To respond to the comments:

-Yes, I "store" it all winter. Sorta. It lives in a garage but I still take it out on the odd nice days during winter. Any day above freezing and the warm water hose comes out and she gets any salt that may have got on her washed away. It is never driven in snow, recently plowed roads, etc. Dry winter roads are okay but still bother me. Yes, I'm a fanatic.

-The paint is far from perfect. 23years of parking lot rash, etc. It looks good from that distance but I wish it was better.

-The wheels came from a board member and a buddy blasted and shot them for $100.00 Came out pretty well, IMHO.

-Boardmonger, those are some pretty nice pics! Gotta love to see MB's lined up and shining like that.

C'mon people! Post some spring pics! I've been inside wrenching on the damned thing all winter. Show it off, Lets see them cars!

RT

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84' Mercedes Benz 300D Anthracite/black, 171K
03' Volkswagen Jetta TDI blue/black, 93K
93' Chevrolet C2500HD ExCab 6.5TD, Two-tone blue, 252K

Both for sale! Both 300TD

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OHHHHH... I get it. That's a picture of "DONALD DRIVER", wide reciever for the Green Bay Packers !!!!!!


ROTFLOL......coffee on the monitor.....




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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..."

Thats the plan for tomorrow. SInce its going to be in the upper 60's possibly 70's im detailing the heck out of the 240D. Nice hand wash, cleaning the under carage, and a nice wax, then the interior were i plan on getting any dirt i find. all in all sounds like a good way to put off my english paper well anyways

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2016 Mazda 6
Coming Soon, 2013 Mercedes E350 Bluetec
Formers:
2012- Mazda 3
2007 Outlander- complete pile
1995 E300 Diesel 208K
2007 VW Passat 2.0T 63K SOLD
2003 Jaguar X-type 3.0 Sport Sold 04/11 w/88K
2009 Lexus RX350 9061 miles. Sold 04/09
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS:Totaled Sept.,09 @ 24,000
2003 Infiniti I35 58K Sold
1984 300 turbo diesel 222K

squall-Locally? Craigs List? eBay? GC?

Might know someone interested.

**EDIT-duh...here!

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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)

I need a wagon, is it under 2k?


Highlights of cleaning:




I admit that last one was in the fall. Give me a few days and the euro will be sparkling.

Here is my friend's 240 in SF:



Here are more pictures of the D's:
http://www.maj.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=137277
http://www.maj.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=135507

Enjoy!

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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

Here's my 300D after a wash, wax, and tire cleaning. I used 303 Aerospace Protectant on the bumpers and tires. I was really pleased witht the results. I used Meg's ColorX since the paint has some oxidation. The following day I wiped it down with Meg's quick detail and waxed with NXT. Got a much better shine the second time, but didn't take pics before today's rain. It really could use some claying, but I probably will not get around to that for a while.

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Looks nice. Did you install secondary door/dent strips?

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'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

The second set of door strips are from the original owner. They make waxing a bit more difficult, but have certainly keept away some parking lot rash.

Washed the 240D today, almost have everything back on. Finished the trunk and the system, now just need to finish the door panels and the dash. More like a spring finishing than cleaning.
-Zach

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1978 240D Auomatic
Custom Charcoal Gray, Navy MB tex, kenwood/Elemental/Boston/Aura sound,
Shaved antenna and emblems.

1990 Lincoln Town Car, Sleeper/Strip car in progress, 17.75@77mph.

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2006 CLK 500 coupe Capri Blue on Grey (zoom,zoom)
47,000mi

04 VW TDI Passat 80,000mi
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