Dude is a great storyteller! In college (1983) I had $2K to buy a car, I came across a 64 1/2 Mustang, guy was asking $3500. I offered $1750. Guy immediately answers "$1850". Done! I drove that car for 16 years
There's a point in "all of a sudden values it when someone else wants it" where it literally pays should You happen to be the only one actually wanting it - even more so with a dealership still having a bill open they remind the owner recurrently of ..... I got 50.000 € boats for the money they needed to pay the recent (plus reminders) and the upcoming due Marina bill from the heirs more than once.
it may not be that simple of a story, there is a 1991 Toyota Celica 4x4 turbo JDM spec original WRC platform but in meh paint and finish in Berlin right now being driven rarely by an Italian girl who won't sell it and can't really. That's my car, or it's 'ours' on unspecified terms. She drives it every so often to keep it running OK but atm there are no plans for it on short term other than to keep it running. Eventually I want to restore it gently, but it has some weird 'issues' which is why it just sits. It has a strange rim size that tyres aren't really made for, and a bolt pattern and wheel spec that can't be just bought, without either having custom machining done or a bunch of iffy spacers. Wheels is the only real way but custom made and it costs a lot to do on a car that is never used. So it's in limbo atm. There are some other issues that require more custom crap to fix, the wipers for one - as dumb as it sounds.
I’ve been watching the SEC cars and would love to have one. A little too expensive for me now. But I did buy a (C140) 98 CL600 and drove it home to Tennessee from California last week. I told my wife it was an unicorn, black on black with the V12, she said I was a unicorn. I’m going to polish it up and sell it in a few months. That V12 is impressive and smooth.
beautiful machine! and when you're a gear head, even a car thats been beat up a little, it can be fixed. just look at tavarish. insane cars, wild condition, but he bangs it out with jared, and they end up with fantastic cars to play with at fractions of the original prices. same goes for chris at b is for build. get someone elses wreck and bang out a car
I had a 1982 pre-merger Euro spec AMG (75k miles) I sold it cheap just 5k few years ago. That same year I spent more than 5k repair and maintenance on that car! Old man like me gave away cars as we are tired and sick of it. It's a toy we gave it away cheap cheap cheap!
Missed out on the opportunity to meet Blake and tour his collection earlier this year. I’m still mad at myself about it months later even more so after seeing how good of a person/story teller he is. What an incredible car and history!
Perfect timing I just found my original SEC (Not an AMG and certainly not a wide body) that I am working on buying back. Will post on Vin Wiki soon. Great video
I want you to know you bought yourself. What hell of a car? I've had Mercedes all my life but I had a 6 leader wide body SEC. Then I bought an 87. They are absolutely incredible you never have motor problems. You never have tranny problems. They're the most reliable car ever and the car you bought is probably the best they ever made. Where in good health?
The biggest markets for AMG's of that era? Saudi Arabia, Emirates, California...and of course, the cocaine-soaked shores of Florida. Imagine if you beat the bushes in Southern Florida you can find some of these in or near the mangrove swamps.
I was hoping this came from Japan, considering most pre merger AMGs are there and for a long time they could've been had for 25k for low ends to 60k for the nicest ones
You sir landed in that sweet spot. A chill older man who had the car you wanted but he didn't need it. It was your long brandy sipping session that clenched it for you. He learned just how much you love the car and he wanted to pass it on to someone who loved it.
@@ek.74.914 lmao what are you talking about, all this talk of negotiating the price and the seller throws him a bone for 7k. “best i can do is 6200 bucks” that was funny bro
@@ek.74.914 is on point on this one, but I'ma give the guest the benefit of the doubt and blame it on the editing. I felt like i was listening to my wife tell a story with no closure.
Well, that’s a potentially heartwarming story…hopefully we can get at least one or two updates regarding the condition of such a badass classic Merc. Cheers to you on finding your dream vehicle; good luck turning it into the monster it was intended to be!
Lack of capital is a very powerful negotiating tool. A very well bought AMG, Blakley. I hope you come back and show us this great car when it's restored to it's former glory.
