Another old car saved is another new car prevented. Quality is a better measure than age, which is why old cars are the best ones. You're doing important work keeping them going. Condolences on the loss of your friend.
Soon after leaving the army 23 years ago, I lusted after one of these. My first civvy job was with NTL (remember them?), but they were well out of my price range back then. A "rich contractor" colleague of mine had a blue one-a rare Mercedes that wasn’t silver or black! 😲 It is great to see your attention to detail and the effort you put into restoring it to its former glory. My condolences on the loss of your friend, I'm sure you have some great memories to hold on to.
Aye I do, they sponsored Newcastle for a while in the Sir Bobby Robson era. I on the other hand am a sprog next to you, 20 years in the navy and still in…how much bloody longer!
@@georgemorley1029 10 years was enough for me. While I was at 847 Sqn, I spent a few months on HMS Ocean on her first major exercise, which was interesting, what with engine fires, rudder issues and so on, it really put me off sailing! The Navy wasn't for me, hat's off to you!
I had one of these. Paid £5k for it in 2012. Fabulous car. Loved it to bits. Now as poor health accompanies old age I would struggle to get in and out of it. Happy memories though.
Matt,this car is priceless. You got an amazing input and after you brought her totally back to the standard you wanted and she deserved, she's a beauty😊
Fabulous job Matt! Saved a great car there! I just said to my wife that you put into perspective the amount of money I spend on my Grand Scenic, it's nothing compared to what you spend on your cars. Many thanks, I always look forward to watching your videos.
top work there.....nice to see an slk rejuvenated....i ve had mine coming upto 8 years now....a march 97 on a p plate..vivianite green..61000 miles or so on it now and i never drive it in the rain to keep the underneath nice and dry unless its mot day and you cant help that...happened once...when i got mine off ebay it had a few eleccy issues....brake lights iffy and supercharger was not kicking in....(a new cam sensor cheap seemed to have fixed the supercharger not kicking in at 2k revs and the rear lights can arch so need to make sure the bulb holders have a good connection... the car was solid and rust free bar some bubbles on the front arches as you would expect from a 90s merc it was a bargain......in the end lots of youtube and merc club searches helped me get the car all sorted....its a keeper for me
Sorry for your loss 😟 ..and I do agree about this car. It absolutely needed to be saved, so you did a good thing here. I hope you get the price you're asking.
Sorry to hear of your loss😔I have recently bought a 2001 reg ,6 speed,manual. I've just discovered it needs a new rear diff( grating noise!)Also thrust bearing is on the way out and needs a few bits of bodywork respraying...I might post a vid when it's all done!!
Hi Matt, my wife and our daughter both have 20 year old Mercedes 😊😊😊😊They both run absolutely superb. Mercedes do run for ever. 😊😊😊😊keep that gorgeous car for yourself 😊
Beautiful finish and a very desirable car . My favourite of the SLKs was the second generation "mclaren" version . Maybe might be joining the Z3 in Bermuda after all !
had a 230 kompressor for 3 years and felt it was plenty quick enough and well built, i loved the dashboard which i think looked a bit like that in a early Sl
This must be the best SLK I’ve ever seen, you’ve made it even better Matt. Another future classic saved, well done, although I did think it would have ended up in your collection ❤.
Nice genuine & clean car Matt. Definitely a good idea to putting her out to pasture in gorgeous Bermuda 🇧🇲👌👍watched this twice as I got rudely interrupted, so maximising my enjoyment I rewatched the video again. 😉 sorry about your loss Matt with Andy
Great video as always Matt. I nearly bought one those back in the day, but my family got bigger. I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your friend Andy, may he Rest In Peace. God Bless 🙂
Hey there mate great work just wanted to say you have a leaky roof mechanism. The fluid is what chipped the paint on the right rear window. When folded it dropped fluid there and ate up the paint. Another telltale sign is wet spots on the headlining. And yours has one when you show it fitted. You need to address that trust me.
Grest video as usual. SLK was on my list but finally ended up buying a 1.6 Renault Wind Gordini this year. Btw your Wind video helped me a lot to decide. :) Greetings from Hungary!
