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Old 07-29-2014, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Zacharias View Post
Are you sure? I am pretty certain there are stretch cars in use in the middle east as taxis in 200d spec.
According to this source long wheel base diesel W123 were in 240D and 300D guises

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Possibly not even officially. I hear all sorts of things used to end up on the Hercs coming back across the pond, in the good old days before someone reminded the military it wasn't their money....

(And I have only heard some old Canadian air force stories, cannot imagine what it was probably like for other countries with big militaries....)
We used to have old fuel tanks modified for baggage and contraband slung under our jets...

{wipes away a tear} / {sigh} those were the days...
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