'65 Oil-burning Heckflosse Begs for Salvation

By Zach Bowman Mar 9, 2010

Hang man is coming down from the gallows and I don't have very long.

Few Silver Arrows tug at my heart strings with such ardor as the noble Fintail. I’ll even be so bold as to say I would gladly pass up a 300 SL for my very own Heckflosse. Where as the owner of a gaudy gullwing fears every door ding and stone chip, the big sedans stare down lesser autos with a stern glare. This particular piece of armament only adds to the lust with a four-cylinder diesel (not seized) and a manual gearbox with tree-mounted shifter. She’s nothing short of gorgeous, and she’s yours for $575. Get her before the scrap yard does.
Found on Craigslist.

0 thoughts on “'65 Oil-burning Heckflosse Begs for Salvation”
  1. He says he's taking the car to be scraped next week. Is he talking about scraping the paint down to bare metal? Because I already have a diesel Benz that's sorely in need of a paintjob.

  2. The jig is up, the news is out, they finally found me. The renegade that had it made, Never more to go astray. This will be the end today of the wanted man!

  3. If nothing else it would make a most effluent LeMons gladiator.
    Theme? Paint it black, ditch the front bumper, raise the nose, and say hello to Team German Graffiti.

    1. I can just see the clouds of black smoke and the trail of wreckage behind it as the other cars slam into each other in the smoke screen.

  4. the fact that it does not run is not a big deal right? ever seen the wiring on one of these? not much to do there. a benz diesel should be forever! sigh

  5. Were these old diesels reliable at all? It may have been a fluke but my grandfather purchased one of these new and had the engine go out at 45k miles.

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