Took the plunge and bought a 1965 Mercedes 220SEB Coup

[Bagpuss2012]

So I finally took the plunge with this 1965 220SEB. Started life in Australia and came to UK in 90s.Not stopped buffing and polishing since it arrived !

[jith]

Beautiful...and a real Mercedes.

J

[chris333]

Lovely!

[mph]

Very nice.

Can we have some more pictures please ?

[longshot]

Ooh, that's nice.

[Bagpuss2012]

Hi. A few more pics. Had her for a 4 whole days now and she has done more miles in 4 days than in the last 3 years. Generally no problems other than the wing mirror falling off (Stuck on with Supper Glue ! ). Turns out its the wrong wing mirror anyway, so Im chasing a replacement.

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[SFO]

absolutely stunning

[V12 AMG]

Great choice! Looks amazing!!

[MX-5 Lazza]

That is beautiful!

[HarryW]

That is nice, how many of your English pounds for something like that?

[marcosal]

Beautiful. Huge style and presence.

[irocfan]

gorgeous!

[gvij]

I saw a restored mint one here in Dublin 3 weeks ago and thought it was one of their finest efforts and would love to own one some day.It couldn't be cheap ?

[55palfers]

That truly is a wonderful old car

How did you come by it? Was it just love at first sight or had you been lusting for ages?

[W124Bob]

Cheshire Classic Benz have just sold an almost identical 220SEb, in fact I first thought it was the same car. The CC Benz car has a light brown interior http://www.ccbenz.co.uk/?page_id=14.

[DB7 pilot]

Me too!
Got mine Feb 2014 and been fettling ever since:

The first time ever I saw her face. Silverarrows in South London. Price: £21k..ish
Then it began:

I admired one of these in this blue as a kid and white just didn't do it for me.

I got a set of ropey 'Mexican Hat' alloys from E-Bay and had them refurb'd then added new rubber. Chrome is generally good apart from rear bumper.

New front screen just in as is her new stablemate, a lovely grey metallic E-Type.

Didn't realize just how big the coupe is (or how small the E-Type is) Offending rear bumper went off to be re-chromed...something of a mistake that, came back looking like a sieve and any attempt at brazing made things worse so after months of trying to make do I bit the bullet and ordered a set of repro's in stainless steel from Vietnam... I know! You wouldn't think it, but for £700 the five piece bumper arrived in two weeks complete with stainless nuts and bolts all looking like highly polished chrome.

Like the OP, you can't help but buff these things, plenty of wax and Autosol, very rewarding.