Junkyard Find: 1977 Mercedes-Benz 450SLC

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Junkyard Find: 1977 Mercedes-Benz 450SLC

10 - 1977 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin The value of a Mercedes-Benz R107/C107 goes down to a hair's-breadth over scrap price once it becomes non-perfect, and so it's no surprise that these things have been quite common in American self-serve wrecking yards for the last couple of decades. We've seen this '80 450SL, this '74 450SL, and this '78 450SLC so far in this series, and here's a '77 450SLC that I spotted in the San Francisco Bay Area last year. Such luxury, such status! It almost makes me want to pick up a cheap SLC for myself.
01 - 1977 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin If you were a fairly successful cocaine dealer in Los Angeles, circa 1977, this was the car made for you. About the only competition was the new BMW E24.
05 - 1977 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin This car racked up a mere 182,138 miles during its 36 years on the street. The body is completely rust-free and the interior probably wasn't bad before junkyard customers started prying parts off it.
06 - 1977 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC Down On The Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin Nobody ever buys these OHC V8s at junkyards. Poor unloved old Mercedes.