W126 SE SEL SEC is the most beautiful and bomb-proof car of all time (Ok baby brother W123 gets a look-in on the bomb-proof part). Even when it is not moving it looks like it's moving. they look like starships that travel on land. All other S-classes that came after may have toys and gadgets but they don't have style grace and soul. PERIOD
My dream would be to find an ultra rare “hammer” the 300 CE 6.0 AMG. I have only seen one live at in Affalterbach and I believe they maybe made a dozen. They go for 250 grand and are nowhere to be found
HEY ED! Bam Margara's Purple Gallardo has been popping up for sale in the past 2 weeks. I feel like this would be a great car for Vinwiki. Its referred to as the worst Gallardo in the states!! They seem to want anywhere between 50-65k, Im sure you'll take it home for half that!
I don't know how many widebody SEC's had the same pin stripe treatment, and the rear fenders curving inward again (unlike some of the other widebody coupes), but a L.A. area acquaintance bought an identical SEC in the bay area, did a little bit of work on it, and sold it again. I happened to be there when the car was parked in Henrik's driveway, behind his Phoenix SEC widebody project. Congrats
Buddy has one of these, crazy story, it was a stolen recovery, buddy of his bought it for the wheels, then gave him the car. It’s sitting behind a house in van Nuys right now. I keep having to go help him put new tarps over it. It’s a real one
Wait a minute!!! What the hell are you doing!?!?? Where’s the rest of the story ?!?? What’s happening to the car since?!?!? LoL Thanks. Every car guy fantasy. Now tell us about the restoration. Haha
You made off like a bandit, awesome score young fella, there was a similar car getting around Sydney Australia for a few years, black on black widebody AMG, number plate, DVADER, love to know what happened to it, Rj in Oz
A friend of mine has a 6 liter DOHC one in Australia. His is white though. He actually took out the 6.0 and put it on a stand. Replaced it with a standard motor. The 6.0 DOHC cars make a Countach seem cheap to maintain and Prius level reliable.
After watching this video, I went looking online and couldnt find a single one for sale in europe....nor the US (checked autotrader)....WHAT A DEAL!!!! So few were made....
This is the WB that Ed (an Aussie) purchased when he was living & working in Chicago. He has since moved back to San Diego & had the WB fully repainted & installed Recaro front seats and swapped out that Nardi steering wheel for correct AMG wheel & recently swapped out the WB Penta's for AMG Aero 3's in WB version. That 1st Pic of the WB parked on the highway (and the Nardi s/wheel) got my attention as i had the same pic saved on my PC from when Ed emailed me the pics in Dec 2015. The young guy talking in the video flipped it as he only had it in his possession for just 6 weeks. There was body correction work needing to be carried out before it got fully repainted back in San Diego. The young guy would be kicking himself now for not keeping it.
The young guy flipped it after only owning for 6 weeks. I know the guy who bought it and had it fully restored & repainted. It now has Recaro Classics front seats, AMG Steering wheel and now wears WB AMG Aero 3's wheels and the coupe is stunning in presentation. It now resides in San Diego
Sounds fishy? Cut rear deck and crawled through? The gas tank is behind the seat? There's less than 1' of rear deck accessible. Not impossible, but very strange bit of the story.
My buddies dad had one... bought it new. Low km , mint condition all original always climate controlled storage never winter driven .Gave it to his son for his 16th birthday. He didn't know what he had. He sold it for like 14k cad to buy a fishing boat... I wish I had the money at the time to buy it
I am from europe and when I was in school at the 90s, this was the previous model S class shape, and the hit was W140, the previous gen was also such a bomb! These cars in good spec and condition are stunning indeed, the coupe is even cooler! "Eurospecs are cooler", I never liked the US bumpers, or headlights on the old Benzes:)
I live in Roanoke, VA also and I'm always looking for a gem sitting out on "death row" at dealerships. I have an idea on where there one was found and I hate that I missed it!!! Congrats on the find!
ANY car with a low volume body kit is a Gamble, I've owned a few early AMG kitted cars and they usually are a house of horrors unless you have donor cars and mad welding and spot weld unpicking skills or a budget that allows Classic Center patronage. The thing with MB is? Its always worth it because they have soul.
