• Year of manufacture 
    1985
  • Mileage 
    204 969 km / 127 362 mi
  • Car type 
    Other
  • Lot number 
    39029931
  • Drive 
    LHD
  • Condition 
    Used
  • Location
    Italy
  • Exterior colour 
    Grey
  • Gearbox 
    Automatic

Description

This classic car is for sale on Catawiki. To have more information or to place a bid click on the "BID NOW" button. .Wonderful opportunity to buy one of the most beautiful status symbol cars of the 1980s. This 1985 Mercedes 500 SEC (c126), ASI registered, is a rare first series with original number plates and registration document. The first owner was Luxottica SPA. It was the car used by the Del Vecchio family (Leonardo Del Vecchio owner of Luxottica Spa), then sold only to collectors of the Belluno area.

The car is in an elegant metallic smoke grey colour, with beige velvet interior, in very good condition of preservation and maintenance, totally repainted about 15 years ago. It has preserved velvet interior with signs of wear and tear of time that make it an excellent preserved vehicle.

Engine and mechanisms are in excellent condition, also for daily use; service book with all Mercedes services up to 140,000 km. The last service was carried out at 204,000 km in November 2017. Currently, the odometer reading is just under 205,000 km.

Equipped with rare accessories, such as Webasto heater with heated seats, airbag on the driver’s side, ABS, Becker Mexico cassette radio.
Inspected in May 2020, ready to face any trip with elegance and noiselessness, that in the past were real characteristics of luxury cars.

The following imperfections should be noted: sagging headliner on the front (see the last pictures), small mark on the rear bonnet profile, small mark of about 3 cm on the front right side, crack of 2 cm on the dashboard, right headlight with a stone mark, rear window with two white marks on the back and non-working defroster (see the last two picture, it is a defect of this model). The cost for replacing the rear window with a new original one is €1000.

This car can be viewed in Fonzaso, Italy. Possible delivery throughout Europe, prior agreement. Cost documents of deregistration for export is €100. The cost for transfer of ownership in Italy is €265.