anjan_c2007 1 Report post Posted June 28, 2010 This 1990 Merc has a 4 cylinder 2.3-liter, 8-valve, 136 hp, petrol engine (W201) and has been bought a few days ago at New Delhi by my friend.It was brought by road to Nagpur. The car is in awesome shape even 18 years since it was made.The exterior look is a bit forlorn for a Merc but the interiors are well cared for and decent. The engine is in ship shape and the car can touch 125 kmph plus with no effort. It has a four speed manual gearbox and the OE sunroof. The wheel caps are intact and the left ORVM is missing.The right ORVM is quite OK.The three pointed star over the bonnet is not fixed but flexible and can be bent as may be observed in the pictures. The instrument console is neatly laid out with meters in an aesthetic array and the clock showing the proper time. The warning lights are at the base in a horizontal layout one beside the other.The car has ABS braking and the fusebox is fantastically designed.After all it is a Merc. I could not get a good picture of the fusebox, (hope to do so soon) but it can be sighted at the extreme right end of the engine bay towards the driver side. Bent but flexible 3 pointed star-please observe the new position below In the picture below the headlight levelling switch is seen- the car is a 1990 model! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Durango Dude 2 Report post Posted June 28, 2010 Reminds me of the Discovery Turbo program on how a second hand car dealer in the UK buys cars refurbishes them and sells it. I wish there were guys like that here who will do a great job for a fraction of the price of what it will take a Merc dealer. Your friend has a good job on his hands first to get the car to get a thorough physical from a passionate and knowledgeable mechanic draw out an indent of parts by priority basis and then procure it from sites abroad over the net and get his 18 old baby back to shape. Wish his wife and family approves...my wife may dump me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
asethi919 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2010 The jouney of taking a car from this to a completely restored stage and that to part by part would be fantastic. I wish I had the knowledge, patience and the money required to go through this. @Anjan - How much did this baby cost him? @ DD I dont have a wife. You support me financially and Anjan can provide the technical know-how and I will carry out the job. I will even drive down the car to Calcutta and Chennai. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
300kph 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2010 Mercs of that era were a class apart. This example needs a fair bit of work and it's really good your friend is doing it up. Would you mind disclosing the purchase price of this one? Hope your friend can bring this one back to top shape. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CYRUS43 0 Report post Posted June 28, 2010 A Friend of mine had the Legendary 190E Cosworth!! My favorite Old gen Merc Saloon ever. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arkboypunk1 0 Report post Posted June 29, 2010 Wow ! Cool. How much did he buy it for, Anjan? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anjan_c2007 1 Report post Posted June 29, 2010 Thanks friends.DD the guy is'nt really bothered about any restoration of any kind.He says that the car came from Delhi to Nagpur like a very fit and energetic Merc and so as long as its mechanically perfect and the three pointed star stays on the bonnet and boot he does'nt care as to how the car looks.So I hope his wife stays! asethi919 as I said he is'nt bothered about the car's looks like us -we see the finer points! The price asethi919 and arkboypunk was a barter deal-friend exchanged his non-working 1967 Chevrolet Malibu for this car. 300kph true the car has ABS and is awesome though it has been neglected and appears to need lots of care.Its the smallest Merc of its time (the A Class had'nt come)but is larger than a Toyota Corolla. the build is very solid.This was the forerunner for the C Class that came in in 1993 after the 190 series was discontinued. Here is what a very good example would look like! Source Wikipedia anjan_c20072010-06-29 15:35:16 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arkboypunk1 0 Report post Posted June 29, 2010 Does it have airbags? And its service and repairs of such cars possible at Merc ASStations? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anjan_c2007 1 Report post Posted June 29, 2010 Does it have airbags?And its service and repairs of such cars possible at Merc ASStations? The car does not have airbags. These became mandatory sometime later.The Merc ASS services these cars and may also repair, but the spares are not stocked by them. These are to be sourced from Indian spares dealers' who stock these or sourced through eBay and so on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abhinandan 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 wat is the cost for sellingthis car???? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abhinandan 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 is this car for sale????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