Another great video Matt, I do always chuckle when you say a new set of number plates and most of the time they are needed just for slight cosmetic, but of this occasion with the "retro" plates" they look amazing!!! I love the OG dealer of them, that attention to deal is first class, Well done
Always loved the slk but earlier ones do rust sadly. Love this channel be proud of the quality of your videos such varied subjects and your brilliant sense of humour
You’ve covered pretty much all the faults, but don’t forget that if you have erratic electrical problems re soldering the k40 module will often fix them. Yes the tail gates all rust where you said, but for some reason its faster to happen on silver cars! We loved ours, toured all over in it, like many cars i wish we had kept it. Thanks for another enjoyable vid 👍
I hope it has been kept in a garage because that era of cars rust. You will love the single monowiper, but it is essential to grease them in order to prevent replacing. They are £££. But the best part is the 2.3 litre supercharged engine with a kompressor. Try kickdown, listen as the supercharger spools up, the auto drops down a couple of gears, and you just overtake very quickly. Properly serviced, the engine will last for almost ever. Strong timing chain. You will keep it for the weekends. I owned a 1999 w202 c230k and it managed 235,000 miles before the rust became too much.
Sometimes it’s not about profit or overspending but saving a car worth saving and the SLK was worth saving ,just a pity I live so far away . Condolences on the loss of your friend.
The very early ones of these didn't suffer in the same with with rust as the later ones, but the radiators can fail and leak coolant into the gearbox (as it's a shared system with the transmission cooler, IIRC), and the gearbox friction plates don't like glycol. My father in law had a low mileage '97 car that was battered from being in London, but didn't rust... the coolant leak killed the gearbox however. And so sorry to read about your friend.
I’m currently doing a Matt and massively overspending on my new runaround Jag XF 😂 (no new plates required though!) looking forward to giving it a detail and paint correction at the weekend!
I’ve had one of these. Although I owned a 1983 SL (also from Beaconsfield), I never liked the SLKs before, even finding the shape and size feminine. There is also the styling difference between the front and back on this generation, the latter from the contemporary SL, but the front being too sculpted. But when my neighbour offered me his old SLK 200K with a bit of rust and I already owned other rusty old and newer Mercs, I couldn’t say no. I absolutely loved the car. It’s frugal but has the beautifully linear power delivery of the supercharger. The six speed manual is a bit agricultural, but it suits the car to have both manual and automatic options, being one of the very few Mercedes of that kind. The roof is amazingly quick to open and close, I liked it more than I thought I would. I hardly ever enjoyed the open top of my classic SL, but this one, a lot. The handling is good, it keeps on the road well, even in the wet. It’s got plenty of safety features, like ESP. Mine had heated seats, cruise control, speed limiter, electric seats and folding mirrors. Not having AC was fine in a car like this. Also, the black interior was absolutely immaculate, apart from the rubber finish wearing off, which can be easily touched up. The turned aluminium interior looked very sophisticated. Most roadsters have nice and functional interiors, anyway. The silver body had the rusty front wheel arches. The boot key area and the bonnet also rusted, but so did the wheelarch on my 2013 E-Class estate. I’d be upset to own a Mercedes and not to have a bit of surface rust here and there. The engine did not use any oil and it liked the fully synthetic I used when servicing the car, which, by the way had full stamped service history and two previous owners. I replaced the spark plugs and the MAF or MAP sensor, it’s all very easy, as well as replacing the brakes. This SLK is one of the greatest bargains on the used car market at the moment. I sold mine half a year ago as I needed a large estate and wanting to buy another rusty old Mercedes. I do miss it a lot, they are lovely cars and make a lot of sense if two seats are enough. A piece of advice: clear the drains by the windscreen, otherwise the interior fan will short-circuit when water gets in there at cornering or when parked on a slope.
Nice cars, I had one briefly and thoroughly enjoyed it, even if it was a little thirsty. The indicator relay is hard wired onto the body control module, and I managed to get my indicators working again by carefully cleaning the contacts with emery paper, then thoroughly cleaning with IPA. I saved myself a bill of what was then about £180 to get through the MOT. Crazy that Mercedes thought it OK to say you have to replace a whole module for the sake of your indicators.
It took me a long time to sell my own SLK and I notice yours is still for sale too. I think the problem with these is that many buyers after an SLK are simply after a cheap convertible, so anything nice like yours that commands a higher price will be a harder sell as most SLK buyers will simply go for what's cheap. (And nasty). Unlike yours mine was a mk2 with higher mileage (118k on an 07 plate) but a beautiful colour and spec, properly maintained and in superb condition that defied the mileage. Thank you for the video - and I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. Take care Matt.
Great car, I also, identify the versions of this car by the wing mirrors, so it's not nerdy. In Australia, they would bite your arm off for this car at 4500 UK Pounds. (9000 AUD). You would get 25,000 AUD any day of the week.
