A girl I've known for years owns a 79 240D. manual everything cept tranny.. its been sitting for 3 years in her driveway.. its been vandalized but the interior is immaculate down to the original first aid kit sticker. its a tobbaco color. the engine hasnt been started in 3 years. i think.. the bad thing.. its got cancer.. bad.. the rockers, and main beams underneath are just shot. and other spots..

here is what i want to do and so does she she loves the mercede's diesels.. ive got a buddy with a W123 with a good body bad engine and tranny.

should we buy the 300D off him and swap everything thats good from her 240D including manual AC and the lot to the rust free shell?

Provided you have a place to do the work, the time to do it, and the skills, or at least the willingness to learn them, yes you should do it.

I learned a great deal about cars from a project car I had in my late teens and early twenties. It wasnt' a Benz, though. I bought a '63 Dodge Dart with no engine or trans and swapped in a '79 360 V8 with a '73 A904 Torqeflite transmission. It took me several years and the help of a few friends to get it all to work together, but I had a great time working on that car.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

I'd say go for it. I'm doing the same with my '85s. I found a good body with a seized motor for the good motor in my car that was hit in the rear, badly. The good body has a trashed interior but the interior on the rear-ended car is absolutely gorgeous. The good motor needs a little work so I'm going to pull it out soon, I hope, and try to get it purring nicely before school. Its been a lot of fun so far and I don't even have the motors out yet.

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Seth

1984 300D 225K
1985 300D Donor body
1985 300D Turbo 165K. Totaled. Donor Engine. It runs!!!
1980 300SD 311K My New Baby.
1979 BMW 633csi 62K+++? Dead odo

Do it. I am in the midst of an entire interior replacement and still have some rust to care for as well as a bit of mechanical work. If you have the time give it a try.

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-Zack K.

http://www.maj.com/gallery/Boardmong...-Drive/si2.jpg


1983 300d Turbo (Daily Drive) -- 243,000 miles
1979 280ce AMG (Beginning extreme restoration) -- 141,410 miles
1979 Yamaha Chappy LB50 (Awating new points) -- 1411.6 miles

1981 300d Euro 4 speed -- 188,421 km -- SOLD
1979 300d Euro 4 speed (Sold to Brother) -- 257,000 miles

A Collection of w123 AMG Cars and Parts

Is she hot?

I'm glad we got to the important stuff already.

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"spreading a trail of obnoxious where ever we go"
1981 300sd w/ 341,500 miles

http://www.wecrash.com/pics/ddda_banner.gif

switching the evap unit is a big job. the rest isnt too bad.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Boardmonger,

Your picture is just like the Sunday paper section for kids.

Pick the car that doesn't belong........



Ken300D

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1982 300D at 351K miles
1984 300SD at 217K miles
1987 300D at 370K miles

That car totally belonged there. It was our leader

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-Zack K.

http://www.maj.com/gallery/Boardmong...-Drive/si2.jpg


1983 300d Turbo (Daily Drive) -- 243,000 miles
1979 280ce AMG (Beginning extreme restoration) -- 141,410 miles
1979 Yamaha Chappy LB50 (Awating new points) -- 1411.6 miles

1981 300d Euro 4 speed -- 188,421 km -- SOLD
1979 300d Euro 4 speed (Sold to Brother) -- 257,000 miles

A Collection of w123 AMG Cars and Parts

You're wondering whether you should endeavor to do some serious car work and we're the people you ask if you should do it or not? Lol, it sounds like the decision is already 90% made!

Good luck!

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Ralph

1985 300D Turbo, CA model
248,650 miles and counting...

You love them both don't you?

possibly.. plus i like working on the w123

I'll bet that 300D still has a decent motor and tranny. Probably just the rear-end is bad.

Awww.....



Sorry, couldn't resist.

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Ralph

1985 300D Turbo, CA model
248,650 miles and counting...

yea.. i bet countdown 8 days