Mazdeuce has brought his Mercedes-Benz unicorn back to life after being handed a $57,000 repair estimate.
Who wants a good Q-ship?
Longtime forum member Hungary Bill recently got his hands on a cool Benz.
Who doesn't love a good sports sedan?
Forum member Rocambolesque bought this 1992 Mercedes-Benz 190E a few years ago and took it on a huge road trip around the U.S.
Mazdeuce brought his Mercedes-Benz unicorn back to life after being handed a $57,000 repair estimate.
We'll be there in the Mercedes!
The gray market blues
Sometimes it just takes one Matchbox car to make a difference.
Forum user maciekb2002's is turning a 1969 Mercedes-Benz 280 SEL into a 300 SEL "Red Pig" lookalike, showing that building a replica can be just as rewarding as owning the real thing.
Do automotive engineers know best? Probably, but that doesn't stop people like forum user Rocambolesque from modifying cars a Mercedes-Benz 190E.
Ever see a garage containing a Mercedes-Benz 190E, a Fiat 133 and a World War II-era Soviet tank?
When presented with a potentially un-repairable Mercedes-Benz diesel engine, forum user wae decide the best option was to dive in head first.
Nico Rosberg may be living the dream after he won the F1 Championship in 2016, but that hasn’t stopped him from sharing the good life.
In response to the oil crisis, Mercedes-Benz unveiled the fuel-efficient Auto 2000 concept.
The M3-killer that could have been.
In the sport of autocrossing, sometimes different really is good.
Many of us dream about the perfect Q-ship. Mercedes-Benz rolled one right out of the factory.
Just 10 years after his first track day, Ben Keating helps Mercedes-AMG debut with a Rolex 24 podium.
The Famous 24 Hours of Nürburgring Is Part Feat of Endurance, Part Frenetic Festival
FCP Euro is one of the most competitive teams in the American Endurance Racing series.
What Happens When Hobbyists in Home-Built Machines and Pros in Factory-Backed Supercars Share a Track for 18 Hours?
Putting a Mercedes-Benz diesel engine into a Mustang is peak LeMons ingenuity.
This aging oil-burner was bought on a whim for $300. Can we drive an S-Class for used-Neon money?
6.2l of hand-built German fury. One man, one motor, eight cylinders.
I recently acquired this low-production European SL from the friend of the original owner's son. It was shipped over from Germany in the 80's as a gray market MB and ...
Utility/motorcycle tow vehicle. Might be a tow vehicle for my MGB when I get a lightweight trailer with brakes.
I have a kind of funky 1978 mercedes 280slc with a pretty decent m110 engine. Really an excellent car and pretty rare in the States but with available parts. The ...
My best car.
1977 450 SLC, I found this car parked on the side of the road with a for sale sign. It had needs. My wife liked the body style and I ...
This is my new toy, "Boxy Brown". Its a 1982 Mercedes 300SD turbodiesel. I cheaply bought it off a guy who had let it sit for quite a few years, ...
Here is a picture of my benz. I will put up some information later on some of the stupid things I've done. Luckily for me mercedes put together such a ...
Purchased for the princely sum of $400 with the BA/BE Rally in mind. As nice as the photo looks, make no mistake. This is a very rusty car. Still, once ...
Wife's ride and long distance traveller. NOTE: only the Germans have the ability to make a car leak oil from the roof, thus assuming the leak throne from the now ...
By specification it's faster than most of our sports cars. AND sometimes it rains. Now with 250K miles; barely broken in......
my work truck, a '07 Freightliner Columbia with 123,000+ miles. Got it today.
dd
Rescued from a field in Texas, but then it started right up and was happy to become a daily driver. Needs a lot of cosmetic work. It's not particularly exciting, ...
Beautiful Car I am selling to bankroll other proj's
CLK lightweight wheels, C36 AMG engine swap
Black on Black sport model, no mods yet, but I have been shopping around since I bought it a few months ago.
One of the best affordable modern classic Mercedes-Benz models in my opinion. Be sure to buy a good one with service records, working A/C (can be very expensive to fix), ...
has 4 wheels
This is Battle Wagon V2.0. We picked it up this week because Rhonda's Honda Fit got clobbered in a traffic incident (Not her fault.) and after we find a good ...