Would that SLK be ULEZ compliant?....Excellent videos as usual..you my Brother have become one of those used car channels run by someone who and this is going to sound "weird" but I TRUST...your aura is trustworthy and sound as a decent man.. ✌🤜🏽
I own a facelift r170 "special edition", 200 kompressor, automatic, 336k km on the clock. the engine and the gearbox runs perfectly. Very nice sport car but i couldn't believe how thirsty it could be :D
i own a chrysler crossfire, its crazy to see just how alike these 2 cars are. I know it was based off of a mark one SLK but every time i look at them i just see a new part that i recognise from the crossfire!
I've had a one of these, the 230 engines are fantastic. Personally I prefer the facelift models, couple of bits of colour coding like the door handles and around where the hey goes in the boot makes them look a lot smarter also you don't have the black stripe down the sills. MIne had the optional 6 speed manual which was a must have for me, the auto's are way too slushy. Shame they are all rusting away now as they are a perfect weekend car.
Get the rear subframe checked by MB, it's free of charge and they will replace if any holes free of charge. Known for the wings rotting to the mounts also MB are replacing some free
Matt, when you said at the beginning you might keep it, I thought it was getting to the point where you need a whole new channel dedicated to your 'fleet'! 😂 I'm afraid the reputation for being a hairdresser's car would preclude me from buying it but, yeah, very nice example 🙌 Sorry to hear about the passing of your friend Andy 😢
Shout out to Retro plates, got some original plates done for my S2000, excellent service. Just noticed on the interior, the two dials and the stereo looks like a face lol. Can’t beat a convertible on a nice summers day though.
That is a beauty! If I had the pennies and was looking for something fun. I’d deffo be looking at this! Nice one even with the “massive over-spend” lol 😂
Another old car saved is another new car prevented. Quality is a better measure than age, which is why old cars are the best ones. You're doing important work keeping them going.
Condolences on the loss of your friend.
I bought a 1997 silver SLK in 2012 for £3.5k with 66k miles, it's still going strong 12 years later and now has 101k miles.
Soon after leaving the army 23 years ago, I lusted after one of these. My first civvy job was with NTL (remember them?), but they were well out of my price range back then. A "rich contractor" colleague of mine had a blue one-a rare Mercedes that wasn’t silver or black! 😲
It is great to see your attention to detail and the effort you put into restoring it to its former glory.
My condolences on the loss of your friend, I'm sure you have some great memories to hold on to.
Aye I do, they sponsored Newcastle for a while in the Sir Bobby Robson era. I on the other hand am a sprog next to you, 20 years in the navy and still in…how much bloody longer!
@@georgemorley1029 10 years was enough for me. While I was at 847 Sqn, I spent a few months on HMS Ocean on her first major exercise, which was interesting, what with engine fires, rudder issues and so on, it really put me off sailing! The Navy wasn't for me, hat's off to you!
I had one of these. Paid £5k for it in 2012. Fabulous car. Loved it to bits. Now as poor health accompanies old age I would struggle to get in and out of it. Happy memories though.
So sorry to hear of your health. Blessings to you 🙏
Sorry for the loss of your friend. Rip.
Matt,this car is priceless. You got an amazing input and after you brought her totally back to the standard you wanted and she deserved, she's a beauty😊
Lovely. Please keep cars like this original.....that's a message to everyone!
Im glad you've saved another oldie. With me, as long as my old 190e makes me smile the costs involved maintaining it are negligible.
Fabulous job Matt! Saved a great car there! I just said to my wife that you put into perspective the amount of money I spend on my Grand Scenic, it's nothing compared to what you spend on your cars. Many thanks, I always look forward to watching your videos.
Love watching your channel, it’s so refreshing compared to all the others , sorry for your loss
top work there.....nice to see an slk rejuvenated....i ve had mine coming upto 8 years now....a march 97 on a p plate..vivianite green..61000 miles or so on it now and i never drive it in the rain to keep the underneath nice and dry unless its mot day and you cant help that...happened once...when i got mine off ebay it had a few eleccy issues....brake lights iffy and supercharger was not kicking in....(a new cam sensor cheap seemed to have fixed the supercharger not kicking in at 2k revs and the rear lights can arch so need to make sure the bulb holders have a good connection... the car was solid and rust free bar some bubbles on the front arches as you would expect from a 90s merc it was a bargain......in the end lots of youtube and merc club searches helped me get the car all sorted....its a keeper for me
Sorry for your loss 😟 ..and I do agree about this car. It absolutely needed to be saved, so you did a good thing here. I hope you get the price you're asking.
