I am looking for a new home for my 1993 400E, a car I recently rescued from a fellow MB enthusiast whose interest had waned in it.  I spent a great deal of time and resources to bring it up to near perfect condition, as best as one might expect for a car that is 25 years old and has 273,000 miles on it. The car is located in Tampa, FL.

For those that know these cars, you’re well aware that the 400E is a transitional model between the venerable six cylinder 300E and the highly desirable 500E that was tuned by Porsche.  While the 400E is no 500E, the performance gain of having the M119 4.2 liter V8 engine in a chassis originally designed for a 3.0 liter inline six cylinder is significant.  In other words, this car will go seriously fast compared to its 3.0 liter counterparts.  And an M119 with +250k miles on it is hardly broken in - this is the third car I have owned over the years with an M119 engine that had over 270k on the clock, and it runs very, very well.

Rather than address every single thing I did to the car, I’ve compiled a list of the majority of the work from the detailed records that I keep on every car I own.  This gives you an idea (if you don’t know me or my reputation for maintaining cars) of how much work and to what detail was gone to in bringing this car up to standards.  You can see that list here - be sure to check it out.  You can also read details of the work I did on the car at my blog on this site as well.  When you view the pictures below, click on the “Download” button to see a high resolution version of the picture.

Is it perfect?  Absolutely not.  However, in my humble opinion, it’s one of the best 400E values for its age and mileage that you’re going to find. Add to the work that I have done to the car a great deal of major repairs and maintenance done by the previous owner, such as a complete front end suspension rebuild, and you’ll understand why I jumped at the opportunity to bring this car back to life.  I have records they provided that go back to the original owner of the car that will be included.  I can’t tell if they’re complete, but they’re here and shed a lot of light on how the car was cared for by its previous three owners.

Nearly every feature on this car is functional.  What doesn’t work?  The headlight wipers, and I’m working on finding the parts to sort that out.  That, and while I wouldn’t consider it broken, the original Becker 1432 wants the antenna to be up at all times.  A nuisance, for sure, but certainly something that can be sorted.

I think the price is fair considering the time, effort, market value, age and condition.  With that in mind I will consider reasonable offers, but please don’t lowball me, as you can see I have a significant investment in the car and I’m not willing to lose money on it.  If unable to sell it, I will set it aside as a backup car.  Why do I want to sell it?  It was a side trip on the way to finding my “forever” Finnie or nice W108 six cylinder sedan.  Got a decent pickup truck or 4WD SUV you want to part with?  I’ll consider thenm, too.

Still interested?  Great!  Drop me an email at dan(at)penoff.com with any questions or to arrange an inspection.

While cash is king, I am very much interested in a driver quality W110/W111 Finnie (of any kind) or W108 six cylinder sedan in trade either outright or if I have to kick some cash into the deal for parity.

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