Mother of Pearl Grey Metallic, more smooth power on the highway than I know what to do with... a bit of a boat around town.
Like new with 162,000 miles drives like a dream. 20 mpg Biggest steering wheel I have ever had....
The Joe Alexander / Mark Dawley ProRally car from 1978-1981. Died a natural (for rally cars - rolled) death in 1981. We even won some money once at 100 Acre ...
One owner since new, 33k miles, white with blue top and gray interior.
"Boring" DD. One of the last W124s, 2.8l straight six, slushbox. Just works, swallows large amounts of stuff and has been looked after rather well by previous owners.
Owned since ~1981. Blue w Palamino Interior. 77,000 orig miles. 3rd owner. Restored w new sheet metal late 1980s. GREAT RUNNER!
Original 39,000 miles. Original Custom Factory ordered paint. Perfect!
Drivning Miss Daisy
The project that never ends... My first attempt at bodywork, but professionally painted. Drives like a big, German Buick.
Black on Black
This is or daily driver. Bought it on Ebay...been a great car. Fast and solid.
My wifes "Haul the kids around" vehicle. We have only had it for about a month but my wife loves it.
Silver 190e. Putting voigtlander springs on the front and the back. Currently they are only on the back. Go figure. The car is automatic, though I desire a Getrag switchover. ...
Ivory with navy blue interior. Soft and hard tops.
AMG lookalike. Planning on doing a Chevy LS /LT motor swap with manual transmission at some point in time. Almost never drive it. I love the overall chassis feel though, ...
1991 Mercedes 500SL - AMG Special Edition - 130,000 KM
Preservation in progress. One of four known to have survived WWII.
Turbo Deisel, 247K miles, totally origional. Perfect in every way.
Rally Car in the making To Do: Rebuild motor Tune MegaSquirt III Weld cage Koni Yellows Rally Tires Not bad for $550 on eBay
Eibach + Bilstein suspension, AMG Gen I front and rear bumper, AMG 3 piece wheels.
$2011 challenge car hopeful runs and drives ,needs head gasket and a battery. besides a thorough cleaning/gut job...I've seen worse for more,but never better for less
German market 280se, imported to the states in '85.
Upgraded from C230 - my son is going to be a big boy. And it was a bargain...
Great little car. 160K miles. Another 160K left to go.
Matching #s
Here is my 450 SLC FIA Rally Car. Still in Rally trim from The Classic Adelaide Rally in Australia. The car is all "Euro Spec" (no emission equip. and never ...
Hard Top convertible that my wife just "Had to have." It's actually turned out to be a pretty cool car
Not anything like Joe Alexander's yet. Will be a resto rod with a very teutonic twist; This one donated an aluminum hood to Joe's car which is where it really ...
A great modern classic. It is equipped with a big 5.6 liter aluminum fuel injected V-8 engine. It also has some lightweight aluminum body panels,aluminum rear seat frames and magnesium ...
Black 230SL
This is actually my Wife's toy. Bone stock with matching hardtop, purchased on eBay in 2001 and driven home from Indianapolis, IN
107k miles on M110 engine. This was purchased in Germany by the original owner and driven around Europe for ten years or so. He and his wife loved the car ...
white with red interior. late model black hardtop. tan soft top. original Southern car - NO RUST! front damage was repaired in the '60's and current paint job done in ...
saved from chain-store mechanics... original, never wrecked, NO RUST. 206k miles as a daily driver.
Orion blue with ash interior. 6-speed manual. So far, I've installed a K&N air filter, cross-drilled and slotted Royalty rotors on all four corners with Akebono ceramic pads and Goodridge ...
2 dr coupe
my baby...slowly but surely getting fixed up...good driver
just picked this one up so it's more or less stock........for now. lol ran an autocross 3 days after we took her home & placed 1st. in GS , lots ...
Mileage: 35,000 6,0L 389 hp V12 Engine 4-speed automatic overdrive EPA:13/18 Actual: 16/20 Driven wheels Rear-Wheel Drive At weight - 4455 lbs Length - 178.00 in. Width - 71.30 in. ...
