{"id":144222,"date":"2026-01-19T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=144222"},"modified":"2026-01-19T23:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:59:24","slug":"1990-mercedes-560-sec-with-a-m156-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=144222","title":{"rendered":"1990 Mercedes 560 SEC with a M156 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bespoke Orange County<\/a> built this 1990 Mercedes 560 SEC (C126<\/a>) in 2024. The coupe would have come from the factory with a 5.5 L M117 V8<\/a> but is now powered by a more modern 6.2 L M156 V8<\/a>. Bespoke Orange County accented the V8 with a custom stainless steel exhaust. Behind that is a Mercedes six-speed manual transmission and limited-slip differential. Bespoke Orange County rebuilt the suspension with coilovers and larger front brakes. Those are covered by a custom AMG-style 17-inch wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 tires (275\/40, 315\/35). The exterior received carbon fiber fenders, bumpers, and side skirts. Those were covered in Smoke Silver metallic paint. The coupe sold on Bring a Trailer<\/a> for $560,000. <\/p>\n

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Source: @bespokeorangecounty<\/a> and Bring a Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bespoke Orange County built this 1990 Mercedes 560 SEC (C126) in 2024. The coupe would have come from the factory with a 5.5 L M117 V8 but is now powered by a more modern 6.2 L M156 V8. Bespoke Orange County accented the V8 with a custom stainless steel exhaust. Behind that is a Mercedes… Read More »1990 Mercedes 560 SEC with a M156 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":144224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1332,972],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-c126","category-w126"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1990-Mercedes-560-SEC-with-a-M156-V8-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23683,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=23683","url_meta":{"origin":144222,"position":0},"title":"BMW E46 with an AMG V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This BMW E46 coupe was built for Polish drifter Adam Zaj\u0105czek by An-Car in Koszalin, Poland. 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