Sorry to hear of your loss😔I have recently bought a 2001 reg ,6 speed,manual.
I've just discovered it needs a new rear diff( grating noise!)Also thrust bearing is on the way out and needs a few bits of bodywork respraying...I might post a vid when it's all done!!
Hi Matt, my wife and our daughter both have 20 year old Mercedes 😊😊😊😊They both run absolutely superb. Mercedes do run for ever. 😊😊😊😊keep that gorgeous car for yourself 😊
Love the car, think it’s worth every penny of £4.5k, am glad you saved it! Sorry for your loss too Matt.
I would buy a car from Matt in a heart beat, finally a car dealer with scruples.
You did a good job with this SLK, and it keeps a good old car on the road, good stuff 👍
That's the happiest centre console I've ever seen.
Well done Matt, another fantastic car saved and had new life breathed into it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Do NOT sell this car Matt........keep it! Its gorgeous
Beautiful finish and a very desirable car . My favourite of the SLKs was the second generation "mclaren" version . Maybe might be joining the Z3 in Bermuda after all !
had a 230 kompressor for 3 years and felt it was plenty quick enough and well built, i loved the dashboard which i think looked a bit like that in a early Sl
i bought one nearly 2 months ago, 2000 reg, 2.3 with 110K miles, i love it
Hi Matt do you have a link for the number plate company please?
Cheers
Mark
Enjoyed the video Matt. I had the Z3 and the SLK mine was a 2001 Y reg, out of both cars I preferred the Z3.
This must be the best SLK I’ve ever seen, you’ve made it even better Matt.
Another future classic saved, well done, although I did think it would have ended up in your collection ❤.
Great result... Hope that finds a caring owner with a garage for winter..
Matt, if a Merc has EC button, then it has air conditioning 100%.
Probably more reliable then most modern cars
Top job Matt - as always and what a lovely example of a low mileage SLK that is. Another classic saved !
that is one of the best cars you have done with a little profit in a long time well done
I was waiting for this video! I was eyeing this up on the website last night
Love those old mercs well done Matt 👍
Nice genuine & clean car Matt. Definitely a good idea to putting her out to pasture in gorgeous Bermuda 🇧🇲👌👍watched this twice as I got rudely interrupted, so maximising my enjoyment I rewatched the video again. 😉 sorry about your loss Matt with Andy
Great work as always!
First thing I think when reading the title ‘I bought a Mercedes for…’ is ‘I bet that’s an overspend!!
Sorry for the loss of ur friend Matt may he rest in peace
Great video as always Matt. I nearly bought one those back in the day, but my family got bigger. I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your friend Andy, may he Rest In Peace. God Bless 🙂
Hey there mate great work just wanted to say you have a leaky roof mechanism. The fluid is what chipped the paint on the right rear window. When folded it dropped fluid there and ate up the paint. Another telltale sign is wet spots on the headlining. And yours has one when you show it fitted. You need to address that trust me.
It would be super interesting if you went to the mechanics with the car and did a video of him checking it.
Condolences on the loss of you're friend Andy Mottram r.i.p 💔
Matt has been on a strong 'I might keep this' streak recently
A genuine classic, great result on the saving a car scale.
Ever so pleased you called out the older font on the reg plates, had spotted it too 😂
Grest video as usual. SLK was on my list but finally ended up buying a 1.6 Renault Wind Gordini this year. Btw your Wind video helped me a lot to decide. :) Greetings from Hungary!
That’s a great old SLK now, I’m sure there will still be a bit of profit for you! Love the wheels, fab simple design.
Another great video Matt, I do always chuckle when you say a new set of number plates and most of the time they are needed just for slight cosmetic, but of this occasion with the "retro" plates" they look amazing!!! I love the OG dealer of them, that attention to deal is first class, Well done
Nice find. Prefer a tin top car to a cloth top. Feels safer, and the Mercedes one lookes better. Good colour too. Worth the massive overspend.
Always loved the slk but earlier ones do rust sadly. Love this channel be proud of the quality of your videos such varied subjects and your brilliant sense of humour
Nice touch at the end there - all the best!
A lovely example, well worth saving.
Sorry for your loss mate
I love the way he says “give me a month” like he owes us something, he’s giving us the video for nowt!
You’ve covered pretty much all the faults, but don’t forget that if you have erratic electrical problems re soldering the k40 module will often fix them.
Yes the tail gates all rust where you said, but for some reason its faster to happen on silver cars!
We loved ours, toured all over in it, like many cars i wish we had kept it.
