1971 Mercedes-Benz 200-Series

250 C Coupe

6 - Cyl.

Automatic

Gasoline

Hello, you are bidding on a very straight 1971 Mercedes Benz 250 C . Im listing this car for my neighbor he has had it in storage for a little over a year. The car ran before real nice , but when he took it out of storage his son in law hooked the jumper cable up backwards and fryed something ,Larry is my neighbor the owner of the car said it also needed the carburetors cleaned. Larrys phone number is 507 240-0893 he can tell you a lot more about the car then I can , I will say it is a very nice car and it was adult driven and he did wax it alot the interior is real nice other then the drivers head rest has some splitting, the seats have no tears the head liner has two small holes other then that its very nice I took some pictures to show the flaws theres no rust on the car other then three small bubbles on the drivers quarter there's no rust any where, also the floor boards and trunk pan have no rust. This was a California car. Any questions call the owner Larry at 507-240-0893 also I will be adding a picture tomorrow of the whole car. Good luck bidding. Thanks for looking.Note: The first two pictures have morning dew on the car,also we will be adding more pictures . On Oct-04-10 at 07:06:04 PDT, seller added the following information: NOTE WE GOT THE CAR RUNNING TODAY OCT 4th WE FOUND A FUSE THAT WAS BLOWN HOOKED JUMPER CABLES ON FIRED RIGHT UP BOY SHE RUNS NICE TURN THE KEY AND STARTS RIGHT UP VERY NICE CAR WITH ONLY 103 THOUSAND MILES THIS CAR HAS POWER WINDOWS VERY CLEAN CAR FOR A 1971 THANKS.On Oct-04-10 at 09:59:03 PDT, seller added the following information: I took some more pictures today oct 4th of the floor boards, trunk , and spare tires.The floor boars are clean no rust. The carpet is nicer then I see in new model cars. The trunk is also clean no rust holes. The car has never seen a winter in minnesota.Theres a about 2 inch stack of paper work ,all documents,this is a very clean car for a 1971 look at the pictures or better yet call Larry at 507 240- 0893 to see this car in person.On Oct-04-10 at 13:30:25 PDT, seller added the following information: Also I should tell you this car has had many things fixed over the years,theres paper work saying the motor had a over haul at 67 thousand even a new cam ,now its only got 103 thousand all the documents are with the car even a car cover hope this helps you bidders this Doctor that owned it was very picking about his cars,we also seen the paper work that IT HAD SPENDING PAINT JOB in 1995 as you can see in the pictures theres a sheet with the Doctors name who owned the car before Larry ThanksOn Oct-06-10 at 19:12:52 PDT, seller added the following information: dr napoleon chagnon owned this mercedes until 2002, world famous anthropologist at university of santa barbara he sold it to larrys brother dr wayne allen, published author and professor, larrys brother divorced and needed financial help larry helped him and he gave him the car. larry has stored the car for four years he has changed oil twice put less than 200 miles on it in four years. his son took it to prom last year, never drove it in the winter. larry wants the car to go to a good home thats why the reserve was so low, this is a real nice deal, the pictures were taken right out of storage, the car needs some tlc some good cleaning, drives nice has some zip for a 6 banger,larry owns a small plumbing buisness with his son and does not have time to care for this gem properly. there is a complete history of the maintenance of this vehicle, just call larry before i beat him with this one finger i am typing with his number is 507-240-0893, here is some maintenance that has been done valves adjusted 9-96 new ac compressor 9-95 larry dont know how to turn the ac one, never read the owners manual.carbs rebuilt 96 engine rebuilt 97 new cam at this time, theres two inches of maintenance history with this vehicles, plus car cover two snow tires for the mountains in california 4 hub caps toolbag original to the car 5 tires with aluminum mercedes rims. any questions call larry i am a retired concrete finisher and not a typist.