To all those that are looking for that illusive treasure, keep the faith! My co-worker (having been turned on to 123's by me) discovered his just this week. He was talking to the worker at the local golfing shop and somehow the person mentioned that his wife was driving a "junky 80's style diesel wagon" and has been bugging him to get a better car. Of course, my pal said that if he wanted to sell, he'd be interested in buying.

Cut to today. I was checking it out in our work parking lot. It's a 84 with ~123k and is *totally rust free* !! Better yet, crack free dash and almost mint interior. That, and the AC works fine. It's the very light beige color with the light brown MBTex. No sign of leaks under the carpets!

What did he pay for the "junky wagon" ? Try $1200.

WAGONPILOT

As the late great Jerry Garcia sang..."I want to say it to my sisters and my brothers....keep the faith."

Nice snag!....I wish I had bought a wagon in '02 when I bought my car.

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RT


1984 300D---Sold
1995 E420 - 106K - Brilliant Silver Metallic/Orion Gray --- Sold
1984 300SD - 151K Manganese Brown Metallic/Mostly Black --- Sold
1982 240D - 79K - Manila Beige/Palomino---Sold

Man, I hope I can find one of those one of these days!

John

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John Hughes, was in Landstuhl, Germany but currently in San Antonio, TX


1978 280CE Astral Silver now 59,xxx miles and counting "Silber-Kugel"
1986 300E Black Pearl Metallic 143,xxx miles 5-spd daily driver w/ blk leather "Schwarz-Schönheit"
1989 190E 2.6 (euro) 5-spd Desert Taupe 112,xxx kms Had to leave behind in Germany!!! "Helga"
1983 300D Pastel Beige now 312,xxx + miles SOLD

OBK#24

Is it rare to find the wagons or DIESEL wagons? I've always admired the Mercedes wagons even though I hate station wagons in general.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

That's not ignorant. What's ignorant is the prices you see on ebay for these things.

The W123 diesel wagons were the only kind of wagon you could buy new at the MB dealers from 1977-85.

If you wanted a gas powered station wagon, you had to import a gray market one from Germany, and very few people did that's why there are so few 200T, 230TE and 280TE wagons around.

(Or you could buy a GM Olds Delta 88 wagon with the 350V8 "Diesel" engine disaster.)

I believe with the exception of the W123 280E sedans, about all the W123 cars sold in the USA were diesel only.

I don't mind station wagons, they are handy for moving stuff, and they have been replaced by the SUV today in the USA. Station wagons are still popular in Europe, though they are small and usually powered by small diesel engines.
A few are bigger, like Audi and Mercedes, and are pretty nice!

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)