Thanks for another enjoyable vid 👍
I always fit a new K40 when I buy one of these for piece of mind! 😊
I ordered some new plates for my jeep, " and it completely transformed it" 😂
What a great result to manage to find a sunny day for the roof down shots. Great vidas always.
I hope it has been kept in a garage because that era of cars rust. You will love the single monowiper, but it is essential to grease them in order to prevent replacing. They are £££. But the best part is the 2.3 litre supercharged engine with a kompressor. Try kickdown, listen as the supercharger spools up, the auto drops down a couple of gears, and you just overtake very quickly. Properly serviced, the engine will last for almost ever. Strong timing chain. You will keep it for the weekends. I owned a 1999 w202 c230k and it managed 235,000 miles before the rust became too much.
Sometimes it’s not about profit or overspending but saving a car worth saving and the SLK was worth saving ,just a pity I live so far away . Condolences on the loss of your friend.
That'll make a really nice car for someone. I was expecting the price to be higher. Very nice, good viewing as always!
The very early ones of these didn't suffer in the same with with rust as the later ones, but the radiators can fail and leak coolant into the gearbox (as it's a shared system with the transmission cooler, IIRC), and the gearbox friction plates don't like glycol.
My father in law had a low mileage '97 car that was battered from being in London, but didn't rust... the coolant leak killed the gearbox however.
And so sorry to read about your friend.
Fantastic job well done 😊 you deserve the full asking price 🎉🎉
What a beautiful car. Condolences on the loss of your friend.
A hero of our time, great job saving this gem❤
Still a good profit! If you do that to most cars you buy you're on a winner.
Great video again. 👍
Another great video, and sorry for your loss, it's awful losing someone
Such a lovely car that's a lot of car for your money you're selling it for. Im sure SLK values will increase in the future.
My condolences to you Matt and another great video. Cheap original MG next?
I’m currently doing a Matt and massively overspending on my new runaround Jag XF 😂 (no new plates required though!) looking forward to giving it a detail and paint correction at the weekend!
She looks beautiful definitely going to a special home epic work matt keep them cheap cars coming without scraping them😂😂😂😂
Lovely! I much prefer these to the Z3. Quite diminutive, and there’s some slight overtones of the classic ‘Pagoda’ 280SL.
I think this is a good outcome , love these projects . Well done 👍🏻
Love this, my brother in law’s neighbour has the red SLK you bought previously
I’ve had one of these. Although I owned a 1983 SL (also from Beaconsfield), I never liked the SLKs before, even finding the shape and size feminine. There is also the styling difference between the front and back on this generation, the latter from the contemporary SL, but the front being too sculpted.
But when my neighbour offered me his old SLK 200K with a bit of rust and I already owned other rusty old and newer Mercs, I couldn’t say no.
I absolutely loved the car. It’s frugal but has the beautifully linear power delivery of the supercharger. The six speed manual is a bit agricultural, but it suits the car to have both manual and automatic options, being one of the very few Mercedes of that kind.
The roof is amazingly quick to open and close, I liked it more than I thought I would. I hardly ever enjoyed the open top of my classic SL, but this one, a lot.
The handling is good, it keeps on the road well, even in the wet. It’s got plenty of safety features, like ESP.
Mine had heated seats, cruise control, speed limiter, electric seats and folding mirrors. Not having AC was fine in a car like this.
Also, the black interior was absolutely immaculate, apart from the rubber finish wearing off, which can be easily touched up. The turned aluminium interior looked very sophisticated. Most roadsters have nice and functional interiors, anyway.
The silver body had the rusty front wheel arches. The boot key area and the bonnet also rusted, but so did the wheelarch on my 2013 E-Class estate. I’d be upset to own a Mercedes and not to have a bit of surface rust here and there.
The engine did not use any oil and it liked the fully synthetic I used when servicing the car, which, by the way had full stamped service history and two previous owners. I replaced the spark plugs and the MAF or MAP sensor, it’s all very easy, as well as replacing the brakes.
This SLK is one of the greatest bargains on the used car market at the moment. I sold mine half a year ago as I needed a large estate and wanting to buy another rusty old Mercedes. I do miss it a lot, they are lovely cars and make a lot of sense if two seats are enough.
A piece of advice: clear the drains by the windscreen, otherwise the interior fan will short-circuit when water gets in there at cornering or when parked on a slope.
