I would only think of one.....market! The market for diesel cars has come into it's own in the last 2 to 3 years. Because of that, Mercedes is about to come out with a new line of diesel COUPES and even a convertible.

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1985 300D burning WVO using 26 FPHE, half gallon heated fuel filter,glow plug heater,home made injection line heaters. Home made cold air induction. ALDA full out.
2003 F350 7.3(the last of the great motors)
1987 Paint Horse-non running too, just walks!

It says right in the guy's ad that he's using the "S" in SDC, to represent "Sedan", not "S-Class". These were his own words, not mine..

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The classic definition of a sedan has nothing to do with the number of doors.

I own a 1973 charger SE. the SE has a solid pillar behind the drivers door. thus it is a sedan not a coupe. their are coupes with rear windows that go down and that don't have a pillar. like the SECs. they are coupes. if they were to have a pillar they would be 2 door sedans.


2 Door Sedan

http://www.ohs57.com/403c2b80.jpg


Coupe

http://www.mulvanemarauders.com/photos/members/pate57chevy.jpg

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I'm getting ready to sell my '85 500SEC, an in work project that I no longer have time or space for. Body has a few rust spots (rust bubble on each door about 2" and on trunk) Engine runs but not well, rear seats have split seams on tops. Pictures when I get home tonight. Located in Maryland about 50 miles South of Washington DC. $1500 or offer

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'83 240D (for sale)
'84 Harley FXRT
'85 300CD Turbo (Sold)
'85 500SEC (for sale)
'04 Dodge Dakota Quad
'06 Harley FLHTCI
'97 SL320

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=300159859830&rd=1

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1985 300D burning WVO using 26 FPHE, half gallon heated fuel filter,glow plug heater,home made injection line heaters. Home made cold air induction. ALDA full out.
2003 F350 7.3(the last of the great motors)
1987 Paint Horse-non running too, just walks!

My last post on this and I am going to leave this alone. The car sold for $5600...
Who wants to bet he's looking for another one to do?

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1985 300D burning WVO using 26 FPHE, half gallon heated fuel filter,glow plug heater,home made injection line heaters. Home made cold air induction. ALDA full out.
2003 F350 7.3(the last of the great motors)
1987 Paint Horse-non running too, just walks!

I saw that a few days ago.

I'd love to have that.

I think it would be cheaper to find your own SEC and om617 and pay him to do it........but that would be no fun!

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1985 300D burning WVO using 26 FPHE, half gallon heated fuel filter,glow plug heater,home made injection line heaters. Home made cold air induction. ALDA full out.
2003 F350 7.3(the last of the great motors)
1987 Paint Horse-non running too, just walks!

I'd just get that 380 running, and driving instead of "mongralling" the car, into a slow noisy, smelly diesel.

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I guess each to their own

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1985 300D burning WVO using 26 FPHE, half gallon heated fuel filter,glow plug heater,home made injection line heaters. Home made cold air induction. ALDA full out.
2003 F350 7.3(the last of the great motors)
1987 Paint Horse-non running too, just walks!

Hey guys, I havent posted in a while.

I sorta put my SEC project on hold for a little while, I started some new jobs, and havent had the spare time to work on it.

UPDATE: Basically I took a well maintained one owner 300 SD that took a hit in the front, mated it with an 82 240D manual, and stuck it into the SEC.

The SEC i picked up was around 1300, or so, It was not running and the engine was toast. Its a euro so it had some nice goodies.

The engine is installed, but its not actually hooked up. Ill get to it as soon as I have time to do it write. Its not hard and its a worthwile project.

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1984 Euro 300SDC, (4spd standard)
1986 Toyota Landcruiser Diesel HJ60 5spd X2

Gone but not forgotten (some sold, some stripped)
1983 300 SD, 1985 300 SD, 1983 240D, 1986 300 SDL, 1985 300 SDL, 1983 300 D, 1984 300 D, 1985 300SD, 1987 300 SDL, 1983 300 SD, 1985 300 TD Euro, 1983 380SEC, 1990 300 D, 1987 300D, 1982 300D, 1982 300D, 1994 E420, 1987 300 TD, 1987 300 D, 1984 300 D

Well, it's For Sale again.........http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DIESEL-MERCEDES-BENZ-500-SEC-TURBODIESEL-CONVERSION_W0QQitemZ320213965726QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320213965726

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1985 300D burning WVO using 26 FPHE, half gallon heated fuel filter,glow plug heater,home made injection line heaters. Home made cold air induction. ALDA full out.
2003 F350 7.3(the last of the great motors)
1987 Paint Horse-non running too, just walks!

Hey, he has a small repair shop. I bet he had the car and an engine, left by someone in each case and his by default, so he made one servicable car. Seems fine to me.

Tom W

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

It's still only worth the cost of the used engine plus the parts value of the body, minus the cost to disassemble it. If the body was in much better condition it would be worth installing the correct engine, as is it's just a funky parts car.

I dont see the problem here, it looks like a fine hacked mercedes (by hacked, i mean not original but still very nice). If it was on craigslist for cheap and I had the money I would love it to death and so would my dad. So what if its not original, atleast it doesnt have a shortblock chevy v8 or whatever in it

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1981 300SD 512k OM603