Had to replace the engine mountings and the timing chain.
I'm a classic car collector and I'm the second owner. First owner had it for 30 years. Otherwise the normal services which is cheap because there are no gadgets, electronic goodies that can fail. Inside and outside it still compares with the latest Mercs and the quality is miles ahead of the new cars!
I agree with you 100%. I own a 1969 280S with 89500 original
miles, it drives excellent and low cost to maintain. I plan to start using this vehicle more often now since I was only driving it on weekends. I am the second owner of this fine vehicle.
Yes, that was back when Mercedes used to overengineer their cars and gave the engineers free rein and THEN had the accountants figure out what to sell.
Sadly, we will never see that era again as Mercedes today have iffy quality and are so chock full of computers that long term ownership is virtually guaranteed to be a costly understaking.
These are some of the best cars ever made. The engines are "bullet proof" and they are very cheap to maintain. A bit heavy on fuel, but the nice thing is that you can get spares for them even after 36 years. I will keep mine for my grandson so that he can see what reliability and class is all about. Even the leather upholstery still looks like new. The same with the wood. My father once borrowed it while his newer Mercedes W124 was at a panel-shop for a minor accident repair. His comment _ "Well I did not realize that people will stare at you with an old car like this. It was wonderful!"
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