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I'll admit, I can't seem to find a 'blemish'!

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Dale

It looks good but I can't figure out why they would be running green coolant in it. Buy it now seems a little pricey.

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Jim

Yeah. I actually thought the Buy it now price was a bit high. But I've been amazed at lesser looking MB's going for BIG $$$...

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Dale

Gee, ya think?!
Does look nice, though. One of my favorite interior colors. One of my least favorite exterior colors......
Lots of folks don't know any better than to use green coolant. No real mystery there.

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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

same color scheme as my 82 300sd. Looks very nice. $10,000 is a good price if mileage is legit. Judging by the pictures and interior condition, it sure looks original. The only thing that looks suspicious is the valve cover condition.

If it's legit, $10,000.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

That's a fair price. I don't like the color of either of mine, didn't buy 'em for that tho.

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83 SD

84 CD

Wow....that is one nice car. Wshew. 33k?! insane! My dad's looks like that one, except a little more "weathered (on the outside)" and has 259,000 more miles on it.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

that chocolate leather is MMM mmm good!

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"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

That is a great color, isn't it!

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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

Guys, I owned an '83 300SD. The front driver's seat bottom evidences up to maybe 100K on it.

Granted, it looks 100% garaged when not in use. I would have to see the car in person to give more than the $15K it's at now. Underside, under the hood, EVERYWHERE! I would have to also interview the widow of the deceased guy.

Bottom line:
No CARFAX Report to track it's mileage? I would HAVE to assume the mileage is BOGUS, and it's been jimmied with. Nobody buys a diesel to only drive it 33K in 25 years......wake-up!

It's at an AFTERMARKET dealer guys! They're TRUSTWORTHY?! NOT!

I agree........no Carfax, no sale.

However, if the paint is original, the vehicle cannot have 100K on the clock..........there's not a single paint chip on the nose that's visible in the photos.........and avoiding same is impossible with that mileage level.

I just bought a 79 SD with 111k miles. It came with the maintenance booklet and receipts. I cannot find a flaw in the paint anywhere except for two minor spots on the sunroof. No records or evidence of a repaint. The paint is in better condition than the paint on my 77 300d with only 75k.
I too thought the seats seemed a little worn for that low a mileage but with that low a mileage it probably has seen lots of very short trips so it could have as many driver entrance/exits as a car with 100k used on longer trips so it's still possible it's correct. I'd want to see the stamped maintenance booklet with dates to confirm the mileage.
I definitely don't think it's worth the buy it now price nor even the current bid price.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

How can it possibly go 100K without any stone chips on the nose? That's almost impossible.........???

The driver air vent is missing some fins....

Do the gauge needles turn yellow in the sun or from age?

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John Robbins
'05 E320 CDI - 240k
'87 300TD - 318k