Silver Sow: 1976 Mercedes-Benz 450SE W126
The famous “Red Pig” was a big baller W108 chassis 1971 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL with a big 6.8 liter AMG built V8 pounding its competition into submission by sucking all of the oxygen out of the atmosphere. We’ve featured at least one tribute version of the rot schwein, but today’s car is an example from the next generation of Mercedes-Benz S-Class that is cheap enough to be turned into a racer for fun. Find this 1976 Mercedes-Benz 450SE offered for $700 in Duarte, CA via craigslist.
From the seller:
1976 mercedes Benz
condition: fair
cylinders: 8 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 100000
paint color: grey
size: full-size
title status: salvage
transmission: automatic
type: sedan
1976 450 SE Mercedes-benzSitting for over 5 years
Does not runAs is
$700.00
Cash only
Serious buyers only
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For $700, with what looks like pretty clean bodywork and interior, the worst case is you’re looking at something to swap an LS into.
This is a W116, not a W126.
It’s amazing how similar the two chassis look to the uninitiated. Anyway, the W126 didn’t debut until 1979. I wonder what the biggest differences were between these two generations?