Poor old SLC (not a pretty sight....)

[Andyboy]

How did such a fine car end up like this?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Classic-1976-...oryZ9855QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What a damned shame. I've always had a perverse liking for these and had a 1973 350SLC auto years ago (white with red MB Tex )

 

[Hanz]

Jeez, is that moss on the seats?! I think she's going to MB Heaven

 

[Andyboy]

Is there actually ANYTHING worth taking off? I guess it's worth £100 to strip it - the shell would return £50+ for scrap value. That huge rust hole next to the bootlid is insane!
What are the chances of the old M110 twin cam engine being any good?

 

[television]

Cant think why he did not clean it out first, horrible


Malcolm

 

[Andyboy]

I hate to see cars like that. It was last taxed in 1994 and you just know it was restorable when it was parked up - but no, they just left it to rot with the old 'I'm going to do it up one day' story.

They're never a valuable car but it's still criminal.

 

[stevie boy 01]

1 careful owner and full history .. just drive away.....

 

[angus falconer]

If he gave ME £600 I might just take it off his hands....

 

[Blobcat]

I'm not going to bid as the plate is from 1981 yet he describes the car as being from 1976. DVLA say the same...

 

[OmniCognateNeutronRangler]

looks like the same amount of rust you'd get on your average E-Class to me....

 

[Blobcat]

looks like the same amount of rust you'd get on your average E-Class to me....

I can make you week better or worse what option do you choose :twisted: :twisted:

 

[OmniCognateNeutronRangler]

I can make you week better or worse what option do you choose :twisted: :twisted:

you're my bestest mate you are. Love you man (hehehe lol)

 

[Blobcat]

you're my bestest mate you are. Love you man (hehehe lol)

I had my finger on the button as well. I need to find a spammer or three

 

[Hibbo]

I'm not going to bid as the plate is from 1981 yet he describes the car as being from 1976. DVLA say the same...

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Is that not right though?

As it's LHD it will have been imported, so built in '76 and registered in the UK in '81.

Now you can bid on it!

 

[BarryG]

Is that not right though?

As it's LHD it will have been imported, so built in '76 and registered in the UK in '81.

Now you can bid on it!

Could be the only Ebay auction with minus bids

 

[Blobcat]

Is that not right though?

As it's LHD it will have been imported, so built in '76 and registered in the UK in '81.

Now you can bid on it!

I'm not sure on that, when the Japanese imports are registered over here they get age related plates depending upon when they were built.

 

[television]

I'm not sure on that, when the Japanese imports are registered over here they get age related plates depending upon when they were built.

I have a feeling that age related plates were not around back then,not in the sense now where you have no choice.

Malcolm

 

[Transport Design]

not sure.. My first car was a 91 Vauxhall Nova which was imported from Jersey in 1997 but had a H plate...

 

[television]

When I was buying from auctions in the 70-80s you always had to be careful of imports and the reg number.

When I exported my 280TE from England, i did it at the local office in Luton, when it came to the year, I said to the girl doing it,"its not an 1983 its a 1986" and they got it wrong the last time, so she put down 1986 for me.

Malcolm

 

[Blobcat]

From the DVLA website

Are there any restrictions to the year of registration number I can choose?
You can make your vehicle look as old as you wish but you can not make it look newer than it actually is i.e. You cannot put a Y registration number on a T registered vehicle but you could choose any prefix from an A to a T.

I've found the import page at the DVLA but nothing relating to what year plate a used import will receive.

 

[Dave's E55 AMG]

It has character which is more than all these mass produced MB's have now. Does it have it's own lawn mower?