Family sedan.
all stock except for wheels and h&r springs. great family HAULer
E320 with C36 swap. 500e front and rear sway bars, Sportline front control arms, sportline subframe bushings, H&R springs, Bilstein sports, sportline alignment.
Gustav!
Katz
Manual transmission with 5 cylinder turbo engine swap, Variable Geometry Turbo, Air/water intercooler, custom Vogtland springs and upgraded swaybars.
Stock
4 Door Sedan, automatic floor shift and air.
4 Door Sedan, daily driver
4 door automatic
4 door diesel, not being used.
European version. One of 122 manual transmission 3.5L coupes produced. Fully loaded with all power windows, Behr AC, heat absorbing glass, Becker Grand Prix stereo, sunroof. Full restoration in progress. ...
Wife's car.
Its not a minivan
Family truckster
1970 Mercedes 220D with a 2.2L OM615 diesel engine with all of 60hp but a four speed manual gearbox. My first Mercedes and my first diesel vehicle.
Tarmac Rally and Circuit Racer. Currently running a Chevy LS3 with about 500hp/600nm torque. can retrofit the M117 for authenticity but the Chevy config is so fast it is actually ...
The old daily.
This car is in very good shape for it's age. We are in the process of restoring it.
Got this car for $500 on eBay! It's a rolling restoration.
Worn out W123 classic. Time for this one to go. $700 anyone? It runs but does NOT look like the picture anymore!
Rat Rod Project
Daughter's ride. No waste gate, 60 inHG manifold pressure. Jet-A.
No waste gate, Jet-A.
daily driver
My race build. Slow going, but still moving.
$600 craigslist find, was sitting for years and a monkey had played with the electronics. Walbro 255's at 80psi, Nicer wheels, Falken 195/65/15's, Extensive bodywork, Shaved trunk lock, Major electrical ...
My beloved daily driver. Purchased in August of 2011, with a scant 21K miles on the odo, this was the lowest mileage W124 for sale in the country at the ...
It's a pretty nice example of the short-wheelbase gas powered straight-six W126 Mercedes-Benz. It has 124,000 miles and the only rust is on the lower front suspension subframe. I found ...
Runner - driver w/ cold A/C and Ronals! Traded for a 1990 560SEL from the same guy I got the coupe from....
Lowered on Vogtlands / Bilsteins. C43 brakes.
When the doctor said clutches were no longer a good idea (motocross knees) I set out to find an automatic that was powerful and fun to drive. I bought a ...
Gave to my pops, it lives on as a reliable DD!
237k and counting
I got this in November 2013; it is my first Mercedes-Benz, and I love it. It's a pretty nice example of the short-wheelbase gas powered straight-six W126 Mercedes-Benz. It has ...
#326 of 2,769 built (includes: 450SLC 5.0's and 500SLC's)
115 hp and 2 tons of raw clapped out power. Currently sitting at just over 670k miles. Trying to make it to 1 million. I spend more time day dreaming ...
Indestructible
I have owned this car since I was in high school. I don't drive it to often anymore because of fuel economy and also value and insurance limitations. This was ...
The car that I used to get hooked on DE and autocross. Its wrecked now, but I'll never forget it. Love MB.
I picked up this car for less than Challenge money. I plan on using this car as a daily driver / winter beater after a few projects.
Toyo-Niss-Ford-Benz.... Supercharged V8 6 speed frankenstein..
This thing is a gangstermobile right now but it really wants to get out and ready for the track.
The best MB ever
2.3L 8-Valve Inline 4 Cylinder Engine; 5 Speed Manual Transmission; 4 Door Sedan ("Compact Executive Luxury Car") Power Windows and Door Locks (Door Locks Not Working Right Now); Power Sunroof ...
This is a 24 Hrs of Lemons car, teamed by High School students. We are an outgrowth of the robotics club on campus and this Mentors crazy way of getting ...
The Merc has been with my family for around 25 years. Still under 200,000 miles, should probably get driven more.
The Team 585 Tehachapi High School 24 Hours of Lemons Mercedes-Benz
Tinkering
Turbodiesel
Beater Wagon
We raised this on from the dead where it had sat in a Kansas barn for several years, its gas turning into syrup. After going through it from tank to ...
Love It!
A great Sunday driver. Though I'd hate to drive it every day!
