The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is, by all accounts, an excellent automobile. It is not an ideal automobile, although, as a result of as everyone knows there’s just one approach to construct an ideal automobile: Lop off the rear roof and provides it the El Camino remedy. It appears some enterprising engineer has taken up the problem of perfection, as a result of Fb Market has now given me what could be the biggest automobile ever made. This 1981 Mercedes-Benz 280SE ute trades its rear seats for a mattress in a construct so clear it nearly appears manufacturing unit. Virtually.
This Benz is not the primary German luxurious automobile to get the ute remedy. BMW has constructed a pair M3s with beds, however these at all times took a extra performance-oriented bent than the S-Class. This W126 isn’t any nimble performer or track-day toy, however a stately gentleman’s automobile. Supplied mentioned stately gentleman must go to House Depot for some lumber or one thing.
It is excellent
Jalopnik’s resident Mercedes fanatic Daniel Golson tells me that these headlights are ugly U.S.-spec models, however I do not care — I’m and have at all times been a sucker for yellow fog lights, and people little vertical accents are excellent. These lights, the wheels and whitewall tires, the chrome fender flares; each element on this automobile simply stands to emphasise how luxurious it’s. And you then take a look at the again, and it is merely not there. There’s by no means been a extra chiaroscuro car, and there by no means shall be.
The vendor of this $11,500 challenge is not its builder, and solely claims that it ran in some unspecified time in the future underneath his possession however it might now not hearth up. It additionally may, although, given the vendor hasn’t touched it since he received its diesel engine working. How onerous might or not it’s to get a compression-ignition mill again up and working, although? Just a bit little bit of elbow grease, and you may have your self a real luxurious ute — one thing nobody else can declare. If you happen to purchase this, please ship me photographs. I have to comprehend it went to dwelling. I find it irresistible a lot.
