1966 Mercedes 230s Fintail Sedan on 2040-cars
Portland, Oregon, United States
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This classic fintail car runs and drives well, however the front carburetor seems to have a vacuum leak, thus won't sync up, so it idles a little rough. The car is equipped with power front disc brakes that were checked out in the shop and work great. The head liner is in good shape as are the seats with the exception of some sun baking on the top of the rear seat resulting in two evenly spaced splits on each side of the top of the rear seat . They are spaced uniformly and look very repairable. The removable carpet on the front passenger side is in poor condition due to fabric break down, the rest of the floor of the car is in respectable condition. The exterior is very presentable, however there is some minor surface cracks in the paint on the left rear quarter panel that you need to look hard for. all of the lights and signals work (no electrical gremlins) with two speed wipers and two speed heater fan. The original and rare blpunkt AM radio works great and has a good factory speaker. There is one heat crack on the dash pad near the radio speaker. The windshield has a bebe chip at the very top of the glass above the steering wheel and it has wiper rash. The tires have good tread but should be replaced simply due to their age. The car has no rust in the front cross member, rocker panels, wheel wells, floors or trunk area other than acceptable minor surface rust here and there, rare for this body series. The trunk mat is in intact good condition. The power steering seems to work better when turning the steering wheel to the right than it does turning the wheel to the left when the car is stopped. It's not noticeable when driving. The odometer states 80K miles, however it's not working, the speedometer does work. I'm inclined to believe the odometer is close to correct as there is no wear on the driver's side floor covering or the gas and brake pedal. From what we know of the cars history the mileage makes sense. All the exterior chrome is present as delivered new forty seven years ago. We did not receive the key for all but the ignition key. A key will need to be made the doors, trunk, and glove box, These all use the same key.
In the process of getting the car road worthy we replaced the radiator, battery, driveshaft center carrier bearing and the front anti-vibration coupler. The gas tank was removed and internally coated to seal and protect it. Of course there are 50 other little things that have been done to it to help make it right and into a dependable driver. This car can only go up in value from here as the rare classic it is.
The car comes with a spare tire, jack, a spare brake rotor and a hub cap, a power steering rebuild kit as well as the factory owners packet including warranty manual owners manual radio manual and the original BUILD CARDS and other data. We located hard to find new wiper blades and installed them. We will include receipts that reflect some of our investment in saving this car. The car has fresh Oregon tags, good through November 2015. A new Oregon clear title(the car had Utah plates which expired in 2006)is currently being processed and will arrive shortly.
This "Fintail" is a good car to finish reconditioning and use it as a daily driver, or to do a "full on" restoration with, for show. This car is getting hard to find as the 111 (230S)was made only from 1961 to 1967. This was the second to last year for tailfins and the last year with chrome trim on them. It is also the first car ever with crumple zones to protect interior structure.
The car is presented with a generous reserve. We require a $500.00 dollar deposit through PayPal and full payment in five business days should the reserve be met.
All aspects of shipping are solely the responsibility of the winning buyer. We have the right to stop the auction at any time as the car is also advertised locally.
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2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA priced from $31,300*
Mon, 28 Jul 2014Mercedes-Benz has kindly let loose the price of the 2015 GLA-Class, telling Autoblog.com that the base 208-horsepower GLA250 in two-wheel drive will go for $31,300 *not including a destination charge of $925. That makes for $32,225 in total to get one off the lot, a price predicted as early as last year and in our recent First Drive. The other two available models can push power to all four wheels, and after the destination fee is applied the GLA240 4Matic (pictured) will be $34,225 while the 355-horsepower GLA45 AMG will change lives and wallets to the tune of $49,225.
On the base scale, that puts the GLA250 just a few hundred dollar bills above the more powerful, rear-wheel drive BMW X1 and a stack of hundreds below the less powerful, front-wheel drive Audi Q3. If you're keeping in-house score, the GLA250 comes in at $1,400 above its sedan platform-mate with the same engine, the CLA250. At the high end, however, the competition doesn't have anything that can touch the AMG trim. Not that it should matter all that much - Mercedes needed something to keep these buyers in the family, and now they have it. If any of them should need even more power and more money spent, then there's always that 394-hp Brabus flavor. We'll have more info and details on each trim when Mercedes unleashes the shebang in the not-too-distant future.
Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG coming to the New York Auto Show
Tue, 05 Mar 2013Mercedes-Benz showed off the CLA45 AMG at a private event on the eve of the Geneva Motor Show, but was determined not to let it be photographed. We can talk about it, though - after all, a teaser image was released to promote the new Sony game Drive Club. The CLA45 AMG will use the same powertrain as the A45 AMG, which means a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with 360 horsepower and 332 pound-feet of torque. And that means a small four-door coupe sedan with the highest horsepower-per-liter in the segment. It will shift through the same seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, should also run out of speed at 155 miles per hour and have that three-stage stability control system.
As with its hatch sibling, the CLA is already so aggressive on the outside - and the parent company so anxious not to demolish the sedan's 0.22 coefficient of drag - that not much has been done to the cranked-up CLA. Even the rather thin tires on the standard only get a little less thin on the hotter variant. Inside will be the telltale AMG signs, with lots of red detailing and that flat-bottomed wheel among the giveaways. We'll know more later this month when the wraps come off at the New York International Auto Show.
2014 Mercedes S-Class priced lower from $92,900*
Mon, 09 Sep 2013The massively overhauled 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class will start at $92,900, not including a $925 destination fee, when it arrives at US dealers in October. That's a 2.8-percent drop over the 2013 S-Class, although Mercedes is fast to point out that a drop in price doesn't equate with a drop in equipment for the executive sedan.
Besides an extra 20 horsepower from the 4.6-liter, biturbocharged V8, the S550 sports a standard panoramic sunroof, keyless start, a rear-view camera and LED headlights, taillights and interior lights. Adding the German manufacturer's 4Matic all-wheel-drive system bumps the S550's price up to $95,900.
If the S550 doesn't quite cut the mustard, you can wait until November, at which point Mercedes will quite happily sell you the new S63 AMG 4Matic for $139,500. Power is also up on the S63, from a max of 563 ponies with an AMG Performance Package to 577 horsepower as standard on the 2014 model.