WTB 55 swapped C43
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1999 C43 AMG, 2005 E55 Wagon
What do you mean by low miles? Low miles on the original car? Or just low miles on its 55 swapped engine?
Because a low-miles C43 is not going to have a 55 motor swapped into it. There might be 1 in the entire world with less than 100k miles that's had the engine swap done.
Because a low-miles C43 is not going to have a 55 motor swapped into it. There might be 1 in the entire world with less than 100k miles that's had the engine swap done.
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1991 964 Turbo, 2002 Black E55, 2002 Black E55 " The Beast"- 2014 E63s
What ever the lowest mileage there is available. Quick question, is there anything one need to be careful about while looking for a swapped -6 speed unit?
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Couldn't begin to tell you; there are maybe 4 of those on the whole planet and I've seen maybe 2 of them. They were both hack jobs either because the car they started with was a high miles rustbucket or because the person doing the work was having to experiment until he got it right.
One thing I do know is that you can't manual swap a 98-99 C43 without leaving the original gear selector unit still connected and presumably hidden behind the dash somewhere. The 2000 C43 doesn't have this issue but they also shipped about 2 dozen 2000 C43's to the USA; they have the gear shift selector style that matches 2001+ cars (+ and - to gear up and down) and I hope no one is chopping those up; they'll probably fetch the most money at Mecum someday.
