1980 Mercedes Benz 450 Sel W116 on 2040-cars
Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
This is a very nice example of Fine German Engineering. I purchased this Benz from a friend of a friend, it had been in his family for around 20 years. As his parents aged, it just sat in the garage for the last several years. Since I have owned this vehicle, I replaced the battery, drained the fuel and installed a new fuel pump and filter. She fired right up, I only took her around my subdivision but everything seems to be in order, she runs nice and quiet. Her transmission shifted like butter. Even at 33 years old, I can see why this car cost so much new and was voted one of the worlds best Saloons!
She was resprayed at some point, probably 15 years ago and she does have some chips in her paint. The interior is in very nice condition, the seats were covered with sheepskin and very well preserved showing only very minor wear on the driver seat. There are a few small cracks in the dash. The back seat seems to be suffering from the same affliction that most of these 116's suffer. I have been poking around high and low and did not see any rust at all on this car, no bubbling, no nothing. This is a running car, but I did not go through each of the systems thoroughly, I would recommend it should be done by the new owner. Please feel free to call me with any questions: 727-452-1393 If the winning bidder wishes to ship the auto, I will be happy to help but will not facilitate shipping. $500 is due within 48 hours of the auctions end, the rest is due in Cash or via PayPal. |
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That's the thought experiment that seems to have led French photographer Renaud Marion to create his six-image series called Air Drive. The shots depict cars throughout many eras of motoring that look normal except for one thing: they have no wheels. The models used include a Jaguar XK120, Cadillac DeVille (shown above), Chevrolet El Camino and Camaro, and Mercedes-Benz SL and 300 roadsters.
Perhaps one day when our future becomes our past, you'll be able to walk the street and see with your own eyes the rust and patina of age on our nation's fleet of floating cars. Until then, Monsieur Marion's photographs will have to do.
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Sun, Mar 29 2015As leaders for the United Auto Workers gather in Detroit for their Special Convention on Collective Bargaining to work out the negotiating stance for this year's new labor agreements with the Detroit 3 automakers, what they most want to do is figure out how to eliminate the two-tier wage scale. However, the lower Tier 2 wage has allowed the domestic automakers to reduce their labor costs, hire more workers, and compete better with their import competition. As it stands, per-hour labor rates including benefits are $58 at General Motors, $57 at Ford, and $48 at Fiat-Chrysler – a reflection of FCA's much greater number of Tier 2 workers. The Center for Automotive Research released a study of labor rates (including benefits) that put numbers to what the imports pay: Mercedes-Benz pays the most, at an average of $65 per hour, Volkswagen pays the least, at $38 per hour, and BMW is just a hair above that at $39 per hour. Among the Detroit competitors, Honda workers earn an average of $49 per hour, at Toyota it's $48 per hour, Nissan is $42 per hour, and Hyundai-Kia pays $41 per hour. The lower import wages are aided by their greater use of temporary workers compared to the domestics. Automotive News says the ten-dollar gap between those foreign camakers and the domestics turns out to about an extra $250 per car in labor, which adds up quickly when you're pumping out many millions of cars. That $250-per-car number is one that, come negotiating time, the Detroit 3 will want to reduce, as the UAW is trying to raise both Tier 1 and Tier 2 wages. Another wrinkle is that the domestic carmakers are considering the wide adoption of a third wage level lower than Tier 2. Some workers who do minor tasks like assembling parts trays kits and battery packs already make less than Tier 2, but the UAW will be quite wary about cementing yet another wage scale at the bottom of the system while it's trying to fight a bigger battle at the top. News Source: Automotive News - sub. req., BloombergImage Credit: AP Photo/Erik Schelzig Earnings/Financials UAW/Unions BMW Chevrolet Fiat Ford GM Honda Hyundai Kia Mercedes-Benz Nissan Toyota Volkswagen labor wages collective bargaining labor costs