i think it would be pretty hard to get it to look smooth with filling all those holes....especially on a budget.

and unless you are in a no rust area, it woulld present a huge number of places for rust to start.

good luck whichever way you go.

tom w

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

In the mid-80's, I had a diesel Rabbit in the UTE format for running appliance service. It was cute and that's about where it ended...if you think a 240D is anemic, you should have driven that Rabbit pickup. It didn't have the guts to pull the skin off of a rice custard. 5-speed, 48mpg and 23, maybe 24hp. Dad was riding with me one day and the A/C compressor cycled on. He thought I'd hit the brakes.

That damned thing shook so much that in three weeks, it destroyed the #2cyl injector line 6 times. The last time it broke, I drove the miserable POS 40+ miles on three cylinders, #2 sprayin' diesel all over the underside of the hood and on the ground. I was praying it would burst into flame so I could take the loss. Turns out the IP had been pulled at one point and the Einstein that did the work neglected to replace all of the IP's support brackets.

I found a bracket, installed it, replaced the injector line and drove it exactly 21 more miles before the lift pump on the IP died a horrible death. I was spending more time pulling service on that truck than I was on paying jobs like washers and refrigerators.

I parked it and eventually found a gas engine to stab in.

Everytime I have a brainfart and think: "Man, a TDI would save me a lot of cash driving back and forth to the farm..." I recall that miserable Rabbit truck and love my Mercedes even more.

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I agree with the general concensus about the trim being functional. Personally I think the blacked out trim on the AMG's is teh sex, especially on a darker color car. The chrome is what makes it look a bit dated. I'd leave the grill chrome of course. The star removal option makes me cringe.

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

One of my co-workers has a Mazda 6 that's painted an outrageous school bus yellow. I dig that color.

It would be über cool to dechrome a 123 or 115, black out the remaining chrome and then do the school bus yellow thang to it. Black interior too. Put a taxi sign on the roof.

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Anemic?

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You gotta warn us before posting pictures like that...

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Man, I just spit all over my screen!

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

You won't find that combo going down the road on Youtube I bet.....

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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

Close: overloaded

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OMG I really did LOL!
John

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

..running a bit rich.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

Shave it!

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RIP: 80 300SD
RIP: 79 450SEL
2002 E430 4matic (212,000km)
2002 ML500 'sport'

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Not anymore.

That's hilarious.

Nice. That made me feel a little better about our spiritless friend...the 240D.

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99 E300 TD -- sold
01 540i 6 spd

That coffee-spittin' funny! I was going to tell JimmyL not to count on it.

I used to get all kinds of looks in my younger, more foolish days while pulling a 2 place sled trailer behind my Subaru Loyale wagon. Even though it was heavier than it should have been, at least I was smart enough to have brakes on the trailer.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)