Do you know the history of you diesel Mercedes? I know I little bit about mine.
It was originally sold to Giangreco Medical Group in Palm Spring California on 12-5-1981. (I guess I just past the 24th anniversary on her being on the road). In the mid 90's it made it's was to Oregon. It was in an accident in 95 or so. Went through a couple more owners. And know I have it. I have reciepts starting in 1995.
Maybe you guys have stories that are a little more exciting.

Andrew

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What color socks were you wearing the first time you drove it?

White. I also had a green shirt and a brown pair of carhartts on.
I guess I know a more the a "little bit" about it.

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i do not know much about my 300D.. i know it was purchesed in the tampa bay area by the original owner.. oil changes at ever 3k miles. stamped in book regular maintence all in the book..then nothing from the second owners.. they are moving recipets all in boxes with other crap. the second owners were by tampa also.. and now its in my driveway an hour away from tampa.. hasnt gone that far ill tell ya that..

the wagon was purchased 60 miles away in illinois. spent some time in virginia then cam back ti illinois and now is in wisc.

red was a tennesse, arkansas, so. mo. car before coming to wisc.

blondie was an illinois car with 2 or three owners(one changed his last name) before coming to wisc.

isn't carfax wonderful?

thank you to ray and others who provided carfaxes for this post.

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currently
[1981 300 td tdidi 165500 dark brown/palamino-Brownie-mine-3k miles of ownership
1983 240d 162+++ Anthricite grey w/ henna red interior and hella lights-wifes car-Red

the above two cars are for sale
and can be seen on the cars for sale thread here. pix also available.


240d-144+ Manilla Yellow w/ palmino interior-greasecar kit-Blondie-the college kids car

23" gt 21 speed still on original tires-still got the nubs
21" khs tandem

I know the history I do not want. Previously owned by little old lady in the taxi business would qualify for an example. It is remarkable and has crossed my mind a few times how little I know about previous owners and history of the few examples I own. One of my cars has been all over the world judging by the front and rear window admission and parking stickers for instance to exclusive places. The service manual and odometer indicate relatively low total milage ( 134,000 kilometers or about 80 thousand miles) but hard to believe unless they never bothered to fix anything at all as time went by. The prevous celebrity owner is still alive I believe.

My 1983 300D was purchased at RBM Motors in Atlanta, GA - brand new by the previous owner (I am the 2nd owner of the car). Sticker price was around $32K. Car has seen a good portion of the U.S. - it was even in Hawaii for a period of time (first owner was in the military). He put around 195K on the car before selling it to me. When I got it in 2001, my dad did some work to it - lots of suspension work, some things here and there on the motor. It was a pretty sound car when we bought it for $1750 though. I've been driving it ever since, and am now over 250K. My dad and I have been fixing things as they break - nothing really big yet, maybe getting the rear axles rebuilt. We also had it repainted in 2003 - nothing too fancy, just a decent job at a local shop. Sadly, I know that I am going to be driving the car until June. My mom's current car is going to be paid off then, and my parents are going to give it to me. They are contemplating keeping the 300D for them to just drive around town, and I hope they do.

My PO was a blond chic up in Jensen Beach, FL. before that she lived on the coast in N. Carolina. Since there is still sand in my car and sea shells in the 1st Aid kit, and it had alot of surfing stickers on the bumper, some from San Diego, CA; I think my 300D had plenty of fun for the 10 yrs it spent on the beach.
PO before her might 've been the Original owner, in Virginia....

Car had more fun than most of us....)-:

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

My 1984 300D-T was purchased new at Mercedes-Benz of Manhattan by a couple from a small town just across the border from New York in Massachusettes. The car resided there for a year, and was then driven across country to San Diego when the couple re-located. I have all importation documents, window sticker, bills of sale and records for the cars entire life, down to gas receipts and the 2 oil changes that were performed enroute to CA- one in Jersey and another in Arizona.

It resided in San Diego, garaged, pampered, and preserved until 2003 when the couple had to sell the car due to age. Their son handled the sale of the car, and in May of 2003 I flew down to San Diego and picked the car up and drove it back. It had 145K miles at the time.

Since it has been in my possession I have invested nearly $30K into it mostly mechanical and some cosmetics- seat re-upholstering, re-finishing the bundts, etc etc etc and it still doesnt look more than a year old. 198K miles and ticking!

