and spend a fortune trying to get it to the standard of a good one which you could have bought for the same money.
A full set of bumper chromes can cost almost €2500 so be careful what buy with a view to 'doing up' ........0 -
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Well I must say I have never experienced any of the issues mentioned above and never experienced any damp inside my car!
A really good W126 will command a good price. You can buy a cheap one and spend a fortune trying to get it to the standard of a good one which you could have bought for the same money.
A full set of bumper chromes can cost almost €2500 so be careful what buy with a view to 'doing up' ........
It's not one, but 2 we had issues with damp with... We bought a condemned 500SE (tinworm on the chassis legs) for parts, again it had damp under the rear carpets.... Apparently a common problem
If driven everyday I'd take a guess and say a lot of issues wouldn't be present, however the 280 was in a barn for 9 years before we got it. The electrics are still a bit haywire at times (lights sometimes staying on after switching off for example)0 -
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