soon my move from MA to VT will be complete and I will recue my '85 300D from a frinds backyard in NH.....Then I will return to the task of getting her going again....Cheers!

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Rob M
Norwich, VT USA
1980 240D Euro delivery 4 speed manual silver/blue
~160K miles

I got her back to my new home in VT....Now looking to string a few minutes together to resurect some semblance of progress.....

Rob

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Rob M
Norwich, VT USA
1980 240D Euro delivery 4 speed manual silver/blue
~160K miles

Keep us posted. Glad you got your baby back.

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RRGrassi


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Gone and still missed...1982 w123 300D, 1991 w124 300D

Reason for being under a tarp? Parked in someone else's back yard?

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A tarp partially protected it from the pine trees it was parked below.....I have recently completed a move from MA to VT and have just recently rescued my '85 300D from the back yard of a friend....

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Rob M
Norwich, VT USA
1980 240D Euro delivery 4 speed manual silver/blue
~160K miles

Hey Rob,

Been gone for quite awhile.........glad to see you back.........and, hopefully, the W123 will be rolling soon...........

Indeed.....I am trying to re-learn everything that I've forgotten. One thing that I never forgot was that this place is a great resource. I hope to cobble togteher a few minutes here and there to make some progress....Came home from a weekend away to a power outage and big tree accross my driveway....Lucky for me it was pine and a little headlight/lantern illuminated chainsaw work quickly cut a swath to the house....

I will say It was refreshing to open the drivers dor on the 300D and see the instrument cluster on the passenger seat....I thought hey I have 5 minutes I'll put that sucker back in....only took about 2 minutes. I have high hopes of getting this car sorted and equppied with a two tank waste oil system & espar or equivalent heating. My wife said if I got the AC working I would be a hero in my kids eyes.....None of our cars have functional AC....I keep saying....It's almost ski season....regards!

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Rob M
Norwich, VT USA
1980 240D Euro delivery 4 speed manual silver/blue
~160K miles

Cool, let us know of your progress.

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We're waiting with baited breath!

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just don't "hold your breath" or you'll be skeletal remains at my pace (somewhat akin to a 240D towing a tandem axle trailer filled with fire wood up a long steep hill)

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Rob M
Norwich, VT USA
1980 240D Euro delivery 4 speed manual silver/blue
~160K miles