very bad day.... backing up I hit a 3 foot pole and dented the heck out of the driver's side front fender ! I have a w123 82 300D turbo diesel. who knows of a junkyard where I could find one? Preferably in red?
thanks!

Any special city or state of interest to you?

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Buzz
1977 300D 151K (TMU) DB922 Pastel Blue w/Blue
1981 300SD 450K DB753 Astral Silver w/Black
1987 190D Turbo 340K DB199 Black Pearl w/Black
1990 350SDL 190K DB199 Black Pearl w/Black
1994 E320 Convertible 65K DB(9)744 Brilliant Silver w/Grey
1995 E300 Diesel 150K DB (5)904 Midnight Blue w/Saddle

you will want to buy a new fender as you probably will not be able to remove one without tearing it up because of the undercoating.

unless you happen to find a car with a fender that has already been replaced.

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.

I live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina..

about the underpanel? can you not remove those things easily? I noted bolts on the top along the inside of the hood..is there a special trick I need to know about?

Inside the door jambs, is another few bolts. if you need a fender, or anything else for that car. Call this guy up, and tell him Nick, from Connecticut sent you..Here's the number
254-653-2291, He's got everything you'll ever need, new or used, for any Mercedes. Joe's an alright guy, and will give you a deal, if you mention me.

I like your style......

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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

the bottom rubber thingie on the fender must come off to remove a couple or three down there, as i remember.

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.

I know I read that early models of the W123 did use a glued on (epoxy) deal where the fender had to be removed by a 500 degree (hair dryer type) blower. If I remember correctly the change over to the bolted on front fenders came in 1982, as a midyear change. I do have a good drivers side fender in dark blue, in central Indiana, of the bolt on variety from an 83 W123.

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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

czech dieselgiants page out.. he has a tutorial on removing and reinstalling the fender on the front

yeah, as long as there's no PVC glue then it should be dieselgiant.com easy. There is definitely glue on the 116 fenders and it's a MEGA PITA.

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1982 300TD 210K miles ("The Replacement" aka "The Anvil") - SOLD
1979 300SD 245K miles (never ending project)
2007 Pinarello F3:13
1995 Ducati 916 (SOLD, sniff)
1999 Ducati 900SSie (SOLD)

i had to cut mine off.

a really hard job.

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.

The glue on w123 fenders still had all the bolts too, the glue seemed more like a seam sealer, when my 80's fender rusted apart, the wrecker wouldn't let me take a power tool or heating tool out there (fear of fire) took me 6 hours with a pocket knife and a screwdriver to cut off what began as a nice straight fender (desperado you say?), by time I got it off it had incurred cracked paint and distortion at several places. Back home, taking off the old fender was a snap with a heat gun, about 5 minutes. Stupid wrecker people.....I got it on and never painted it since the rest of the car was rust/beige/tan primer,etc. Funny the looks I get with the beige car and a maroon fender with white primer patches and a Mercedes logo,lol.
At least the 82 doesn't have those to deal with...

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64 190D R.I.P.
80 240D W/617 engine -for sale
82 240D -for sale

the guy in connecthiscut does not have one in red... I want to find one in red before I go another color and try to paint it... I sux at painitg! who knows of any other salvage yard that has old mercedes?? no, state nor city does not matter as I would have it shipped here........

thanks fellas!

As I said, Give Joe at Foreign a call. He's in Olden, Texas and I can almost assure you he'll have in in pink, with blue poca-dots, if thats what you're looking for. He's got a lot of stuff. Shipping for that fender should not cost very much at all either...(254)653-2291.

I did call joe.. he unfortunately did not have one in red... and he told me he does not ship... that I had to pick it up./