Dream car ...

Sounds likely. No way that the front of a stroke 8 would marry up to the rear of a W123 series.

Okay, here goes;
Timespan described suggests that it was not a 3.6 litre supercharged V6, but instead it was a 3.5 (M116) V8 engine. No forced induction available and anyway,to re-engineer the CIS injection to run with forced injection would have cost a fortune. The M116 and M117 (4.5 litre V8) both fitted into the Stroke 8 engine bay. Would need custom built exhaust downpipes, but almost everything else would be off the shelf as it were.

Retrim and late model seats - sorted!

Probably a smart move. It's a Merc so something like that would be worth sod all really. On the other hand I bought a knackered (but original) Stroke 8 coupe back in 1994 for a hundred quid. It sat in a garage at my parents for the next 12 years getting more knackered until I sold it for £800!!! All I did was get the engine running before they came to look at it. Took a couple of hours and no more than £25.

 

Just re-visited this thread, how about this car?

 

Stunning car - looks a little like a pre war BMW . Possibly a Bristol who based designs on the BMW ?

 

Right on the button, Harry, a 1952 Bristol 401

 

Lovely British sports saloons Bristols , think they only closed down a few years ago .

 

I could put up with an SLK! My daughter is about to start driving these two cars for a living......I'm GREEN with envy!

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/mercedes-benz/a-class

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/mercedes-benz/slk

 

Don't be - modern Mercs have lost their class!

 

Aston Martin V12 Vantage would be mine, I've driven one & it's fantastic, and not just as a fast car, it's great for regular driving as well

 

This was THE dream car when I was in my late teens . Jensen FF Interceptor.
The first production four wheel drive car I think . They looked absolutely gorgeous.

 

Looks like a Saab to me

 

I'm not bothered about whether it's classy, I just like the look of them Longk! Yes, that's a very 'girly' thing to say but I'm not usually like that and let's face it we all have to find something attractive to want it in the first place. I can dream on an Aston Martin but that would be just a dream, I also like Saabs but they are now a car of the past too.

 

At that sort of money it should have some class. The thing about Mercs used to be that they attracted a certain class of person (I should add that I've been involved with them all my working life - nearly 30 years), but now every chav and rep on the planet drives them.

I always liked the Fiat Multipla for daring to be so soddin' ugly!!!!!!!!

Nightmare more like

It's a disgrace what happened to Saab IMO.