TorquePower
04-11-2006, 09:17 PM
Just a thought. Today I was at my friend's step-dad's house, and we had to go pick up this Mercedes to work on it. ( The throttle cable came loose that's it. :lol: ).
This car is pretty much crappy condition right now. The body is pretty good for an 85 car that sat for a year. Interior is pretty good too, except the speedometer doesn't work. Rest of the car is in good condition, chassis and everything. The engine is knocking, sounds like a loose valve spring or bad rocker arm. The guy bought the whole car for $300 and has had a new fuel pump, filter and tune up done to it.
I was going to try and see if he'd sell it for maybe $500-700, however, my friend dan and I were going to split the cost and put it in both our names and use it as a restoration. I think it's the crappy 5 Cylinder 3.0L. However, it is to my knowledge that in a 1990 500-S is a beast of an engine, the 5.0L V8, 322 horsepower @ 5500 rpm, 332 ft-lbs of torque @ 4000 rpm. This is an example.
Just looking for opinions again...I'll try to get pics.
This car is pretty much crappy condition right now. The body is pretty good for an 85 car that sat for a year. Interior is pretty good too, except the speedometer doesn't work. Rest of the car is in good condition, chassis and everything. The engine is knocking, sounds like a loose valve spring or bad rocker arm. The guy bought the whole car for $300 and has had a new fuel pump, filter and tune up done to it.
I was going to try and see if he'd sell it for maybe $500-700, however, my friend dan and I were going to split the cost and put it in both our names and use it as a restoration. I think it's the crappy 5 Cylinder 3.0L. However, it is to my knowledge that in a 1990 500-S is a beast of an engine, the 5.0L V8, 322 horsepower @ 5500 rpm, 332 ft-lbs of torque @ 4000 rpm. This is an example.
Just looking for opinions again...I'll try to get pics.