Great car! The 300SDL really is the perfect mercedes diesel to restore. It has all the classic charm in design and the engineering ruggedness, yet its modern enough to daily drive and just old enough were you can do everything yourself. Its a timeless car. I've restored two of them, so let me know if you have any questions.

I respect what you've done with the interior. Though I would have gone the "purist route" and installed good condition used stuff, you have added a ruggedness and a utilitarian feel which is very nice not to mention stress free.

Oh, and you should delete your EGR asap. Very simple, and very good to do. They still might have kits for that floating around...