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Great video. I had a 1970 MIdnight blue 280SE. I owned it for 35 years and never finished restoring it! I now have a 2003 CL600 twin turbo V12 that has been incredibly reliable. The Jaguar V12 was indeed two six-cylinder engines combined as one since Jaguar only had the straight six to begin with. The V12 from Mercedes was a purpose-built V12. This '93 600 SEL is so cool. I have lust in my heart!
Beautiful car. I've got a 1992 600SEL with the same two-tone blue exterior, mine has the blue interior though. 125k miles on it. The engine is in great shape but the transmission went out a while ago. I plan on getting it rebuilt this spring. It also needs a main engine wiring harness, not the upper engine/injection harness that is usually already done and easy to replace, but the huge body-mounted harness that is reportedly a huge job to replace. Not looking forward to that one.
Great Video! I have a 96' with 129K on it. Most important thing to note is that all W140 models up to the 1995 model year used the biodegradable wiring harness. With further use this WILL 100% become an issue with this car...and you can no longer buy them from the Mercedes Benz, which means the car will have to be rewired by hand, which is a multi-thousand dollar repair. Generally we never buy them regardless of how nice they are unless this fix was done. Also the horse power on the motor was 389hp NOT 322hp. With full fuel enrichment (a feature that could be turned on/off with a scan tool) 402hp - 408hp.
Keep in mind that even if you can find someone that has a harness or the set of connectors to make one it's still a $15,000+ fix (2002 pricing). The whole car has to be taken apart...the door panels, the seats, the carpets, the headliner, the trunk liner, the center console, most of the dashboard, and the top of the motor. It's a horrific job.The biggest issue is when it starts the car will start blowing out fuses and circuit boards and modules... they are mostly not available either. @@woodsandbarclay
The last of the Benz lineage I'd own. Only two exceptions are a 99 C43 and 01/02 E55. In the Northeast we did see a few 140s every spring with "My ac doesn't blow cold" complaints. We knew what the inevitable problem was but we always recharged them with dye and told him to come back. Sure enough, the glow of dye right at the evaporator drain. Always a fun project... The soft close pump was also common. Occasionally they would push transmission fluid up the harness and into the trans control module. Still a car I'd own because I know to have a separate bank account for it lol. I believe the correct ratings are 389hp and 420 lb-ft
Yes those are the correct horsepower ratings actually corrected myself in a later video you can see all the videos on the website. The beautiful thing about this car is the AC evaporator has already been replaced!!!!
@@woodsandbarclay Good because the 600 has a separate smaller evaporator for the rear, although I don't remember if it was in the 93 or came a year or two later. Not like that made doing it in the 500 a cake walk in comparison 🤣
nice! got driven this beast sometime back in 1997, it was an VIP owned 1995 S600L V12 newfacelift, what I can say is, totally awesome!! imagine how Quite it was when ur inside it and its extremely luxury back in 90’s… as mostly people says, the W140 S-Class was over engineered! back then, an brand new W140 S600L V12 in my country cost rm1.2 million, its like USD$480k back then… it was an fully imported brand new from Germany, our local production model only has S280 and S320L… no sunroof for both CKD cars
Hard to beat the 300sel 6.3... there's a good video on my channel where I went hunting for one if you search RU-vid for hunting for the 300 SEL 6.3 I think you will find it.
I know the christmas gift for the car owner of this beauty. A becker Radio System from this period. Got one of those profesionally restored on my 300 CE w124. Still great sound 😊
I agree 100%! However I do love the 98 and 99 turbo diesel e300 and I do have a soft spot for the 2005 2006 E320 CDI common rail Diesel. But yes I totally get what you're saying.
Sure. Actually we had two and the first was even stolen and we ordered a second one from the insurance. The Becker audio was cool with changing colors.
No it's not that expensive at all. Probably cheaper than a fully loaded modern Honda Accord. Do they even still make Honda accords hahaha. Pricing is on the website.
@@woodsandbarclay I was afraid you would say that. Lol I have always heard they were money pit machines, I was hoping perhaps there would’ve been some improvements.
That was very common for the original owners to do that I see it in classic Mercedes all the time. I do however have the original radio and it comes with the car.
Yes we absolutely do financing and work directly with Woodside credit who specializes in classic cars. Just call me directly and I can walk you through the process on the inventory page there's actually a link for Woodside credit at the top that you can click and see if you can get approved. 404-200-3942
