My 300D has option 732 birdseye maple wood trim.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

those hvac electrical Temp controllers, when they fail, are very very hard to tshoot and fix.do yourself a favor go to a upull it get one now for 5 bucks vice 400 new

Can you get a pic of that. I've gotta see the birds eye maple

Intact aircleaner mounts for the 617.952 engine.

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Huh?

If you mean that if you go looking for cars in the junkyard 10 years from now, I agree. That's why my house looks like a Mercedes junkyard NOW. My local upullit has a 50% off everything sale last weekend - I am sorry that there was only one W123 ( and a coupe NA, too boot) at the time

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

No, I mean if you keep patching a car together with 20 year old parts from a junkyard you will never be able keep up with the failures for the next 10 years. The junk parts are probably only slightly better than the broken parts you are replacing. Eventually you will not be able to keep up and will give up on the car. If you are not willing to buy new parts now, are you going to be willing to do so when the supply of used parts is gone in a few years?

In my case, I drive about 40K miles per year, so that's 400K more miles over the next 10 years. I will be doing well if most of the new parts that I install now are still working in 10 years. Installing junkyard stuff would be a complete waste of my time if I'm planning on keeping the car reliable for the long term.

Ok, well,... I only get choice parts from the junkyard for my stash. For example, I only pull starters and alternators that look like they have been recently rebuilt. I have a Chrysler climate contol servo that has been rebuilt with the alloy central section, etc. I have an entire W123 body in detachable sheetmetal and half a W116. I have about 20 wheels ( I just bought 2 wheels with tires with about 90% tread left for $7 the pair) I have spare OM616 and OM617.952 engines, a known good 722.315 tranny , 2 parts trannys for it, a 722.120 and a manual (that will eventually go into the 77240D, if I ever need it, and will free up its 722.1xx)

When I bought each of my cars (other than the '77 240D which is a total backup for catastrophic loss), I rebuilt the suspensions with new rubber, ball joints, shocks- the works. Over the next 20 years of driving, I can't imagine 2drivers using up the remaining theoretical 600K miles or so left on these 4 cars.

Rick-in it for the long haul

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

Seat pads, upholstery. Already too expensive.