1966 Mercedes 230s Fintail Sedan on 2040-cars

This classic fintail car runs and drives well, however the front carburetor seems to have a vacuum leak, thus won't sync up, so it idles a little rough. The car is equipped with power front disc brakes that were checked out in the shop and work great. The head liner is in good shape as are the seats with the exception of some sun baking on the top of the rear seat resulting in two evenly spaced splits on each side of the top of the rear seat . They are spaced uniformly and look very repairable. The removable carpet on the front passenger side is in poor condition due to fabric break down, the rest of the floor of the car is in respectable condition. The exterior is very presentable, however there is some minor surface cracks in the paint on the left rear quarter panel that you need to look hard for. all of the lights and signals work (no electrical gremlins) with two speed wipers and two speed heater fan. The original and rare blpunkt AM radio works great and has a good factory speaker. There is one heat crack on the dash pad near the radio speaker. The windshield has a bebe chip at the very top of the glass above the steering wheel and it has wiper rash. The tires have good tread but should be replaced simply due to their age. The car has no rust in the front cross member, rocker panels, wheel wells, floors or trunk area other than acceptable minor surface rust here and there, rare for this body series. The trunk mat is in intact good condition. The power steering seems to work better when turning the steering wheel to the right than it does turning the wheel to the left when the car is stopped. It's not noticeable when driving. The odometer states 80K miles, however it's not working, the speedometer does work. I'm inclined to believe the odometer is close to correct as there is no wear on the driver's side floor covering or the gas and brake pedal. From what we know of the cars history the mileage makes sense. All the exterior chrome is present as delivered new forty seven years ago. We did not receive the key for all but the ignition key. A key will need to be made the doors, trunk, and glove box, These all use the same key. In the process of getting the car road worthy we replaced the radiator, battery, driveshaft center carrier bearing and the front anti-vibration coupler. The gas tank was removed and internally coated to seal and protect it. Of course there are 50 other little things that have been done to it to help make it right and into a dependable driver. This car can only go up in value from here as the rare classic it is. The car comes with a spare tire, jack, a spare brake rotor and a hub cap, a power steering rebuild kit as well as the factory owners packet including warranty manual owners manual radio manual and the original BUILD CARDS and other data. We located hard to find new wiper blades and installed them. We will include receipts that reflect some of our investment in saving this car. The car has fresh Oregon tags, good through November 2015. A new Oregon clear title(the car had Utah plates which expired in 2006)is currently being processed and will arrive shortly. This "Fintail" is a good car to finish reconditioning and use it as a daily driver, or to do a "full on" restoration with, for show. This car is getting hard to find as the 111 (230S)was made only from 1961 to 1967. This was the second to last year for tailfins and the last year with chrome trim on them. It is also the first car ever with crumple zones to protect interior structure. The car is presented with a generous reserve. We require a $500.00 dollar deposit through PayPal and full payment in five business days should the reserve be met. All aspects of shipping are solely the responsibility of the winning buyer. We have the right to stop the auction at any time as the car is also advertised locally.