Nice thread. This car was for sale in San Antonio? Was it a small used car lot on a corner near San Pedro and Basse? I ask because I'm pretty sure I looked at that car back when I worked in San Antonio (maybe in 2009?). I remember the nice message someone wrote in the paint on the trunk. I also remember that the guy I spoke with at the lot (the son of the lot's owner) told me his dad loved the MB diesels and had given someone about $1500 in trade on the SDL, but that it didn't run right and he was prepared to sell it for what they had in it. I walked away because frankly, I figured (didn't run right) + (1986 3L 6cyl diesel) = bad head. It also looked like they had tried mess with the injection pump. The battery was dead and their booster wasn't charged up so I never heard it run (or attempt to run). Glad you got it and saved it. It looked like it had seen some love in its life...
-Chris

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Christopher
'06 Mercedes E350 station wagon (silver/black)
'85 Mercedes 300D (black pearl/palomino)
'85 Mercedes 300SD (smoke silver/burgundy)
'79 Cadillac Sedan DeVille

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