EURO SE280 Mercedes Benz

Description for Mercedes-Benz S-Class 1977

Please check out youtube videos before bidding!!! Just type in: Euro Benz w116 4 speed colorado 1 or 2 or 3. 4 videos althogether!!!!!!For sale. EURO 1977 Only one in the country!!! Factory number matching 4 speed manual with AMG features. tow package from factory. no A/C. no sunroof. no stupid fake leather. The cloth on the seats from the factory and we added the edge and headrest details. from factory very rare even in Europe in this configuration. This Mercedes-Benz is in outstanding condition. I own the car for a few years and I took care of the shipping to the USA of the Mercedes just about two years ago. My buddy owned the SE in the past 20 some years over in EUROPE. He constantly was improving the car up until about 7 years ago when he parked the car in his heated garage and almost never drove it again. (might be 100 miles a year. previous years of his ownership he drove it about 500-1000 miles a year to car shows and some pleasure drive) I purchased the vehicle from him about 3 years ago and the car was not driven until I shipped it here to the USA. After the car arrived to New Jersey it was professionally checked in a shop because I wanted to drive her to Colorado where I live. The car got brand new front brakes. oil. oil filter. thermostat. new coolant liquid and new brake fluid. After it was prepped I drove it all the way to Loveland. Colorado without a problem. She drove better than some new cars. I titled the car in my name and than I went for a licence plate. when a huge surprise came along. they told me I need an emission test to get the plates. It was a huge bummer since I checked all the applicable laws before I made the decision to bring the car over to the USA. The law said the car is exempt from any testing in the whole USA since it is more than 25 years old. The whole country except Larimer county. Colorado. Not the whole state of Colorado but only a few county. including the county I live in. So I had to go through all the loops to get the original emission limits from Germany. After all that the car failed the emission test by . 2 on high CO2. They said it is nothing serious. but rich mixture of air and fuel. Since that happened we replaced all the injector heads and put back the original air filter housing. and the car sits in my heated garage since. never tried to do the emission test again. I would have to take the car to an expert to do the adjustment on the fuel-air mix. or the K-jet needs to be rebuilt. but I won't. If car does not sell I will have to do that down the road but not for now. We did a compression test on the car and all 6 cylinders were around 160 and there was no more than 2 of psi difference between cylinders. If you buy the car you're more than welcome to check it before you pay for the it just for the piece of your mind. The biggest problem could be with the car is the infamous K-jet system. Also the valve guides seals are hardened as car was sitting in the past 7 years. Other problems are the front door card are a bit loose need some door panel plastic pins. Car sometimes blows the radio and rev meter fuse. (same fuse). Tire treads are OK but same tires since about 1997. Some chips on windshield. Engine runs well. tranny is smoother than anything else I ever drove. Suspension quiet. no problems there. Brakes are new. I stated any known problem with the car. Please check the pictures. but they're still not going to show the real beauty of this car. The paint is 10 out of 10 no comments on that. No paint chips. not one!! Car has been painted 15 years ago with the highest quality paint and while original color code were used the car was given a show quality paint job. Please check reflection picture. TRADE for a Porsche 944 turbo. r 944S or 944S2 or Porsche 968. Please just be reasonable. as you will see you money back if you ever want to sell it down the road. Dash board has no armor all or any shine solution on pictures. Car has the original first aid kit. Raid steering wheel came with AMG features. Just to give you an idea I have around $12000 in this car. and I thought it is easily worth it and it is going to sell easily for that. my mistake. I guess. Car is listed locally on Fort Collins Craigslist. so if you live around here you can come and see the car. If interested call me at 808 628 0523 Adrian For some very weak minded people: There are simple car mechanics out there who can work (and enjoy) to work on dual cam head engines as the technology is from the 60's (or 50') and it is not rocket science. Also high grade fuel do not solve your problem with rich mixture. This is a very unique car and it takes time to sell. so it is not surprising I have to re-list the car a few times before finding the right person to buy it. that does not mean the car worth less than I think it's worth. or more??? I'M BEGGING YOU. BEGGING. IF YOU ARE A DREAMER OR JUST THINK YOU KNOW BETTER PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT ME AS I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR YOUR IDIOTIC OPINION ON MY!!!! CAR. FHANK YOU.