This monster would be just right.
I could build my house in the bed, and drive over obstacles.
With a WVO conversion, I could afford to start it once a week.

I could hang a couple of 300SD cradles, one off each bumper.

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1985 300SD
1983 300D
1984 190D
2003 Volvo V70
2002 Honda Civic

https://www.boldegoist.com/

You wouldn't have to deal with people screwing around in front of you. Even the die hard left lane campers would get out of your way post haste.....

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

It would be good that you couldn't afford to drive it...... just think if you wore those tires out! ($$$$OUCH)

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1985 300D Turbo ~225k
2000 F350 (Powerstroke) 4X4, SWB, CC, SRW, 6spd ~148k
1999 International 4900, DT466e (250hp/660 ft/lbs), Allison MD3060 ~73k

A few..

2004 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
1999 MB E300TD
2005 MB E320 CDI
2005 MB S400 CDI
2004 VW Jetta TDI

A perfect 86-87 SDL, black on black, tinted windows and Monoblocs.
RT

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When all else fails, vote from the rooftops!
84' Mercedes Benz 300D Anthracite/black, 171K
03' Volkswagen Jetta TDI blue/black, 93K
93' Chevrolet C2500HD ExCab 6.5TD, Two-tone blue, 252K

A W124 wagon with a turbo and a manual transmission that got 50mpg

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1993 320TE M104
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past:

1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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"music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys

I'm still thinking about that 300SD I saw last weekend :p

124 Diesel (wagon, sedan, coupe)
123 US version Coupe and wagon (Turbo diesel)
126 SDL....

and maybe a w140 Diesel.. but that's too much for me.. cant afford the maintenance/repair bills on that...

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1975 200 - Sold (no pix);
1978 200 - Sold - http://www.pbase.com/hboy/redbaron
1979 300TD - Sold
http://www.pbase.com/hboy/greenwagon
http://www.geocities.com/hboy726/300TD.html
1985 230E - now my daily driver...

Personally I am trying to figure out how to fit a W126 in my stable, in addition to the W123.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

The E320 CDI!

Ditto.

Or... 95 E300D Or...... 300/350 S (W140) Hmmm, a Golf TDI would be nice!

What is the most you have ever moved with a Diesel (or two) my record is two motors moving about 400 or 500k pounds. (Pushing a loaded fully fueled DC10-30 with a T-100 tractor.)

580,000 lbs.

Any MB that didn't smoke
(Like a freight train, that is)
JL

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I'd love a big diesel school bus, something late 80's, bluebird with Chevy engine, probably. My friend has a nice one, all done up with a living space (very nice, hardwood floors, tile bathroom, granite countertops, etc). The bus has aux tanks for WVO, filtering systems, and an electromagnetic driveline retarder that is great for mountain travel. They chopped the bus right below the windows and lifted it a few feet for a regular ceiling height, then hung winch lowered bunk beds. Sweet ride. We took it to Burning Man this year, and we lived in serious WVO neo-hippy style. If I had a place to park one, I'd definately own one.

Just trying to ignore the news on TV at the moment. Imagining big diesels is the only comfort I have right now.

Driving over the passes in Cali our fully loaded veggie bus was passing gasoline busses and leaving semi trucks in the dust. It would hold a constant steady 60mph up and down every mountain pass, the driveline retarder doing a beautiful job of keeping downhill control. Runaway was never a concern.

When we arrived at the desert, we found a stranded winnebago with a burned out alternator. Tied them to the tow hooks and towed their asses in on veggie power. In fact, once we were on open desert, we just pointed the bus in the right direction, and let it tow a full size winnebago at idle (now THAT is torque). We actually were able to get out of the bus and walk alongside it as it just idled along the open desert hauling hundreds of gallons of oil, water and supplies and towing a winnebago full of hippies. Amazing vehicle, considering that it began its life hauling little squirts around Colorado. Plus, when we got to our resting place, we used the solar system to charge the batteries on the winnie so it could make it back to reno on battery power.

That event actually sealed my faith in the diesel, and I'd love to own one of my own someday.

That big Cat looks amazing too. Most of my family (both of my natural grandfathers, my step grandfather, and four of my uncles) work or worked for Caterpillar, so I could probably get a good deal on a new one. I remember seeing a Caterpillar truck show when visiting them when I was a small child. They had some bulldozers about the size of that dump truck, tires bigger than cars, and the could put their shovels against the ground, get a quick boost from another dozer behind it, and lift themselves up on the shovel to do a handstand. It blew me away, it was like giant diesel acrobatics.

peace,
Sam

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"That f***in' biodiesel is makin' me hungry."

1982 300TD Astral Silver w/ 250k (BIO BNZ)
2001 Aprilia SR50 Corsa Red w/ 5.5k (>100 MPG)

A Freightliner Sprinter. We have 2 of them here at school in our fleet that I drive regularly, a 2500SHC 158", and a 3500SHC Dually 158" with a 4.10 rear end in it. I drove the 3500 tonight, and can still hear the engine snarling in my ears.
If I were to hit the lottery right now, I would be at the Freightliner dealer ordering a 118" wheelbase Passenger 2500HC, with every option available... and then getting a MB conversion kit for it. What more classy of a way to tow my jetski than that?
~D.J.~