"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
12/19/2019 at 22:09 • Filed to: Fintail, Barnfinds, W110
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"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
12/19/2019 at 22:09 • Filed to: Fintail, Barnfinds, W110 | 10
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Paging Fintail. It’s also a RHD, 4 on the tree unicorn. How Oppo is that??
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shop-teacher
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 22:19 |
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Daaaaaaang!
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WilliamsSW
> shop-teacher
12/19/2019 at 22:22 |
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The only thing it needs is a diesel engine out of a W123 240D.
ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 22:23 |
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I want it but with LHD and 4 on the floor
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WilliamsSW
> ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
12/19/2019 at 22:25 |
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I label you a conformist
fintail
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 22:31 |
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Universals are the most sought after fintail variant, and can command real money, although I think in this condition, it might be priced with optimism. They can be rust magnets, so you’d want to go over it with a fine tooth comb. The manuals are also not the most fun (I don’t like column shift manuals in general), so this isn’t a sportster. A good labor of love for the devotee.
Interestingly enough, I knew of one of these locally that was sold about 15 years ago. It was nicer than this, and brought about 20K then - and had a small group of collectors fighting for it.
AestheticsInMotion
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 22:50 |
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Nice find
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 22:53 |
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I would just use the 300D turbo I5 like mine, it’s still not a beast but it’s a big help on the long highway grades.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 22:53 |
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Ugghhh fintail wagon, it’s one of the cars I would ditch my W123 sedan for... It has W123 wheels for some reason, I’d go back to center caps for a fintail.
RallyWrench
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 22:56 |
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I want it so, so bad. Ultimate shop car for me.
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WilliamsSW
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
12/19/2019 at 22:59 |
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Yeah, I’d ditch the wheels for the color matching center caps, and fix up that ratty interior, but what a sweet car otherwise.
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RallyWrench
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 23:00 |
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I'd do a 2.1 out of a modern 250 bluetec, if anything. 240s are just so, glacially, painfully slow.
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WilliamsSW
> RallyWrench
12/19/2019 at 23:00 |
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Sadly, it’s no NP - but these are rare and command some $$.
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WilliamsSW
> AestheticsInMotion
12/19/2019 at 23:00 |
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As soon as I saw it on Barn Finds I had to post it here. So cool, but a CP for me.
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RallyWrench
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 23:02 |
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Worth it for a rare, interesting and useful version of an already great car.
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WilliamsSW
> RallyWrench
12/19/2019 at 23:03 |
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Lol that was a joke of course. The 2.1 would be nice, but adding power would result in required transmission upgrades probably - which in turn means giving up the column shift.
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
12/19/2019 at 23:06 |
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This seems like a CP price to me, but it’s so cool.
Column-shifted manuals haven’t been anyone’s idea of sporty in anything since 1957.
I admittedly have an irrational desire to own an early-60's American big car with a V8 and 3 on the tree, partly stemming from the fact that I’ve never actually driven a column-shifted manual, I’m sure.
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shop-teacher
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 23:06 |
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That would be the most Oppo thing ever.
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WilliamsSW
> shop-teacher
12/19/2019 at 23:06 |
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I know, right?
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shop-teacher
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 23:11 |
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Right!
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RallyWrench
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 23:12 |
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I get it now, brown manual diesel wagon... I should have seen that coming. Keep the column shift, we'd just have to enlist RamblinRover to come up with some craziness to make it work with another box. Or maybe it would just work as is, old golden era Benzes like this are so burly that it would probably be just fine if you didn't launch or otherwise drive like an idiot.
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
12/19/2019 at 23:30 |
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If it was nicer, it would actually be worth it, but as I suspect it has unseen issues, I might go with CP as well. This is the kind of car you’d invest 25K in purchase price + 60K in restoration to get 35K-40K in the end on a good day . You’d have to be in love with it.
When I was a teen, one of my dad’s old cars was a 68 Fairlane with a 289 and 3 on the tree. This along with the car being absolute bare-bones zero option spec made me not like the driving experience (for some reason, he loved it, it was a 60K mile 2 owner preservation piece he picked up for a song). A floor shift was possible on a late run fintail like that Universal, and I am surprised it doesn’t have it, but that might have been a market preference.
SmugAardvark
> WilliamsSW
12/20/2019 at 02:24 |
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Dang, I would probably ruin that poor transmission trying to wrangle the RHD column shifter.
Neat car, but at that price, I imagine it would be a very niche market of buyers.
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WilliamsSW
> SmugAardvark
12/20/2019 at 08:35 |
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Lol same here. And see fintails comments, you are spot on.