Advice on SL 107 forum / owners clubs

[S1OWW]

Can anyone point me in the direction of any good forums and owner clubs for 1971-1989 107 SL mercs?

Looking for good places to get spares that arent stupid money.
Breakers with them down south etc.


Thanks

[r129sl]

You cannot have looked very far.

About 30 seconds research would tell you:

(1) the Mercedes-Benz Club is the oldest Mercedes owners' club in the world, the r107 is the most popular model in the club and it has an excellent online forum and monthly magazine with a specialist SL list;

(2) there are a million and one specialist dismantlers and used parts merchants, about whom a great deal of information is available from the club;

(3) ebay exists;

(4) the dealer network is actually rather excellent and good value when it comes to new parts;

(5) there are numerous Mercedes-Benz internet forums (fora?) with specialist sections for the r107 or SL models, such as Benzworld and Mercedesshop.

But, hey, why bother with research? After all, it is a myth that the more you put into your classic car the more you will get out of it, isn't it?

[r129sl]

In all seriousness, you might find this link useful:

http://tinyurl.com/yzrovkb

[S1OWW]

Of course i have looked, but most breakers seem to be up north, i've hunted ebay for the bits i want to no joy. I have hunted the net only to find very pompous types in very clicky clubs (like yourself i imagine).
I was hoping for some more down to earth owners.

[S1OWW]

In all seriousness I must add, its people like you that make me doubt owning a Mercedes.

[r129sl]

The used parts game is all online these days, I suspect because "Health and Safety" forbids the very pleasurable pastime of mooching round scrappers. Mercman is very good (but in Cornwall): www.mercman.net. I have used him for my SEC and he is brilliat.

Try also Dronsfields, www.dronsfields.com, up north, ever bought anything but well recommended.

I have bought a lot of new old stock (NOS) from Euro Merc Parts http://cart.euromercmercedesparts.co.uk/index.php?..., very reliable.

You may find Inchcape's online store useful for identifying dealer prices. Enter a part number and up comes the price: www.mercedes-benz-parts.co.uk. They key to this is to subscribe (15euros per annum) to the Mercedes-Benz electronic parts catalogue (yes, it goes back to the 107), thus giving you access to parts number information for your car (this is an amazing resource).

German Ebay has much more stuff, too.