[W126 Coupe] 380 / 500 differences

[Andrew Sporner]

I should mention I can *ONLY* get EURO versions (nearly anyways!) as that
is where I am ;-)

Andy


On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Andrew Sporner <asporner at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi

>

> Thanks, I just got back from the dealer/workshop.   There I looked at

> a 500 SEC from 1985.

> It is probably the last of the 1st series (production date 9/1985).

> I am looking to get this

> one.  It has only 180K Kilometers on it (mine has 344K).   The chasis

> is very clean as well

> as the interior.  It is was brought in for sale by an old lady who

> can't drive any longer.

>

> I only know about the EURO versions of the SEC and know that the 380

> went as long here

> as the 500 (both introduced in 1981/2--which was my problem with the

> insurance -- what to

> with with a 500 that was built two years before they were officially

> sold there) and as you

> say was replaced by the 420.

>

>

> Andy

>