Mercedes benz 1970

It has spent the last 34 years in Sweden and has coveredkilometres since new.

Because the affordable part of "affordable classic car" is relative. The W chassis -- as it's known internally -- was styled by Paul Bracq and bridges the gap between the more baroque Benzes of old and the more modern cars that most people think of when they think "old Mercedes. I've owned the car since and drive it regularly, thanks to our classic-friendly Los Angeles climate. My car was a single-family car and has an extensive service history with all the original Euro delivery goodies. The car boasts modern features like a four-speed automatic transmission and four-wheel disc brakes. To start, all models were powered by 2.

Mercedes benz 1970

EMW J Chassis no. An over-square design featuring a cast-iron block and aluminium-alloy cylinder heads, each equipped with a single overhead camshaft, this all-new, state-of-the-art power unit produced bhp courtesy of Bosch electronic fuel injection and transistorised ignition. Significantly, the SE 3. This Mercedes-Benz SE 3. The car was professionally restored in , the rebuild taking over two years to complete. Works undertaken included fitting new a new floor pan and front wings, while the engine and gearbox sent away for reconditioning. The exterior colour was changed from blue to the vendor's choice of metallic burgundy as it presents today. Since completion the car has been kept in the vendor's storage facility. Driven, started and run on special occasions, it has covered only 5, miles since the rebuild. Photographs of the restoration are on file. Since restoration, the Mercedes has been serviced on two occasions by marque specialist Roger Edwards in and It now carries the age-related registration 'EMW J', as the vendor has retained his private plate. Accompanying documentation includes MoTs dating from to ; various bills for general maintenance; a V5C document; and MoT to 20th January The car also comes with two sets of keys and a handbook.

Nor will the Mercedes-Benz pull spectacularly big lateral Gs going around corners.

So what is the appeal, one asks? Nor will the Mercedes-Benz pull spectacularly big lateral Gs going around corners. The agility, particularly, isn't going to come across during the brief tour that constitutes a "demonstration" at most dealerships. The answer to all this is not so much in the specifications sheet as it is in human nature. A lot of people buy cars based on what they think the car says about them. That was in Germany.

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Mercedes benz 1970

So what is the appeal, one asks? Nor will the Mercedes-Benz pull spectacularly big lateral Gs going around corners. The agility, particularly, isn't going to come across during the brief tour that constitutes a "demonstration" at most dealerships. The answer to all this is not so much in the specifications sheet as it is in human nature. A lot of people buy cars based on what they think the car says about them. That was in Germany. The 3.

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So you get a car that twirls its engine rpm to go 60 mph and eats just as much fuel getting from here to there as a bigger, slower-turning engine without having the bigger engine's low-speed muscle. Kyle Hyatt. As you might expect, Mercedes-Benz had not brought the company's Director of Passenger Car Development all the way to remote Reno just to give a bunch of reporters a lesson in driving and humility. View Conditions of Sale. The W gauge cluster is gorgeous and features analog gauges for oil pressure, engine temp, fuel and speed. Good fun it was, too, especially after they turned on the sprinklers and wet-down the course and gave us a bit of practice going from full-lock slides to the left into full-lock slides to the right. The SE 3. After all the high speed stuff, and while still in Nevada, we took a side trip up to Virginia City—because that is a good place to visit and because the road up there is attractively swoopy and seldom obstructed by traffic. Out, and then zoom! Contact Seller. Now if you want to drive the SE, you can do little tricky-bits with the gear selector lever and throttle that really makes it all get together.

Imagine a restoration project so daunting that it requires 20 months of steady work, not to mention more than 1, hours of labor just to make the rusted body sound again--in other words, a car like the Mercedes-Benz SE 3. Can you imagine how dilapidated it must have been when it rolled into the shop for its rebirth? Restorer Bob Ensign knows.

So you get a car that twirls its engine rpm to go 60 mph and eats just as much fuel getting from here to there as a bigger, slower-turning engine without having the bigger engine's low-speed muscle. The Bosch-designed mechanical fuel injection system is very similar to diesel systems used from the s through the s. We think we favor the little V-8 option, as it is substantially identical in weight to the Six. A dab at the brake is possible, too, without getting yourself into trouble, and trouble is what you get by the bag trying to brake in the middle of a turn with cars that lack the SE's fundamental balance. Grafikgatan That's fine. Because the affordable part of "affordable classic car" is relative. But enough of that. Since restoration, the Mercedes has been serviced on two occasions by marque specialist Roger Edwards in and There is one area in which Mercedes-Benz cannot be faulted. The 3.