Car-spotting in Athens Greece

[Zephyr]

https://www.car.gr/classifieds/cars/view/325862195-cadillac-eldorado

I think this one is a bargain.
Been in a dry climate all of its life, sounds, feels, drives as good as the first day.
One "small" issue is the 8 litre engine that gulps gas like the Ontario lake sucks the water from Niagara, but rolling like Boss Hog from the Dukes of Hazzard is tempting...

 

[the Nefyn cat]

It'll be alright till you try to park it. Or drive it.

 

[Zephyr]

I can not make out anything about this.

https://www.car.gr/classifieds/cars/view/8213927-mercedes-benz-250

Was this ever produced?

The only info I got is that this belonged to a French man who passed away and that it is registered as a Crayford Benz.

Any help?

 

[Pond]

Simon Cars - Crayford Engineering of Westerham - Coachbuilders on British Classic Cars, Historic Automobiles, Old Vehicles from Britain

British Cars, classic cars, historic autos, British autos, motors, Sports cars and racing automobiles from Britain

www.simoncars.co.uk

Crayford were a Kent company who chopped the roofs off many a car!

 

[Zephyr]

So no actual value on this. It is just a chopped coupe... ok. Thanks for the info!

 

[Zephyr]

Well...
Today I was approached by a bloke who knows I always consider buying whatever interests me and we had a long chat about his Z3.
101.000 km M54 3.0 cc with an ESS twin screw TS2+ that pushes 395ps
Has an intercooler and oil cooler from a 335i, the flywheel comes from a Μ5 Ε34, all suspensio is H&R for the Ζ3M, brakes from the E46 M3 CSL, full SuperSprint exhaust, CSL wheels and many more like Z3M interior etc.
The car literally spins around itself in third gear.
Immaculate condition blue with burgundy(ish) /black seats, a hardtop and a full JBL sound system.
Very tempted but also very affaid...
The price is right, but this car really scares the sh*** out of me.
On the other hand, this could be a huge profit as parts and then still be a very good 3.0 to be sold as stock...
puzzled with this one...

(p.s I covered the plate in the last photo he is against having his car on the internet)

what would you do?

 

[Jam03]

Well...
Today I was approached by a bloke who knows I always consider buying whatever interests me and we had a long chat about his Z3.
101.000 km M54 3.0 cc with an ESS twin screw TS2+ that pushes 395ps
Has an intercooler and oil cooler from a 335i, the flywheel comes from a Μ5 Ε34, all suspensio is H&R for the Ζ3M, brakes from the E46 M3 CSL, full SuperSprint exhaust, CSL wheels and many more like Z3M interior etc.
The car literally spins around itself in third gear.
Immaculate condition blue with /black seats, a hardtop and a full JBL sound system.
Very tempted but also very affaid...
The price is right, but this car really scares the sh*** out of me.
On the other hand, this could be a huge profit as parts and then still be a very good 3.0 to be sold as stock...
puzzled with this one...

(p.s I covered the plate in the last photo he is against having his car on the internet)

what would you do?

Buy it and take off all the scary bits to get it back to stock. My only fear would be that all the extra power has done damage.

 

[Zephyr]

Buy it and take off all the scary bits to get it back to stock. My only fear would be that all the extra power has done damage.

Maybe I have to check with a boroscope and probably inspect whatever I can... still so much power, yes, could have ripped apart many things inside that engine...

 

[Zephyr]

my competitor for this one raised the bar to 16k so I am out. For some people it makes sense. Me, I am another story...

 

[the Nefyn cat]

Me, I am another story...

Is that the sound of nobody arguing?

But you may have swerved a dodgy one there.

 

[Pond]

400bhp (and presumably 500-600nm ish) is an awful lot for an M54 to cope with IMO, unless it has been completely rebuilt internally with forged everything.
And people who do that stuff to cars, generally don't drive them like Miss Daisy IME.

Probably best to walk on.....