Getting An Abandoned & Ultra Rare Pre-Merger AMG Started After Sitting For 27 Years! Will It Drive?

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  @LegitStreetCars · 5 years ago · pinned

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• QU

  @quentinc1275 · 5 years ago

  Whoever let that car sit is a legend... they cleared the fuel system out and dumped oil down the cylinders that&apos;s amazing.

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• AL

  @albertpenello · 5 years ago

  @LegitStreetCars - Hey Alex I&apos;m sure you know these cars, but I own a bunch of these early W126 cars so a couple tips. First, when you replace the Fuel Pump, be sure and replace the fuel accumulator. It&apos;s best to take the whole assembly off and change all three (pump, filter, and accumulator). The Fuel Accumulator in these cars has an outsized effect in how they run - not only keeping pressure in the system when you try to re-start the car, but assisting the fuel pump in keeping the pressure required to pop those mechanical injectors. Trust me this is a big source of problems that&apos;s so often overlooked.<br><br>Second, don&apos;t worry about cleaning the injectors - the old ones are made of steel and can easily get rusty. Bosch still sells new ones made of brass (these were used on SO many cars) and if you&apos;re going to get into the system just replace the old steel injectors with new brass ones. <br><br>Lastly (from a performance perspective) the biggest things holding these cars back is the old factory catalytic convertors. Requires the air pump to light them off, and they are super restrictive. If you look at old factory literature, the same motors without Cat were rated +25hp. So removing the factory cats and replacing with modern high-flow cats will make the engines run better, accelerate faster, and you can get rid of a bunch of failure points by removing the AIR Pump system. I promise getting rid of the Cats alone bring these motors to life!<br><br>Good luck! Very cool car!

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• PA

  @patrickt4533 · 5 years ago

  Compare this car to any American or Japanese car from that era. Light years ahead

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• LL

  @llaughridge · 5 years ago

  Those mats, and the sheepskin seat covers, almost certainly came from Beverly Hills Motoring Accessories which used to have multi-page ads in the back of every issue of &apos;Car and Driver&apos; magazine back then. &nbsp;It also has the Euro-spec H4 headlamps that BHMA used to sell for most Mercedes models then, too. &nbsp;The Whistler Spectrum was not a dealer-installed item, more of a sketchy-car-audio-shop-installed item. &nbsp;Actually, everything about that car looks like the original owner just bought one of everything from the back pages of C&amp;D.

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• LE

  @lenivoa2449 · 5 years ago

  Dude this is one of your best 1st startup videos ever. This car is a gem and the way you did it and how organized the steps you took are just amazing. <br>Great video and a great car, I would love to see a follow up on things would turn out later.

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• AR

  @ArneAsada69 · 5 years ago

  Legit Street Cars should change its name to Abandoned Car Rescue.

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• CH

  @chadtacular · 5 years ago

  A surprise Mercedes video on a Thursday? Hell yes!

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• TO

  @townstar1 · 5 years ago

  A Mercedes at this decade isn´t a piece of stuff. It´s a piece of history from my home country. Greetings from Stuttgart

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• JR

  @jrbuch · 5 years ago

  I love these old Mercedes. They have so much character, something sadly missing from newer cars.

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• JO

  @johnsnow1355 · 5 years ago

  Swap the coolant out asap even 5yr old glycol becomes very acidic eating aluminum parts

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• AN

  @Antilaakeri · 5 years ago

  Someone knew it was gonna be sitting for a while. Took good care.

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