At 48 years old, and driving cars on the road since I was 12, I will never understand someone being enthusiastic about an automatic performance car. All my vintage Datsuns, Audis, Porsches, Toyotas, Corvettes, Hondas, RX7s, etc etc have all been manual trans!
while this is performance, it is also a GT Cruiser, an autobahn stormer, this is not performance car in the same realm as a small corvette, or a small, low slung RX7.. it is a large car build on the s class chassis. freight train power for burnouts and long comfortable journeys all while looking badass. different customer than your porsche 911
If this was Ed Bolian, it would’ve went like “I offered $5K, he wanted $20K and we met smack dab in the middle at $6.2K” 😂😂
I mean at this point he has to do the thing, everyone expects him to do the thing and he kinda has to oblige us
Naw Ed would have gotten it for $5k 😂
Ed is a shrewd negotiator...
@@joeblack007 Indeed! I was thinking the very same.
Nah Ed would of got it for -$10k (car trek joke)
Dude is a great storyteller! In college (1983) I had $2K to buy a car, I came across a 64 1/2 Mustang, guy was asking $3500. I offered $1750. Guy immediately answers "$1850". Done! I drove that car for 16 years
You know how much that car would be worth in mint condition today?
gotta love it when an owner doesn't care enough about a car to take proper care of it then all of a sudden values it when someone else wants it
There's a point in "all of a sudden values it when someone else wants it" where it literally pays should You happen to be the only one actually wanting it - even more so with a dealership still having a bill open they remind the owner recurrently of ..... I got 50.000 € boats for the money they needed to pay the recent (plus reminders) and the upcoming due Marina bill from the heirs more than once.
it may not be that simple of a story, there is a 1991 Toyota Celica 4x4 turbo JDM spec original WRC platform but in meh paint and finish in Berlin right now being driven rarely by an Italian girl who won't sell it and can't really. That's my car, or it's 'ours' on unspecified terms. She drives it every so often to keep it running OK but atm there are no plans for it on short term other than to keep it running. Eventually I want to restore it gently, but it has some weird 'issues' which is why it just sits. It has a strange rim size that tyres aren't really made for, and a bolt pattern and wheel spec that can't be just bought, without either having custom machining done or a bunch of iffy spacers. Wheels is the only real way but custom made and it costs a lot to do on a car that is never used. So it's in limbo atm. There are some other issues that require more custom crap to fix, the wipers for one - as dumb as it sounds.
I know that feeling of excitement well! Great find.
Hi ed 👋
Boy that's true.
Elon musk and tesla is awful
Doug demuro is awful because he doesn't care what we think he is very successful and he doesn't even have an editor he doesn't even have cameraman
Doug doesn't do any giveaways
That was some shrewd negotiating
that was some. I literally dont have any more money than this level negotiating. Im 23 i know all about it
being broke AND the only bidder, is a surprisingly powerful negotiating position.
@coffee meh, not everyone drinks bro
@coffee sounds like you’re the alcoholic buddy 👍
I love this guy! He knows his shit about Benz' , talked to him about my C38. Glad he is on here
Got a feeling there is a part 2 to this? I mean, after the deal is done is where all the "fun" really begins. Right Ed?
Yep. Lots of pics of one that looks great, so clearly it got fixed. Interested in the "how it got there" story.
... And then I spent $30k sorting it out."
@@BlueTrane2028 Agreed, kind of left on the edge of my seat here...
Right, that was what I was expecting
Hopefully it has been put in his garage on a strict service schedule. And driven periodically.
"I'm poor but I really want your car" love it 😄 hahaha
He really has a way with words that convey exactly what he means. Good storyteller!
few more plots, few more details, matching photos and Ed could retire ( if he didnt yet )
Not really. He doesn't know the meaning of "unique" or "different" and struggles to complete sentences.
Even seeing a normal 560 sec is rare, a AMG version is the dream
This guy is great. Get him for more stories please!
I never knew SEC widebodies existed and now I’m lusting after it.
One of the best looking Mercedes period. I just wish it was a manual
Mad. How the dealer mechanics were not onto it is nuts.
You didn't find it, you stole it!!!
$6200! 😳
You absolute legend!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Well legend? I think 6200 is not a fair offer though. Legends do a fair offer.
@@DiscoforU ok mister legend
Blakley was great. Need a part 2 on the restoration.
I’ve been watching the SEC cars and would love to have one. A little too expensive for me now.
