And that Atlanta's more than 20 hours' drive from me.

FuzzyPlushroom

How could I not vote for the Benz?

LuciferV8

brandegee

This is probably the toughest one though - the L7 is the definition of PCH - parts availability isn't great (albeit better than the 6.9), but when it's fixed - it's just a 735i with tons of leather. The 6.9, however - that's the stuff that dreams (and nightmares) are made of.

As long as you pray and make lots of donations to the church of hydropneumatic suspensions - the 6.9 will be fine.

iantm

SCROGGZILLA RAIDS AGAIN!!

I love the 7, but it's a daily driver already...

FЯeeMan is slowly cЯawling out of the new commenting system

Yeah. That is what makes it truly PCH.

IF you can get the hydropneumatics to work, it could make a cool low-rider/jumper.

I would spray it flat black and tint all the windows.
Sweet....

CEman

FlakeyChrome

Plus 6.9! Come on!

LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot

Furthermore, one could always stuff a great big American V8 in there. With a turbo.

Spasticteapot

You don't need all that pneumatic suspension crap, just rip all 'at shit right out, and save some weight. Let it ride right down on those cushy bump stops the seller is hyping.

If you can't get the motor running (and you you won't) just rip out that aluminum baot anchor and dump in any big stonking torque-monster you can find, naturally aspirated or unnaturally inspirated, doesn't matter, whatever you can afford, just get it and shove it right in there. You know there's tons of room 'cause you're yanking a BIG BLOCK.

Don't forget to make sure the air in spare tire is at proper pressure. Safety first!

lascauxcaveman

Bizzy

junkman

TurboBrick

944turb0

The Merc is nice, and rare, and 7 beats 6.9 any day, so I had to go with the BMW. That and the Merc's suspension scares me.

thunder

1986...they're common in junkyards, well, as common as they're likely to get, yet you'll not find what you need, as the parts you're searching for failed on those, as well.

Kelly

texan01

The Benz, the Benz. The guy wrote a novelette trying to con you into thinking You Can Win! But every word of this tale only added to the horror.

NovaloadMissesPolar

The 6.9 is a top-dog; the L7, not so much...

Mark Arnold

j6r

squablow

GreenVanMan

Zarba

dohcspit

The Mercedes will be more hellish.

jbarrow

Six-tee-nein fur die veen!

Brian B

True, Doctor Spah-che-man, though some of those early comp systems were pretty loco. Exhibit A: early-Seventies Type 3 and Type 4 VW's. Those things came fresh from the factory with an insane Bosch electronic fuel injection system, whose cavalcade of arcane sensors and relays was so diabolical it could give a Windows Vista programmer an aneurysm. And if, God forbid, the CPU "black box" shat the bed, well, good luck finding a new one. Granted a '72 VW 411 is not a "luxury sedan" per se but nonetheless the Germans had "buggy and proprietary" nailed pretty early on.

staircar

petersterncan

Beluga

A Six-Nine is an Escher painting of Rube Goldberg's conception of a Möbius loop. It's a treadmill of heartbreak.

And it's just flat ugly.

thatguy01

verbing weirds

Dr. Spaceman, Esq.

Because apart from Debbie Harry, there was nothing hotter than a six-point-nine in '79.

al_beaton

@staircar: And don't forget that this is the car from "Rendezvous" but with a Ferrari soundtrack.

I picked the Benz but I am only 12 miles from Atlanta and $1000 is hard to argue with.

RalphieDC

Bo Darville

Euromobile

Maxichamp

So, ya, I had to go for the Benz.

- J

Jay200MPH

Anyways, I voted for the W116 6.9. That hydronomatic suspenison. Its the kinda thing that will rip your heart out. And I would totaly buy it.

Schm, lord of Torques!

P161911

...and Jean Reno is not somebody you want to piss off.

bzr

Mad_Science

JSmith53

KazukiFennec

In my book the 450SEL 6.9 has got to be one of the least Malaisey '79 models out there, bar none.

As for the Bimmer L7? Meh. Maybe when we pretend that we're dead.

staircar

Tomsk the red-nosed reindeer

The BMW lives in Georgia. It should be relatively rust free. Relatively.

petedmeatv

beercheck

Neener

Euromobile

The Beemer is sitting in someone's driveway, indicating that it was possibly driven there recently. It also appears to be in pretty good shape, and even if you never got it street-worthy again, you could at least go out and enjoy a glass of Chardonnay in its opulence.
The benz, on the other hand, has crazy hydraulic suspension that will eat both your wallet and your soul. The aluminum V8 was built before they discovered Nicosil cylinder wall coating so it'll likely smoke more than Arnold Shwartzenagger. That interior has a nice blue-brothel look to it that either says "This is luxury" or "When did I become Buick-old?"
Plus it's $400 more than the L7.

BTW, wasn't L7 a hard rock girl band from the '80s?

graverobber- My Yugo Nova!

PatFromGundo

UDMan

Corvette_Thunder