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Originally Posted by MongooseGA
Thanks all for the advice and compliments. I had a longer reply written up, but for some reason it didn't post.
I picked her up from my lot tonight. She started right up and idled smoothly within one or two seconds.
The car does seem very nice for the age and mileage. Drives better than my dad's '87 300SDL. Are they the same engines?
I'll check the suggested areas for rust tomorrow if I am able to get around to cleaning the engine bay. I have to pick the title up from my buddy and get it to DMV for tags.
I'm tempted to keep this car as a daily driver and keep the AMG garaged for nice days. Out of curiosity, what would a car like this be worth on the current market, assuming no hidden surprises?
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They are worth about $4K mint. Not much resale value.
They are different engines than you dad's SDL. Your Dad's SDL has a six-cylinder OM603 turbo. When running correctly, they were the fastest diesel in 1987, and much faster than a W123 300DT. Check the floor pans, battery tray, rockers, fenders, just about everywhere. The spare tire well too. Rust collects around there, as well as behind the fender liners on the quarter panels.
The car is really nice, good luck with it. I'd keep it as a daily, because these cars are few and far between these days. Especially in any decent kind of condition. I'm speculating that the W123s will increase in value over the years and become true classics. Along with any clean W126 and W116 (much more rare).