But I did buy a (C140) 98 CL600 and drove it home to Tennessee from California last week. I told my wife it was an unicorn, black on black with the V12, she said I was a unicorn. I’m going to polish it up and sell it in a few months. That V12 is impressive and smooth.
I drive Subaru’s, but I absolutely love watching and hearing these stories about these sort of finds.
beautiful machine! and when you're a gear head, even a car thats been beat up a little, it can be fixed. just look at tavarish. insane cars, wild condition, but he bangs it out with jared, and they end up with fantastic cars to play with at fractions of the original prices. same goes for chris at b is for build. get someone elses wreck and bang out a car
Episode 3 of Car Trek 5 will release today at noon Eastern on Tavarish's channel.
Heck yea!!!
I had a 1982 pre-merger Euro spec AMG (75k miles) I sold it cheap just 5k few years ago. That same year I spent more than 5k repair and maintenance on that car! Old man like me gave away cars as we are tired and sick of it. It's a toy we gave it away cheap cheap cheap!
Missed out on the opportunity to meet Blake and tour his collection earlier this year. I’m still mad at myself about it months later even more so after seeing how good of a person/story teller he is. What an incredible car and history!
Perfect timing I just found my original SEC (Not an AMG and certainly not a wide body) that I am working on buying back. Will post on Vin Wiki soon. Great video
Vinwiki rarely disappoints me, another great storyteller, and a sick ass car!
Im in awe, What I wouldn't give for this find...
I want you to know you bought yourself. What hell of a car? I've had Mercedes all my life but I had a 6 leader wide body SEC. Then I bought an 87. They are absolutely incredible you never have motor problems. You never have tranny problems. They're the most reliable car ever and the car you bought is probably the best they ever made. Where in good health?
The biggest markets for AMG's of that era? Saudi Arabia, Emirates, California...and of course, the cocaine-soaked shores of Florida. Imagine if you beat the bushes in Southern Florida you can find some of these in or near the mangrove swamps.
I've loved these cars ever since I saw a 1985 500SEL AMG W126 in all gold as a kid. The car still sits there to this day and I covet it.
And I've got some pictures of that car to remind me!
I was hoping this came from Japan, considering most pre merger AMGs are there and for a long time they could've been had for 25k for low ends to 60k for the nicest ones
You sir landed in that sweet spot. A chill older man who had the car you wanted but he didn't need it. It was your long brandy sipping session that clenched it for you. He learned just how much you love the car and he wanted to pass it on to someone who loved it.
It was Bourbon. You failed the test, no AMG wide body for you!😉
It's incredible how this video has only 338k views.
This guy is a pretty good storyteller - not quite Ed Bolian level - but damn good 👍
what? This guy has zero inflection in his voice and the story, there wasn't any.
@@ek.74.914 lmao what are you talking about, all this talk of negotiating the price and the seller throws him a bone for 7k. “best i can do is 6200 bucks” that was funny bro
@@Cynsham dude was monotone and boring and the story was 10x longer than necessary for the small amount of actual interesting story there.
@@ek.74.914 is on point on this one, but I'ma give the guest the benefit of the doubt and blame it on the editing. I felt like i was listening to my wife tell a story with no closure.
Well, that’s a potentially heartwarming story…hopefully we can get at least one or two updates regarding the condition of such a badass classic Merc. Cheers to you on finding your dream vehicle; good luck turning it into the monster it was intended to be!
Love the smell of a good car story in the morning! Love the channel!!
Lack of capital is a very powerful negotiating tool. A very well bought AMG, Blakley. I hope you come back and show us this great car when it's restored to it's former glory.
We definitely need a part 2 to this story. What happened with the car? Did it have the 6.0? I would love the hear that story.
Real car guys love selling special cars to good homes even taking a loss ..
We need part 2 ! I know that there's more to this story !
that was almost Ed Bolian level deal, well done
W126 SE SEL SEC is the most beautiful and bomb-proof car of all time (Ok baby brother W123 gets a look-in on the bomb-proof part). Even when it is not moving it looks like it's moving. they look like starships that travel on land. All other S-classes that came after may have toys and gadgets but they don't have style grace and soul. PERIOD
This car definitely needs its own Doug Demuro review. "This!...is a Mercedes AMG wide body SCC and today....
