Tagged: 1988 560SEC

2400 mile road trip in an eBay 560SEC – Part 3 0

2400 mile road trip in an eBay 560SEC – Part 3

This is the third and final part of a series on my mad cross country dash in an eBay 560SEC.   Part 1 covers the purchase and initial impressions of the car.   Part 2 covers the drive from California to Missouri.    I picked up my drive in Central Missouri and had about 750 miles to cover on the final day.   On the first two...

2400 mile road trip in an eBay 560SEC – Part 2 0

2400 mile road trip in an eBay 560SEC – Part 2

This is part 2 of a description of a road trip I took back in March 2009.   I was living in Michigan and purchased a 1988 560SEC in the LA area.   I had to be out there for work so the plan was to drive the car around for the week to get familiar with it and then drive it back over the weekend. ...

2400 mile road trip in an eBay 560SEC – Part 1 5

2400 mile road trip in an eBay 560SEC – Part 1

I lived in Michigan between 2007-2011.   When I first moved there, I bought a cheap but somewhat rusty 1989 560SEC to be my daily driver.   It was already rusty so I was not worried about driving it in the notorious Michigan snow and salt.   After about 18 months the original 560SEC had been hit a few times in the snow.   It also had a...

560SEC European headlight upgrade 0

560SEC European headlight upgrade

This post is a flashback to 2009 when I upgraded the lights on my 1988 560SEC I owned while living in Michigan. When I moved to Michigan in 2007, I bought a 560SEC.   The car was a bit rough, but Detroit is not a city you can really live in without a car, and it wasn’t expensive.   Being a midwest car, it...

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