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Here is a photo of the car in 1973.

Am thinking of selling my Traction Avant this year. I've had it for about 4 years and enjoyed it but I only drove it about 5 times last year and I have my eye on another car to purchase later this year. Its not perfect but its in good condition and the previous owner spend serious money on...

Went to look at the fuel leak situation last night on the 560. Have been wanting to do this for about 2 weeks but the weather hasn’t motivated me to go and work on the car. First thing I noticed was when I pushed the car out of the way there was a major puddle of ATF. Looks like it...

At one point you were looking for an SLC no? This one could be a good candidate for Jerry if not rusty underneath.

Interesting Rover 3500 for sale at Shannons, no reserve auction: https://www.shannons.com.au/auctions/2019-shannons-melbourne-summer-classic-auction/WJBMCSSE9AB7E1EY/ Guiding range 6-9k

Since we were just discussing it, the bridge over E Grand Blvd in the old Packard plant collapsed yesterday. This has been a source of local concern for years as scrappers have attempted to (illegally) strip the buildings of metal where possible...

It is back now with the right model designation: https://www.lloydsonline.com.au/LotDetails.aspx?smode=0&aid=11201&lid=1741456

There is a lot to be said for a yellow 123 wagon. Not sure about the price, but it is one of the nicer ones I've seen for a while. https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/forster/cars-vans-utes/1980-mercedes-benz-300td-wagon/1204823495

Cheers! That would be great. It would have been a big step up from a w114 coupe to a brand new SLC.

I think so. My dad had a few new ones during this period, and they all came with fire extinguishers. This included an 84 230E, 86 230E, 87 230TE. I also had a 85 230E that still had its yellow extinguisher and my 450SLC still has a red one. My 86 300SE doesn't have it, but it was...

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I've never really posted a thread specifically on the car that brought me to this forum, my 450SLC. I purchased the car in 2003. At the time I was weighing up between a 280SE 3.5 and a 450SLC. I figured I would have plenty of time to drive four door cars later in life so went with the SLC...

My Brother is moving from Sydney to Perth. Instead of trailering the car, he decided to drive it over. From what I hear its been a good drive. He owns an E63 BMW. Like many BMW's of the era, it came new with runflats, so no spare tyre. The body shell does have a provision for the spare...

Good to know there is another one. Was a shame Oran park closed, I saw the thread of the TK track day back some years ago and looked like you all had a good day. http://www.topklasse.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1068

This dealer is normally quite expensive, but this car is interesting and unique. Where else are you going to find a manual 280E with a full leather interior and other options? Most manual W123 models you see are stripper models like 200's...

This W201 has a 3.0 liter 5 speed transplant. Should go pretty well https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/bundall/cars-vans-utes/mercedes-190-2-6-manual-201-sleeper/1201934886

I found a photo that shows the whole site to get a sense of the scale.

The Packard plant site is a 40 acre site quite close to the center of Detroit. Its one of those places that people from outside detroit think they can make money due to the proximity of the plant to downtown. only trouble is that this area of town is still pretty rough. A big factor in...

As Motec Said, Packard basically stopped in the mid 50s (their name carried on for a bit). what you might not know is the factory is still there in downtown detroit, basically derelict since then. There have been some portions of it used from time to time, but mostly its used to dump...