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Nate

1995 E420
1992 BMW 525i
1984 300D Turbo sold
1993 Volvo 244 sold
1995 Volvo 944T R.I.P!


"The details are not details. They make the product."
-Charles Eames

www.cbs.nu

SDL=

Started its life as a dealer demo. Nearly 10K miles later, it was titled to the first owner in central Massachusetts. It made its way into my family after their ownership.

SD=

Sold originally to an Armenian in Westford Mass, I believe. 88K miles of driving, the engine blew up. Rod failure, complete longblock replacement in summer of '95.

SE=

Hmmm,... Don't remember specifics, but I know it started life as a Massachusetts car. Then again,....Its not diesel.

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1987 300SDL (324000)

1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)

Bought mine new in November, 1982 and have had it ever since. Have records of everything ever done to the car, including every tank of fuel it ever used.

Len
'83 240D 345,000 miles

Originally purchased by my grandfather in 1982 as a retirement gift. He sold his business, Union Distributing (of Girard, OH--a beer distributorship, won #1 in market share 2 years in row from Miller Brewing 1980 and 1981) and purchased this car in march of 82 as a gift. Price tag was ~35,000.

He died in 1991, my grandma took it until she died in 1996.
My dad took it from there and I have taken care of it ever since 2003.

My grandparents took the SD in for all its maintence checks. The maintence book is fully logged. We've been going to the same mechanic since the manuf. warranty expired.

Kris

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Check here for compatibility, diagnostics, and availability!

(4/11/2020: Hi Everyone! I am still taking orders and replying to emails/PMs/etc, I appreciate your patience in these crazy times. Stay safe and healthy!)


82 300SD 145k
89 420SEL 210k
89 560SEL 118k
90 300SE 262k RIP 5/25/2010
90 560SEL 154k
91 300D 2.5 Turbo. 241k
93 190E 3.0 235k
93 300E 195k

I bought mine because it was owned by Jon Voight.
I have some pencils that he chewed on, as proof.
Also found a note to 'Daddy', signed; 'screw you, Angelina'

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'87 300SDL

dieselbenz

1982 300TD
Purchased in 1990 from the original owner who bought it in Tulsa. Moved to DFW area and I bought it with 109,000 miles on it. Have all the reciepts they had.

1983 240D, My daughters.
Bought in 2004 from a dealer, actulaly antique dealer, his Dad sold cars on the side. He bought it 3 months before, form the dealer who got it when the original family traded it in for a new car. Bought by an Texas A&M graduate, class of 1960 as a European delivery. Driven by his wife for 12 years, given to there oldest son to drive while he attended Texas A&M. Upon his graduation, it was given to the second son to drive while he was at Texas A&M. He drove it after school until it was traded in. I bought it an fixed it up for my daughter so she can drive it at Texas A&M, a Junior there.

1988 560SL
Bought in 1995 from the dealer the original owner traded it into, for a new C220 for her Daughter. Went by her house and talked to her about the car. It had 40,000 miles what I got it.

Dave

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1970 220D, owned 1980-1990
1980 240D, owned 1990-1992
1982 300TD, owned 1992-1993
1986 300SDL, owned 1993-2004
1999 E300, owned 1999-2003
1982 300TD, 213,880mi, owned since Nov 18, 1991- Aug 4, 2010 SOLD
1988 560SL, 100,000mi, owned since 1995
1965 Mustang Fastback Mileage Unknown(My sons)
1983 240D, 176,000mi (My daughers) owned since 2004
2007 Honda Accord EX-L I4 auto, the new daily driver
1985 300D 264,000mi Son's new daily driver.(sold)
2008 Hyundai Tiberon. Daughters new car

I bought mine from a hick in Estacada. The PO was smoking a joint and told me that he needed to sell the car to get his girlfriend out of "some legal trouble." The only pieces of documentation that came with the car was the title and the registration which showed that he had purchased the car in february of 2004 and that he had been living in portland at the time. He had been running it on WVO he had gotten from a burger joint which he filtered by dumping it through a sheet hooked over a barrel (all unheated). On the plus side the car was running (and at the time quite well) and it was very, very cheap ($450). God only knows what its history was before that guy but judging from the interior it had passed through many hands.

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'84 190d 2.2 - Silver
Converted to 5-Speed
'84 190d 2.2 - Blue
Factory 5-Speed

'76 300D (W115)
Sold, found again in less auspicious circumstances