Nice cars, I had one briefly and thoroughly enjoyed it, even if it was a little thirsty. The indicator relay is hard wired onto the body control module, and I managed to get my indicators working again by carefully cleaning the contacts with emery paper, then thoroughly cleaning with IPA. I saved myself a bill of what was then about £180 to get through the MOT. Crazy that Mercedes thought it OK to say you have to replace a whole module for the sake of your indicators.
320 doesn’t have a Kompressor!!
Yes me too, was beginning to wonder if " I think I might keep this" could possibly overtake " I've massively overspent" 😅
Always liked the SLK. Was always on my list as Ive had quite a few 2 seater convertibles, but just never got around to getting one
Nice video, great to see another car saved, sorry for you loss
It took me a long time to sell my own SLK and I notice yours is still for sale too. I think the problem with these is that many buyers after an SLK are simply after a cheap convertible, so anything nice like yours that commands a higher price will be a harder sell as most SLK buyers will simply go for what's cheap. (And nasty). Unlike yours mine was a mk2 with higher mileage (118k on an 07 plate) but a beautiful colour and spec, properly maintained and in superb condition that defied the mileage. Thank you for the video - and I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your friend. Take care Matt.
I think it aged very well😍, love mercs of this era ❤️
i was waiting for it, i've massively overspent
Great car, I also, identify the versions of this car by the wing mirrors, so it's not nerdy.
In Australia, they would bite your arm off for this car at 4500 UK Pounds. (9000 AUD).
You would get 25,000 AUD any day of the week.
My mum has a v reg slk in black she’s owned it for nearly twenty years been a very good reliable car has some surface rust but other than that great.
These did look good in black with a tan leather interior sitting on 17in AMG monoblock rims.
Just one word "WONDERGRIP". Please can you do a walk around the van and a Car Vertical search on it? At least it will be low mileage.
Would that SLK be ULEZ compliant?....Excellent videos as usual..you my Brother have become one of those used car channels run by someone who and this is going to sound "weird" but I TRUST...your aura is trustworthy and sound as a decent man..
✌🤜🏽
Mine wasn’t ULEZ compliant
@@marksanders3659
Have you sold yours?...I really wanted mk1 SLK but can't if its not compliant as I live in a ULEZ blasted zone..
👍🤜🏾
@@Leehuss5582 yep, sold. I let my partner’s brother have it for £600 (see my other comment on here).
I own a facelift r170 "special edition", 200 kompressor, automatic, 336k km on the clock. the engine and the gearbox runs perfectly. Very nice sport car but i couldn't believe how thirsty it could be :D
i own a chrysler crossfire, its crazy to see just how alike these 2 cars are. I know it was based off of a mark one SLK but every time i look at them i just see a new part that i recognise from the crossfire!
not your fault
Your paint guy is incredibly good value for money..
Got my eye on a 14 plate slk350 21k, that is in a neighbours garage and hasn't moved since 2018.
Although I never knew Andy at the end there, I know that if he was good enough to be Matts friend he was definitely a lovely guy.
He was the best
I've had a one of these, the 230 engines are fantastic. Personally I prefer the facelift models, couple of bits of colour coding like the door handles and around where the hey goes in the boot makes them look a lot smarter also you don't have the black stripe down the sills. MIne had the optional 6 speed manual which was a must have for me, the auto's are way too slushy. Shame they are all rusting away now as they are a perfect weekend car.
That’s excellent come out looking amazing and great to see this one surviving
Get the rear subframe checked by MB, it's free of charge and they will replace if any holes free of charge.
Known for the wings rotting to the mounts also MB are replacing some free
What makes you think that, the car is 26 years old?
Aandd we are backk
My car was a face-lift been an 01 & it definitely had the AC & Frost Symbol for the AC in our 230K.
I love these slk, are very cheap but still have a classy look to them. I would happily have one.
Matt, when you said at the beginning you might keep it, I thought it was getting to the point where you need a whole new channel dedicated to your 'fleet'! 😂 I'm afraid the reputation for being a hairdresser's car would preclude me from buying it but, yeah, very nice example 🙌 Sorry to hear about the passing of your friend Andy 😢
perhaps the explanation to the window edge rust is this was the very early year/s of water based paints
What a little beauty kept in that condition will be an investment will only go up in value great job matt 👍
Shout out to Retro plates, got some original plates done for my S2000, excellent service. Just noticed on the interior, the two dials and the stereo looks like a face lol. Can’t beat a convertible on a nice summers day though.
That is a beauty! If I had the pennies and was looking for something fun. I’d deffo be looking at this! Nice one even with the “massive over-spend” lol 😂
That SLK looks mint now. Nice work :)