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Old 03-11-2008, 03:09 AM   #25 (permalink)
JoeB
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Date registered: Jan 2007
Vehicle: '72 350SLC, unnamed still... '87 560SL, "Stella" '86 560SEL, "Schultz" 93 300CE-24, "Gretel"
Location: Sydney, AU
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The issue with a car that has seen no life on the street, is that inevitably, when it does finally get out, it will fall to pieces. Scratches, fluid leaks, corroded metals... regardless of how well it has been stored, 20+ years without proper regular flogging is going to have an undesired effect. how were the chassis rubbers preserved? suspension components? even simple things like shock absorbers, would have required to be removed and inverted regularly, to keep the piston seals lubed. Sadly, the only real future the car has, is in a display, away from greasy fingered, drooling slackjawed yokels. If someone stored this car 'properly' the storage maintenance costs, have far outweighed any value the owner has perceived for the car, if it's going for 50K.
what a crying shame.
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