My dream would be to find an ultra rare “hammer” the 300 CE 6.0 AMG. I have only seen one live at in Affalterbach and I believe they maybe made a dozen. They go for 250 grand and are nowhere to be found
HEY ED!
Bam Margara's Purple Gallardo has been popping up for sale in the past 2 weeks. I feel like this would be a great car for Vinwiki. Its referred to as the worst Gallardo in the states!!
They seem to want anywhere between 50-65k, Im sure you'll take it home for half that!
Man you stole that wide body. What a nice ride.
Seen this blue Benz on road house movie been trying get my hands one ever since
Dear previous owner,
please take a sipp of that bourbon, take a moment and look at to who you allowed to steal from you...
Love the story! Those Becker head units are pricey though 😂
6200 plus 200 to get it back from the dealership. but how much did he spend to fully restore it? Great story but these need more to them.
That is some shrewd negotiation right there
I thought me buying a 96 Impala SS fully optioned for 2,100 in 2014 was impressive this story is crazy!
I don't know how many widebody SEC's had the same pin stripe treatment, and the rear fenders curving inward again (unlike some of the other widebody coupes), but a L.A. area acquaintance bought an identical SEC in the bay area, did a little bit of work on it, and sold it again. I happened to be there when the car was parked in Henrik's driveway, behind his Phoenix SEC widebody project. Congrats
DUDE that made me jump out of my seat! Epic score, would love to see the car too.
I didn't even know who I was expecting to tell this story... Then I saw Blakley and then it all makes sense to me..
From 20 to 6.2?! Ed, start taking lessons from this guy! 😅
This is like Pawn shop level negotiation offer.
The Car is for sale for 20 k .
- best i do is 6300 $
Okay done..
I know what it’s like to negotiate over time over an old German car. Good work!
I forgot about these cars. So sexy. Love to have one.
My current position says: not a chance
I bought a 190e 2.3 16v dogleg 5 speed for $500
I seen one of these on Craigslist about a year or two ago for around $5k. I thought it looked sweet but didn't know the value in them.
The 560sec was always one of the cars I would've loved to have bought when they were cheap. :/
Buddy has one of these, crazy story, it was a stolen recovery, buddy of his bought it for the wheels, then gave him the car. It’s sitting behind a house in van Nuys right now. I keep having to go help him put new tarps over it.
It’s a real one
Unless he’s going to do something soon DO NOT tarp it! That welcomes rust
@@MrGlock509 door isn’t closing properly, it is what it is. When it was stolen they love tapped the drivers rear fender into a pole
a widebody sec? is it for sale?
@@windowsdown3684 it’s a wide body sec. don’t think he wants to sell it. But honestly never asked. Euro cars never really interested me.
If this is true, I have a local buyer for it. "Everything is for sale if you ask" 😉
Beautiful car and a great story. Thanks so much for sharing. Also, I love the MB Market, I visit every day.
Related to Ed??? This has to be the definition of shrewd negotiation.. I would have been done at 7
This car needs the Petrolicious treatment!
That has to be one of the most beautiful cars I've ever seen
lol "given my current position"
Great story! What about the resto?!?! Inquiring minds must know!!!
I wanna see what it looks like now, I need more on this car
i saw it back in july and it looks really really good. he’s taken great care of it
Where did you see it
Wait a minute!!! What the hell are you doing!?!?? Where’s the rest of the story ?!?? What’s happening to the car since?!?!? LoL
Thanks. Every car guy fantasy. Now tell us about the restoration. Haha
You made off like a bandit, awesome score young fella, there was a similar car getting around Sydney Australia for a few years, black on black widebody AMG, number plate, DVADER, love to know what happened to it, Rj in Oz
A friend of mine has a 6 liter DOHC one in Australia. His is white though. He actually took out the 6.0 and put it on a stand. Replaced it with a standard motor. The 6.0 DOHC cars make a Countach seem cheap to maintain and Prius level reliable.
i know where there is a white widebody hammer dying behind a building in ND
Pay that forward man! congratulations!
he took notes on Ed's negotiating skills!
Met right smack in the middle at $6,200!!! Take notes Ed! This guy is the king of shrewd negotiations!
After watching this video, I went looking online and couldnt find a single one for sale in europe....nor the US (checked autotrader)....WHAT A DEAL!!!! So few were made....
