Classic Vintage Antique Collector Cadillac/Mercedes-Benz and Others

JIM HAILEY’S CLASSIC CAR COLLECTION

Below are pictures of our current collector automobiles as well as some of the past cars we have owned and/or restored. My grandfather and father were into cars so I naturally progressed into what you see below.
I love all type of cars and brands. To me they are all a new experience and learning curve. I grew up desiring traditional American luxury but I gravitated toward performance. You can reach me at the email following this paragraph or text me. Please scroll down mightily for some of the past cars; current cars are typically shown in chronological order.

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1966 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Hoilday with 45k original miles and paint. Incredibly highly optioned from the factory!

1967 Mercedes 250 with sunroof, automatic transmission, European model that was delivered new in Nuremburg. Bare metal repaint in original color, all chrome, wood, and leather redone as well. Thank you to Mercedes Benz Classic Center for your help.

1971 Lincoln Mark III with 52k miles. Red Moondust paint with white leather.

1972 Lincoln Mark IV with 27k orig miles. Factory triple white with factory sunroof and all original paint

1972 280 SEL 4.5 Liter, California car since new, rare original rot metallic red with parchment color leather; complete records since new. 0 to 60 was 9.1 as tested in 1972.

1977 Cadillac Fleetwood Factory Made Limousine with only 19,294 miles. Base price for this limo in 1977 was $18,193, which is approx. $85,000 today. One of only 1,582 made and one that was never used commercially (most were commercial and simply used up).

1978 Seville with 34,838 original miles, 5.7 Liter gasoline with factory bendix computer controlled port fuel injection. Extremely well preserved with incredible colors and options

1978 Fleetwood Brougham with 46k miles.

1979 Lincoln Mark V with 22k miles turquoise paint with a factory white carriage top

1980 Cadillac Seville Elegante with 28,326 original miles, factory astroroof, 5.7 Liter gasoline (not diesel) from the factory as well. Base price for this Cadillac was $19,662. This one has the nearly $3,000 Elegante option and even the $1,058 Astroroof option as well. This means this was an approx. $86,000 dollar car in today’s values. The engine choice in the car was one of the fastest Cadillac’s made. Hard to believe but it did 0 to 60 mph in 10.5 seconds in an independent test. Please remember this was 1980 and compare it to Cadillac’s near that era and before.

1980 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Delegance Coupe with 34k miles

1981 Fleetwood Brougham D’Elegance, 6 Litre V8 gasoline, Low Miles and All Original Paint

1982 Buick Riviera factory convertible, only 13,676 original miles. 1 of 1,248 made that year. Was a $77,100 car in 1982 when adjusted for inflation.

1982 Buick Electra Park Avenue with 36k miles and all,original paint.

1983 Fleetwood Coupe with Factory Astroroof, Heavy Duty Suspension, and 27,458 original miles

1986 F150 Lariat with low miles, all original paint, and trailer tow package

1987 Corvette, 5k original miles. Known history of only 2 owners. Orig. Gatorback tires. Quarter mile 14.4 @97 mph

1989 Cadillac (Fleetwood) Brougham Delegance. Astroroof, leather, factory wire wheels.

1990 Jimmy with only 52k miles

1991 Infiniti M30 factory convertible, 62k miles and all original paint

1995 S600 Coupe with only 34,145 miles. Dallas Texas car since new. One of only 539 imported into the USA in 1995. Around 14.2 in the quarter mile at 100 mph. Weight is 4,930 lbs!

The C140 coupés were really the product of a 1980s arms race between BMW and Mercedes. Work on the design began in the mid-’80s, with a supposed release date of 1987. This generation of S-Class is alleged to have cost $1billion in development; the production delays are said to have cost DBAG’s chief engineer his job. Some 45lbs lighter and 3.8 inches shorter than the four-door S-Class, the C140 coupés made their debut at the Detroit Auto Show in 1992. The choice of an American show to launch the C140 reflects that nation’s appetite for big, luxurious two-door cars (look how big our cars and trucks are now). The 600, with its proud ‘V12’ C pillar badges, was significant in that it was Mercedes’ first production 12-cylinder model in DBAG’s history. It was also the fastest four-seater production car in the world at the time; with its 48-valve, four-camshaft (with adjustable inlet technology) engine. Originally rated at 408 hp it was detuned to 394 to pass emissions. It was the first Benz with side air bags.

2001 SL600 with AMG package, rare all option R129, Panorama top, solid hardtop, factory, and 32,792 original miles. Quarter mile in 14.1 at 103 mph. Weighs 4,425 lbs.