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09-22-2007, 07:28 PM
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1979 450SL
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I am in the military and just transferred from Fort Meade, MD (where I'm originally from) to Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, TX. I just traded my Bass Tracker boat for a 1979 450SL today, and I already have a ton of questions.
The VIN is 107044-12-049403.....does this translate to anything, like American vehicles? The car was repainted at some point, and it was poorly done, so that needs to be addressed in the future. The interior needs work, as does some of the electrical. The original radio was taken out, and a Pioneer was installed, but it does not work.
The passenger side window rolled down, but wouldn't go back up. I had to take the door panel off and coax the window back up....I'm not touching it again, until I find out what's wrong with it. The brakes need to be redone, because they grind...hopefully they're as easy to replace as American cars. I took it to the car wash, to get rid of the grime.
When I got home, I turned the car off, and the brakes lights came on. When I turned the key to Postion 2, the lights go out. I don't know what that's about, but I've disconnected the battery in the meantime....maybe something got wet.
One of the previous owners kept very good maintenance records for the car. The transmission was replaced about 16,000 miles ago. The car has 195,000 miles on it now.
I have ten million questions to ask, but I don't know where to start, so I'll start perusing the posts, and maybe some of my questions will already have been answered.
I am in the military and just transferred from Fort Meade, MD (where I'm originally from) to Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, TX. I just traded my Bass Tracker boat for a 1979 450SL today, and I already have a ton of questions.
The VIN is 107044-12-049403.....does this translate to anything, like American vehicles? The car was repainted at some point, and it was poorly done, so that needs to be addressed in the future. The interior needs work, as does some of the electrical. The original radio was taken out, and a Pioneer was installed, but it does not work.
The passenger side window rolled down, but wouldn't go back up. I had to take the door panel off and coax the window back up....I'm not touching it again, until I find out what's wrong with it. The brakes need to be redone, because they grind...hopefully they're as easy to replace as American cars. I took it to the car wash, to get rid of the grime.
When I got home, I turned the car off, and the brakes lights came on. When I turned the key to Postion 2, the lights go out. I don't know what that's about, but I've disconnected the battery in the meantime....maybe something got wet.
One of the previous owners kept very good maintenance records for the car. The transmission was replaced about 16,000 miles ago. The car has 195,000 miles on it now.
I have ten million questions to ask, but I don't know where to start, so I'll start perusing the posts, and maybe some of my questions will already have been answered.
09-29-2007, 05:49 PM
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70 280SL, 71 280SE 3.5, 86 560SL
If you're not getting the info from this forum you might also try
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r-c107-sl-slc-class/
It always helps to have several sources of info.
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r-c107-sl-slc-class/
It always helps to have several sources of info.
