I had a US spec 1984 190E that I bought in LA. Very good car. It had a sunroof, which I think you don’t have. One thing, the ‘84 190E had a lean start problem that was generally fixed at the dealer by recall.Mine wasn’t caught and for years I had a very slow first start (fine for rest of the day after that). This only affected the 1984 model year. Although a small car, the 190E was in every way a Benz with excellent ride, although not with great power. Was extremely safe. I took an elk through the windshield in Idaho and lived through it. Excellent cruiser. Routinely cranked out 600 mile trips without drama. Good seats. Good luck.
My dad bought a 1992 E190 off a family friend for €100 when I was a teenager. The head gasket was gone, and the owner wasn’t willing to put any more money into it. My father literally bought that car for the tires on it! Same size tires that he needed for his own car. He drove it to the house, and parked it up, changed the tires and left it sit there for years. It was a lovely grey, and had little to no rust on the body. Crazy how these things happen
I've had 8 Mercedes over the years, and early on I bought one of these in Japan years ago for my mother to drive. Crazy low kms, something like 30,000, in pristine condition and dirt cheap! Only the next morning I looked a little closer at the 3 pictures from the auction and saw that it was RHD 🤭. I flipped it back into the same auction the next week, sold it for more, and covered all the expenses. But I often have regretted not keeping it since!! That was in my very early days of collecting. I just could not imagine my mother driving RHD... we got her a gorgeous LHD BMW E36 soon after that was the envy of the young guys on my crews
@neilrensen8950 I had thought about hitting you up, that you might know a bit about these. I also think I might look for a BMW to match this car, in more turn key condition, maybe from one of your sources.
Oh Ed, You got it bad, are there plans to extend your shop, I thought it would be another car. The 64 Vert didn't look to bad. However if anyone can put life back into the 84 Mercedes it most certainly would be you. Good Luck. Look forward to seeing the finished product.
Just came across by accident , I'm English & had several 190s in the.90s . 1st a D reg 86 2.0 L followed by an 88 F reg 2.3 Cosworth. Other than the 190s I've also had an 01 SLK 230K the quality of the 190s were far better than the later SLK. No disrespect but the North American 190s just don't look as good as the European versions the headlights on ours just look so much better. Regarding the warning triangle in Europe only Mercedes have them certainly not any other & definitely not Golf Rs as the older gentleman said I've had 5 Golfs MK2 , Mk4 , 2 Mk5s & my current Mk7 GTD 190 not a single VW has them or they don't in Europe m
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Good luck Ed.
Thanks 👍
Looking forward to seeing what you do with it!!👍🏻
You and me both!
I had a US spec 1984 190E that I bought in LA. Very good car. It had a sunroof, which I think you don’t have. One thing, the ‘84 190E had a lean start problem that was generally fixed at the dealer by recall.Mine wasn’t caught and for years I had a very slow first start (fine for rest of the day after that). This only affected the 1984 model year. Although a small car, the 190E was in every way a Benz with excellent ride, although not with great power. Was extremely safe. I took an elk through the windshield in Idaho and lived through it. Excellent cruiser. Routinely cranked out 600 mile trips without drama. Good seats. Good luck.
Great info. Any idea what caused the lean start? I expect it to be slow, but I'm used to that. It'll have more jam than my Daihatsu truck.
My dad bought a 1992 E190 off a family friend for €100 when I was a teenager. The head gasket was gone, and the owner wasn’t willing to put any more money into it.
My father literally bought that car for the tires on it! Same size tires that he needed for his own car. He drove it to the house, and parked it up, changed the tires and left it sit there for years. It was a lovely grey, and had little to no rust on the body. Crazy how these things happen
That's a great story, thanks for sharing.
I love the W201. Back in the 90's I turboed quite a few. plenty of suspension and bodykit options. They make a great daily!
Fantastic. I have zero idea what I'm doing as far as the KE-Jetronic injection, but the rest looks pretty straight forward.
I've had 8 Mercedes over the years, and early on I bought one of these in Japan years ago for my mother to drive. Crazy low kms, something like 30,000, in pristine condition and dirt cheap! Only the next morning I looked a little closer at the 3 pictures from the auction and saw that it was RHD 🤭. I flipped it back into the same auction the next week, sold it for more, and covered all the expenses. But I often have regretted not keeping it since!! That was in my very early days of collecting. I just could not imagine my mother driving RHD... we got her a gorgeous LHD BMW E36 soon after that was the envy of the young guys on my crews
@neilrensen8950 I had thought about hitting you up, that you might know a bit about these. I also think I might look for a BMW to match this car, in more turn key condition, maybe from one of your sources.
Seems like a fair deal. Good luck with it. I hope you don't have to put too much money into it.
I'm hoping it's reasonable. We'll see. Thanks for watching
Oh Ed, You got it bad, are there plans to extend your shop, I thought it would be another car. The 64 Vert didn't look to bad. However if anyone can put life back into the 84 Mercedes it most certainly would be you. Good Luck. Look forward to seeing the finished product.
Thanks! That '64 is a great car. You would like it.
I am getting pretty full over here, and still want more. It's a sickness, but I'm okay with it.
Think how much you will save in wiper blades. Looking forward to it.
One of my favorite things about it. I'm looking forward to the project.
Just came across by accident , I'm English & had several 190s in the.90s . 1st a D reg 86 2.0 L followed by an 88 F reg 2.3 Cosworth. Other than the 190s I've also had an 01 SLK 230K the quality of the 190s were far better than the later SLK. No disrespect but the North American 190s just don't look as good as the European versions the headlights on ours just look so much better. Regarding the warning triangle in Europe only Mercedes have them certainly not any other & definitely not Golf Rs as the older gentleman said I've had 5 Golfs MK2 , Mk4 , 2 Mk5s & my current Mk7 GTD 190 not a single VW has them or they don't in Europe m
Thanks for the info. I agree about the euro lights, I might change them, but I'll get the car working first. thanks for watching