Pics : Mercedes S500 and S600 (W140)

Sivasankar · 6th February 2017, 09:42

Hai amitc7, I am from Chennai too. Where is this yard located?

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Originally Posted by amitc7

I live across a collector yard in Chennai. An S280 Jap spec in White on Blue and a S600 in Blue on Black that needs some work, besides a mint E46 320i are lying in front of my window.
Hope I can pick the E46 or the S280, both run and are in good order.

There are about 4 American muscle cars from the late 60's to early 70's there too in various states of restoration.

There are about 50 cars waiting for restoration, dreamland indeed.

neerajkumar10 · 19th February 2017, 09:58

Guys! I need a W140 S600, pls help me if you have any leads.

v12 · 15th November 2017, 22:35

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Originally Posted by Impala59

A W140 S280 seen at Prabhadevi in a pitiable state.

This W140 seems to have been done up and on sale. It's for sale on our classifieds. Amazing transformation indeed.

http://classifieds.team-bhp.com/buy-.../S-Class.html/

Foxbat · 15th November 2017, 23:08

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Originally Posted by v12

This W140 seems to have been done up and on sale. It's for sale on our classifieds. Amazing transformation indeed.

http://classifieds.team-bhp.com/buy-.../S-Class.html/

Wow thats quite a transformation. I had seen it at my office when I was working in Mumbai 2.5 years ago and had posted it here:

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Originally Posted by Foxbat

I was surprised to see this visitor to my office today, although it's in an extremely sad state.

Felt bad when I saw it is such a pathetic state. It further deteriorated and was posted in this very thread 1.5 years back here:

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Originally Posted by Impala59

A W140 S280 seen at Prabhadevi in a pitiable state.

Good to know its been restored although the mileage seems to be a bit doubtful.

ajmat · 16th November 2017, 09:39

Wow, one needs to ask some hard questions on what work was actually done!

GTO · 29th November 2017, 13:56

Looks like there is a W140 fan in the Mahim Dargah lane. Spotted two W140s - one covered, while the other was parked on the footpath.

Appeared more to be in 'resting' condition than 'running' though. Moving traffic so couldn't click pics.

Foxbat · 29th November 2017, 16:41

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Originally Posted by GTO

Looks like there is a W140 fan in the Mahim Dargah lane. Spotted two W140s - one covered, while the other was parked on the footpath.

Appeared more to be in 'resting' condition than 'running' though. Moving traffic so couldn't click pics.

Those have been parked there for many years. There are a few W124s also and few Mercs from early 2000s in a sad state. During my midnight joy rides around Mumbai I always used to keep an eye out when passing through that area.

v12 · 29th November 2017, 18:00

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Originally Posted by GTO

Looks like there is a W140 fan in the Mahim Dargah lane. Spotted two W140s - one covered, while the other was parked on the footpath.

Appeared more to be in 'resting' condition than 'running' though. Moving traffic so couldn't click pics.

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Originally Posted by Foxbat

Those have been parked there for many years. There are a few W124s also and few Mercs from early 2000s in a sad state. During my midnight joy rides around Mumbai I always used to keep an eye out when passing through that area.

Correct - those W140's have been lying there since a long time. There are also a couple of old Toyota Hiace's and other Jap MUV/SUV's lying there since a long time.

There is also a place in Oshiwara where I have been seeing 3 generations of the Mercedes E Class just lying around on the road gathering dust (a W124, W210 and 2 W211's).

Rosso Corsa · 13th December 2017, 21:30

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Originally Posted by GTO

Looks like there is a W140 fan in the Mahim Dargah lane. Spotted two W140s - one covered, while the other was parked on the footpath.

Appeared more to be in 'resting' condition than 'running' though. Moving traffic so couldn't click pics.

The Grey car was being worked on when I clicked it. Looked more of dismantling for parts rather than repair.

Pics : Mercedes S500 and S600 (W140)-1513180577588.jpg

The silver car is listed for sale online, at a pretty steep price.

Pics : Mercedes S500 and S600 (W140)-1513180619246.jpg

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v12 · 13th December 2017, 21:45

Hope they take the wheel off the grey car and put it on the silver W140. The W221 wheels look totally out of place on a W140.

BimmerBoy · 22nd December 2017, 16:18

This beast (the Tank) W140 S600 V12, popular to most motor heads was finally fired up by a Team of Engineers at Candour Auto Tech, Trivandrum, within a month of its appearance at their garage.
The car is suspected to have rejected by a couple of dealerships and major garages since 2011, stating that the car cannot be started after a couple of faulty diagnosis.
The car was abandoned for almost 5 years at a number of workshops and Mercedes dealerships.

The car is also quite popular in Team-Bhp, here's the thread link-
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/super-...erala-389.html

They've uploaded a firing-up and fly-by video of the beast at their garage. Check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO0ayG9WYiU&t=8s

v12 · 10th January 2018, 10:42

A W140 S320 on sale on our Classifieds :

http://classifieds.team-bhp.com/buy-.../S-Class.html/

Pics : Mercedes S500 and S600 (W140)-picture_226546.jpg

v12 · 14th February 2018, 00:12

Spotted this well maintained / beautifully restored W140 with Lorinser chrome alloys.

Pics : Mercedes S500 and S600 (W140)-psx_20180214_000913.jpg

drsk · 4th July 2019, 22:46

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Originally Posted by Impala59

A W140 S280 seen at Prabhadevi in a pitiable state.

Looks like the same car is now restored and in for sale now for quite sometime. Guess I must be seeing this on sale for last few months.
http://classifieds.team-bhp.com/buy-.../S-Class.html/

Will this be good buy? OR a minefield?

Edit: Oops!! dint notice the V12's post above. Seems that this has been on sale since 2017.

19th February 2017, 09:58	#197
neerajkumar10 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Gurgaon Posts: 44 Thanked: 122 Times View My Garage	Re: Pics : Mercedes S500 and S600 (W140) Guys! I need a W140 S600, pls help me if you have any leads.
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ajmat Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 15,177 Thanked: 31,077 Times View My Garage	Re: Pics : Mercedes S500 and S600 (W140) Wow, one needs to ask some hard questions on what work was actually done!
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GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 71,837 Thanked: 321,575 Times View My Garage	Re: Pics : Mercedes S500 and S600 (W140) Looks like there is a W140 fan in the Mahim Dargah lane. Spotted two W140s - one covered, while the other was parked on the footpath. Appeared more to be in 'resting' condition than 'running' though. Moving traffic so couldn't click pics.
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v12 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 6,773 Thanked: 7,569 Times View My Garage	Re: Pics : Mercedes S500 and S600 (W140) Hope they take the wheel off the grey car and put it on the silver W140. The W221 wheels look totally out of place on a W140.
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v12 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 6,773 Thanked: 7,569 Times View My Garage	Re: Pics : Mercedes S500 and S600 (W140) Spotted this well maintained / beautifully restored W140 with Lorinser chrome alloys.
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