A great, comfortable, economical commuting car!
First vintage Mercedes, mostly original. Rusty floors beat interior. M119 v8 transplant planned with a manual trans and custom live axle rear suspension. I'd like to convert it to a ...
First year 450SL. One year only: small euro type bumpers. A real sweetie... Currently undergoing restoration...
The Bullit is a three owner local car that was purchased from a reluctant seller. The car is in great shape and is a blast to drive, in a cushy ...
351 Windsor crate engine, FMX auto, 8.8 super coupes rear and air bags
The ever faithful Planet Express delivery ship racecar
My dream car from high school. One piece at a time. I bought a totaled 560 SEC AMG, built at the Fort Lauderdale store, and stripped all the real AMG ...
Wifes triple-black weekend cruiser. K&N air filters. Cross drilled, and vented rotors, with performance pads.
Completely bone stock. Wifes Commuter, and jet-ski tow rig.
1987 North American 190e 2.3-16 5 speed purchased in 2010. Have been driving daily since. Fun car!
2008 CLS550 white with the AMG Package
'Barn Find,' sat in the corner of a shop for 20+ years before shop owner needed to sell. Rare Zender kit, Borbet Type-A wheels, white on whorehouse red interior.
The airport car.
Cool.
New addition to the fleet. My wife saw one 2 years ago and we've been looking for this shade of blue ever since. Cream puff California car, 2.3L supercharged engine ...
Basic transportation, 144+k, replaced 1989 300CE that went 203+k before front unibody rusted out.
The ride is smooth and life is good.
The best daily ever
ive always wanted one of these for years and couldnt pass up the deal i got it for
Black
4x4 ex-military beast!
Powered by a SBC 350 with fully restored exterior and mostly restored interior.
Silver with black interior.
Om617 turbo motor, GVT turbo, air/water Intercooler, lifted, BF Goodrich K02's and more to come.
Cashmere (matte white) E63 with the P30 performance package; the last year of the mighty M156 in the E-Class. Modifications include K-MAC camber plates, a custom 3 quart oil cooler, ...
2007 SLK, 50,000 miles, daily driver in the summer.
Daily driver and baby hauler
Carburetted, no air con, no electric extras, no abs no airbags.
300SD
So German it hurts.
1996 C280 sportline
Bought in 2015
Better than I thought, but transmission programmed by an idiot.
Bought with 64K miles in 2005 now has 260K miles with original water pump, cam chain, supercharger, alternator etc. I believe the fact this car sees at least 50 miles ...
Spend whole life in my city. I'm 3rd owner.
Long term work in progress. I took the old diesel engine out and have been working on putting in a 302 Ford, with some detours along the way.
Bought sight unseen on a friends recommendation.
A 500.00 purchase price Mercedes and everthing that implies.
Just had to have a manual trans version; plus only 117K when bought for $3200 and no issues other than crazed radio (fixed) in 4K miles.
Purchased from a friend/facilitator. I brought it up to daily driver duty with some wrenching. That included CIS injection work, a variety of wiring repairs, rebuilding the complete rear suspension, ...
Mostly stock for now, but brakes & computer are next. Has H&R springs and AMG Sways. As money permits, new 8mm injection pump, AMG rear, HE351VE turbo, OFGear trans controller ...
2019 Gastropod
2019 challenge car hopeful https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/my-big-black-v12/145401/page1/
POS MB... Actually Dad's car lent it to me years ago because he became sick of window regulators breaking. Then it survived 'the black death' somehow it survives being a ...
was a nice fully functional and reliable car, until girlfriend rear ended someone. now it awaits reconstruction.
1951 170S undergoing restoration
European gray-market import from Lebanon. Manual swap in the works. Occasional daily.
European gray-market import from France. Main Daily Driver.
Arisen from the grave, my first project car.
Daily driver.
A four door sledgehammer wrapped in velvet hidden in a tuxedo.
Slow but stylin'
Some Brabus parts; headrests, rear spoiler, exhaust, Carbon fifer roof overlay. Wireless electric exhaust cut-outs. Tuned ECM
Rally car; competed in the 2008 La Carrera Pan Americana. Dual fuel systems; also runs on filtered waste vegetable oil.
Custom exhaust, electronically controlled.
