"NO 5.0 LITRE ENGINES WERE OFFICIALLY SOLD IN THE USA AND ONLY 524 IN

TOTAL WERE MANUFACTURED TO BE SOLD OVERSEAS"

Where do people get this bullshit from?

 

There is another one in the BW 107 Hall of Shame In the This Damned Old Car sticky.
http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r-c...forums/r-c107-sl-slc-class/1514840-official-bw107-hall-shame-2.html#post4103899

 

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That CL car might be worth checking on if you're in the area. There was an article I read somewhere forever ago about an outfit in ATL doing cabriolet conversions on fintails and such. I'd like to see some better pics.

 

How many seat belts does an SLC have in the back?

Structural integrity?

 

Only two, I think?


Compromised, unless reinforced. An SLC's front seats will fully recline, unlike the stanchion that blocks the SL seat back.

 

PDF as requested...

 

None, 2 or 3 seat belts, depending on the destination country.

There is a factory provision for 3 seat belts.

 

This car has ~2" rails welded onto the bottom of the rockers. I drove it yesterday, and left a deposit. The owners are a very nice couple and the car seems to be very well maintained. The history prior to the conversion by Stephen Register in Atalanta seems to be a little suspect, and there is import documentation showing the car being imported in Jacksonville, but the tag on the door says the name of someone in Miami, FL. Is it possible that the importer lived in Miami, but had the car imported through Jacksonville?

The tag on the door says date of manufacture is 1980, but the car is clearly a 1978, being 10702612000478.

Any info from the 026 geniuses?

The car definitely has a 5.0 L engine. The car definitely has a heavy feel to it though. the transmission is very smooth, and I would think the car must be tuned for smooth driving. The car was used as a daily driver through the 80's but then turned into a weekend car in the late 80s. Stored in a nice climate controlled garage.

 

I drove it yesterday, and left a deposit.

???
Isn't it in Florda?

And a deposit to buy?

 

Hopefully all goes well with the rest of the purchase. Congrats. Now you get to learn about K-Jets.
Anything is possible with grey market imports. What does the title have as year? I process it as stated. No DMV over here is going to question it. As it is a pre 1981 model the VIN won't trip triggers.

Recaros and BBS. Nice.

 

Wheels were a little of a let down, "Fondmetal" is the brand, not BBS.

Recaros are supposedly the heavy ones. Only power function seems to be the recline. Front back is on regular slider, and the three buttons don't even push in. Still nicer than stock. The blue is wearing off on the driver bolster.

Well maintained car, that's for sure.

Did all of these get smog pumps? This car definitely has one.

I honestly think my 73 might be faster in their current states.

 

Smog pump was added. It is most likely a U.S. brand. My '84 500SL had a Ford pump and obvious home made brackets. The downpipes from the tri-ys had hollow things welded on that I guess were supposed to resemble cats.

Notice I said had. Back to stock now.

 

hmmmm. No comment yet, but you are an observant guy- Good Luck!

If you do bring it home, get that 5.0 running and equipped as it was meant to!

 

I have someone apparently holding a 5.0 amg modded engine for me if I want to go that far with it.

 

How the heck does the convertible top work ? What does it look like down ? Pics, or it didn't happen !. Glad you stuck with the 107 series.:thumbsup:

 

Any Pics yet?

 

See post 6.

 

It is very unlike me, but I took no pictures because the car was looking like the pictures I had already received and I had left my cell phone in my car. I will probably post the old pictures this weekend.

I don't think I am going to pick up the car few a few weeks.

 

I don't get it.
If one wants a 107 convertible, why would one "convert" an SLC???!?!
Makes no sense to me. And hopefully you didn't give them $11K for that abomination, Fonz...

 

If one wants a 5 seater 107 convertible......

 

Hmm.
Well, I guess if that's what floats your boat...
Personally I'd go with a CLK cab or something like that. Structural integrity, even with welded reinforcements, would be a pretty big concern.

 

Yep, Nobby hit the nail on the head. From what I know from chatting with him Fonzi wanted to explore his options for an open car that would accomodate his family but really was hoping to stay with something sportscar/GT car oriented. I think this is a great choice for those needs, and a lot more unusual than an "A Body GM Convertible '68-'72 (I had a couple A bodies, to me they are kind of "me too" cars compared to 107s) and a lot more sporting than some of the other open car choices he was looking at.

I would be a lot more comfortable with a professional job like this one than a home done conversion regarding structural integrity and overall quality.

Congrats, Fonzi, meant to pass along earlier but a bit of a busy week... Glad it seems to have worked out for you! Why not keep one of your "better" wheel sets and let the ones on the new car go down the road?

 

The fondmetal wheels look good. I will have decided whether to keep or sell them. The look like staggered 7x16 et25 and 8x16 et11. I prefer a square set, but that is a small matter.

The wife says the other one must go, but I want to sell the car with functional AC as opposed to heat that is always on.

 

I wish I could find the thread about SLC hardtop removal. A classic.

 

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r-c107-sl-slc-class/1412079-removing-hardtop-450slc.html


Got a little Ussun in there as well.

 

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Funny how Nobby can always find that thread...

 

I use the search function like everbody else, Tyrone.

 

Nice SLC roadster picture

I like this one...

 

I like this one...

I was looking online at a few of those SECs, but there were two things that I thought might be problematic:

1) SECs were not coupes designed based on a convertible (as I understand the SLC is an elongated SL that was designed after the SL... So I assume the fundamentals of the structure were designed for a convertible... unlike the SEC) !!!! EDIT !!!! - I just read that the SLC and SL were designed simultaneously, but the SL production started first. So this statement of mine appears to be false. (end edit)

2) The SEC never seemed to have a third seat belt option in the back. I'm sure I could customize the SEC back seat to put something in the middle, but with that console, it's just like the newer convertibles with that middle bolster for the two side seats. The SLC seems to have more of the old bench-seat that I require.

So here are the older pictures that I've had for a while now. The current owners purchased the car from Stephen Register in Atlanta in 1986, not too long after another one of Stephen Register's 450slc 5.0 convertibles were featured in the September 1985 Car Collector magazine article on the c107. Interestingly that September 1985 article predicted that the 107026 would be a collectible car. I guess based on current prices, it still has a ways to go before being really called collectible.

The top does need work, as you can see. Of course I'm going to try to spruce it up before I get it ripped off the car to have the custom top made.

I will miss the idea of driving with the hard top. I think it will take me a good long time before I sell the 1973, a better looking car in my opinion... but "function first".

The seller said the car came with a smaller sportier steering wheel, but he had Stephen Register swap it out for him. So maybe I'll now be seeking an AMG-style steering wheel (to match the Recaro's and basketweaves).

 

more

 

September 1985 Car Collector Magazine Article. See the last picture, which mentions Stephen Register. The pictured car is not the same car, but apparently a 1979 450slc 5.0 conversion. Things that car apparently has the this one does not are:
- bat-wing style headrests, and four of them.
- 6.9 suspension
- Power top

 

I wish I had the real back seat right now. I might have to take the truck this weekend because I need to bring this thing.

 

Your the man Fonz. It appears that you have been spying this car for quite sometime.