Vehicle Description
This is an amazing and simply gorgeous condition Mercedes 420 SEL.
Finished in desirable black with the rich honey tan leather
interior (Palamino), the car presents in very nice and certainly
well above average condition. This was a Californian car for most
of its life so it is without a spec of rust anywhere, including the
underside. She travelled minimal miles after being relocated from
CA to PA in 2015. The car has had 3 owners (first 2 in California)
who added most of the mileage thru highway driving. Everything
works as it should and as pictures show, is in beautiful
presentation. Recently serviced and all in working order. Don't let
the miles put you off as these cars do 300,000 miles effortlessly
when well maintained. .Mechanically the car is in good shape with
no known issues. Just a quick look under the hood is testament to
how well this Mercedes has been maintained. The Autocheck report is
clean with no accidents or negative issues and scores off the chart
with 47 compared to the range; 25-45 for the same model. Body and
paint is excellent. Very shiny and consistent with only minor chips
here and there (more notable are stone chips from highway driving
under the lead-lamps) but nothing glaringly so. It appears most of
the car is original factory paint. The interior is in gorgeous
condition with the interior only showing modest use. Because this
is an 89 model year, it has the later style "soft leather" feature
that Mercedes adopted for the end of the model, so only seen on 89,
90 & 91 W126s. Much more modern presenting than the 81-88 126s. The
interior is in great shape with no unsightly wear on the seats,
carpets or headliner. There are some leather creases on the driver
seat but nonetheless the leather is like a 5-10 year old example.
This could be easily dyed but I did not do so as the leather has
never been dyed before. The dash has only 1 tiny 1/4" crack near
the driver speaker but with all else like new, and the wood has
minimal fading, no lifting or peeling and only the typical hairline
cracking in the lacquer around the gear-shifter. Have a close look
at the buttons and switch gear; they are in amazing condition. The
rear parcel shelf shows no sign of fade and all the medical
accoutrements are in place. She is also a non-smoker car so clean
and sweet. The car presents with all its original features;
electric seats, windows, door locks, antenna, original Becker
radio, A/C, heater, interior and exterior lights. The sunroof is
currently not working and I intend to attend to that if a fair
sales price is reached. The car was fitted with Euro spec
headlights by me because I deem the US spec ones as simply ugly as
sin. A vast improvement! Tyres are reasonably new, fitted on chrome
factory MB wheels. A set of Mercedes mud-flaps finish off the car
nicely. These can easily be removed if they are "not you". Not much
more can be said but to invite you to take a close look at the
many, many photos of this great Mercedes 420SEL. Truly an excellent
condition, I am sure you will agree. Surely amongst one of the
better examples available for sale today. A fantastic low-cost
luxury driver.