Would have been interesting to know what he did with the car that needed a lot of work and no money in the bank to fix it up lol.
He sold it a few months later
This is the WB that Ed (an Aussie) purchased when he was living & working in Chicago. He has since moved back to San Diego & had the WB fully repainted & installed Recaro front seats and swapped out that Nardi steering wheel for correct AMG wheel & recently swapped out the WB Penta's for AMG Aero 3's in WB version. That 1st Pic of the WB parked on the highway (and the Nardi s/wheel) got my attention as i had the same pic saved on my PC from when Ed emailed me the pics in Dec 2015. The young guy talking in the video flipped it as he only had it in his possession for just 6 weeks. There was body correction work needing to be carried out before it got fully repainted back in San Diego. The young guy would be kicking himself now for not keeping it.
These videos seem to cut short. How was the restoration? Where’s the car now? Is it sold? What did it sell for?
The young guy flipped it after only owning for 6 weeks. I know the guy who bought it and had it fully restored & repainted. It now has Recaro Classics front seats, AMG Steering wheel and now wears WB AMG Aero 3's wheels and the coupe is stunning in presentation. It now resides in San Diego
I have two 560SEC I have a European bumper kit with genuine AMG front and rear valances and side skirts. I believe they are for a widebody SEC
Are you interested in selling the kit?
Never discount the power of the Bourbon.
The W126 SEC is a quintessential classic and my absolute favorite Benz of all time .
Sounds fishy? Cut rear deck and crawled through? The gas tank is behind the seat? There's less than 1' of rear deck accessible. Not impossible, but very strange bit of the story.
Glad I'm not the only one who caught that. No way that's how they accessed the inside
It was cut out for a stereo that was removed.
Oh, I remember how it always worked out great in the past, when one larger bank acquired a smaller one.
My buddies dad had one... bought it new. Low km , mint condition all original always climate controlled storage never winter driven .Gave it to his son for his 16th birthday. He didn't know what he had. He sold it for like 14k cad to buy a fishing boat... I wish I had the money at the time to buy it
I am from europe and when I was in school at the 90s, this was the previous model S class shape, and the hit was W140, the previous gen was also such a bomb! These cars in good spec and condition are stunning indeed, the coupe is even cooler! "Eurospecs are cooler", I never liked the US bumpers, or headlights on the old Benzes:)
The owner was a cool guy, he basically gave him the car....I wish both people well 😊
I live in Roanoke, VA also and I'm always looking for a gem sitting out on "death row" at dealerships. I have an idea on where there one was found and I hate that I missed it!!! Congrats on the find!
Cant belive my man didnt record full restauration, i would pay to watch that :(
My favorite vin wiki stories
Ed Bolian would be proud
80s AMGs are some of the most evil cars ever created
I’m not a super car guy but love the stories👍
Well they're not really talking about super cars in this one
Shrewdly negotiated! Dude easily made 30-40x his investment with current prices. Well done, sir!
We need to know what motor it ended up having!
Raise your hand if you remember the 80's version of VinWiki.....The Dupont Registry!!!
How to shrewdly negotiate without really trying??? Nice find!
I have a very similar story about my 1 of 788 Supercharged Jaguar XJ.
ANY car with a low volume body kit is a Gamble, I've owned a few early AMG kitted cars and they usually are a house of horrors unless you have donor cars and mad welding and spot weld unpicking skills or a budget that allows Classic Center patronage.
The thing with MB is? Its always worth it because they have soul.
What a great story! Would love to hear what has happened since.
At 48 years old, and driving cars on the road since I was 12, I will never understand someone being enthusiastic about an automatic performance car. All my vintage Datsuns, Audis, Porsches, Toyotas, Corvettes, Hondas, RX7s, etc etc have all been manual trans!
while this is performance, it is also a GT Cruiser, an autobahn stormer, this is not performance car in the same realm as a small corvette, or a small, low slung RX7.. it is a large car build on the s class chassis. freight train power for burnouts and long comfortable journeys all while looking badass. different customer than your porsche 911
I wanna hear what it took to get it looking fresh again!
And today I learn that one of my life long dream cars are appreciating in value to unobtainable levels. 😔
There's one of these running around Queens NYC looking very rough,daily driver type deal. Only ever saw it once.