1983 Mercedes-Benz 500SEL

• Brown metallic paint is glossy and deep, and the panels look straight — no paint budget from these photos.
• The car is heavily personalized: black AMG-style side stripes, a blacked-out grille and trim, rally stickers across the trunk lid and extra driving lamps — budget small money for sticker removal, and more if you want it back to stock.
• Chrome is mostly blacked out on this car, so there is no brightwork to judge — no re-chrome money, but allow for trim work if returning it to stock.
• Brown velour sport seats look clean and well shaped with no tears visible — no seat repair money from these photos.
• Burl wood console trim looks glossy and complete, but an aftermarket Kenwood radio sits in the dash — budget only if you want a factory radio back.
• Aftermarket black-and-polished wheels look clean and the tires look low-profile with tread — no wheel or tire money needed.
• Only 7 of the sampled photos could be viewed; the rest of the gallery would not download — the engine bay is not among them, so can't judge the engine bay and hold back money for that inspection.
• No underside photos among the viewed photos — can't judge the underside, hold back money for that inspection.

Money: At $17,900 the glossy paint and clean velour look fair, but the custom stripes, stickers and blackout trim narrow the buyer pool, and with the engine bay and underside unseen, hold back inspection money.