Silver Star Motors

This garage is the kind of place you dream of finding as the owner of a particular model of old car. With labor rates as high as they are, the reality is that owning an old car is almost always a false economy unless you can work on it yourself or you have someone you can trust to both evaluate and guide you on ownership.
I’ve never seen such a treasure trove of second hand parts as Marshall’s shop. Perfect if you don’t actually need a brand new part fitted. My experience was that he was thorough, courteous, willing to make time to chat about options and I wouldn’t hesitate to use him again.

Marshall is an absolute legend. No one will give you a more honest deal and no one will take more pride in workmanship than he will. He loves what he does and won’t deal with any BS, and he will give you a fair deal. If you want a conseirge experience, well, that’s what the dealership offers. If you want someone who can give you and honest opinion and a fair price, call silver star.

I recently came into possession of a 1983 Mercedes. It’s in handsome condition, but as a 30-​year old car, has it’s share of this and that. I knew it needed a new timing chain — a significant repair — and went about trying to find a mechanic to change it. Called one place and they said the manager wasn’t around to give me a quote, but just come down. So I took the morning off of work, came down, and they said the manager isn’t around to give me a quote, so here’s a business card to call. Second place told me they didn’t have the tools to work on a car that old, but here’s the name of a place, which turned out to have mediocre to terrible reviews (thank you, Unilocal). So I find Silver Star and call them. Marshall answers, is very straightforward and open, and long story short, now I have a new timing chain. He gave me a few helpful tips on the car, and alerted me to a repair I’m going to need to make 50,000 miles from now, That shows a real investment in keeping these cars on the road, and a level of care that’s beyond just running a business. Glad to have found him, and if you’ve got an old Mercedes, I suspect you’ll feel the same.
Silver Star Trivia: Marshall used to own Fonzie’s Triumph from the show «Happy Days.» Google it.

Went to Marshall for years. Give’s it to you straight. A real, genuine honest mechanic. He has almost every part you can think of «used» and in high quality, which saved me a lot on my older Mercedes that I don’t want to spend a fortune on. If I still owned my Benz, I’d still be with him:(

Marshall at Silver Star is the man to bring your old diesel Mercedes to! We had made the terrible mistake of taking it to another Mercedes mechanic, who could not fix the A/​C problem that Marshall fixed. Also, the rebuilt tranny was not adjusted correctly by the previous mechanic and Marshall got that worked out as well. He also caught some other things that needed to be replaced such as a rear safety light, both rear torsion control arms, some gaskets and hoses, etc. I will never bring our 1983 Mercedes 300D to anyone but Marshall ever again!

I own a 72 Mercedes 114 Body, with a 300 D engine. The car was built by mechanics in Portland as a project for their son, who was learning how to work on cars. Solid car. Over the years the drivers side front fender and headlight assembly got dinged up and rusty to the point that I needed to find a shop to fix it. I found Silver Star Motors online and called them up. I asked if they had parts for my car, and they did. The next day, I drove into their shop and in less than 15 minutes, the owner had my parts and checked me out. I decided to have them install the parts for me, and the owner scheduled me for shop time first thing the next day. (They work a 40 hr week in 4 days– Mon-​Thurs.) The next day, Silver Star installed the parts and the fit was perfect! The bill was less than half of what other shops were about to charge me for the fix and labor. They also found that my engine mounts were shot, and scheduled me first for the following week. This problem was not caught by other Mercedes shops that serviced my car in the Bay. My car is running great, thanks to Silver Star. They work on all makes and years of Mercedes. Their prices are very fair and the work is great! Oh, and if you want to take BART somewhere while your car is being worked on and don’t have a ride, they will drive you and pick you up from the station. (West Oakland BART stop)
Silver Star Motors will be my Mercedes shop for as long as I have a Mercedes.