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Rust: rockers, floors, wheel arches and upper body

Mercedes-Benz 250S-300SEL 6.3 (W108/W109) · buying

Rust is the biggest value-killer and the top inspection priority. Buyers warn that upper-body rust holes are worse to fix than floors, that visible paint bubbles usually mean bodywork, and that removing wheel-arch chrome trim risks exposing corrosion that turns into a repaint of much of the car.