My wifes Heirloom

My Father in Law has some old cars that he has decided to pass on to his children.

Jacqueline (Marge) is number 6 in order of the 10 kids and he gave the cars out in order of the dates he purchased them.

So the 69 Mercedes is the one she got,































Not prestine by any means,but solid. I will take good care of it and make it a lot better over time and keep it around for our gang to enjoy.

Das Benz,.

Lorne, if your father-in-law has more cars than children, I am available for immediate adoption (at no cost) to help solve the problem.

Tom

silverfox103 wrote:

Lorne, if your father-in-law has more cars than children, I am available for immediate adoption (at no cost) to help solve the problem.

Tom

Me too!

Never been a big Mercedes fan. But that is one pretty car with classic looks. I hope she (and you) enjoy it!

200OZ wrote:

silverfox103 wrote:

Lorne, if your father-in-law has more cars than children, I am available for immediate adoption (at no cost) to help solve the problem.

Tom

Me too!

Me three! Remember Lorne, I can embalm!

Brings back memories. My first car was a 69 280S. Mine was white with blue interior and had a floor shift. My grandfather had always said he was going to own a Mercedes if it was the last car he ever owned. This turned out to be true. In 1979 my grandmother bought a new car and since I had just got my license and a job, she gave me the Mercedes. Unfortunately, it had a LOT of rust issues and I only had it a couple years.

Tell Marge I like her car!

Jon

It needs an LT1....

Looks like the sedan version of the car from The Hangover.

Look out for Leslie Chang.

Neat toy!

Always liked the interiors of those old Mercedes especially the pivoting headrest.Kinda slow when
accelerating but a great cruiser.
Jim G

Mercedes really didn't like changing things back then. The interior and gauges are almost identical to my 85 300D. Mine had a center consul and floor shifter, but everything else looks the same. Looks like they even used the same air cleaner.

Good looking car. Tell Marge to keep it and not to let you do any "mods". By the way, a Mercedes that old that looks that good up here in the rust belt could well be considered perfect. You ain't going to find one better.

Bill

Very nice car. Don't touch a thing on it!! LOL Have fun turnin heads.

I use to maintain one for an owner way back in the 70s.Built like a tank,had 4 wheel disc brakes
and front and rear sway bars.This was a 67 280 I believe and it was a smooth driving car.
Lorne flush the brake fluid because Mercs from that era had a terrible caliper corrosion problem
due to our brake fluid being different.Beautiful wood interior in his as I remmember.The reason
I remember so much is he had a daughter my age that was stunningly beautiful and I could
never forget her.
JG

I gotta say, that's pretty damn cool.

nice ride! Buddy in high school drove one that was his Dad's hadf over 200k on it then, which is unheard of from those times....