don't you want the 4 speed and stuff?

OK. I really want that 4 speed. How much? Theres a turbo 603 engine I just saw at the junkyard yesterday, still has most of its stuff. $200 is what they want, but you have to pull it yourself.

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'85 300D Cal 280,000 miles
'14 GLK 350 60000 miles

That's not sad -- that car is ready to depart the automotive world. Now, that 914 being in the yard is a sad thing.

In the last year, I've seen two in Atlanta-area yards. Both were almost completely stripped, and the only thing worth getting was a rear wiper motor assembly.

There are always multiple MB diesels in the Atlanta yards I go to, the majority of them being W123s, and the ratio is the opposite of yours -- about four diesels to one gasser.

Sorry, but an MB being in a junkyard isn't automatically a sad thing. Not all can or should be saved, but I will agree that many are crushed before their useful parts can be retrieved.

Agreed. That 240D probably belongs in there. "Sad" was the first car I posted, and I guess this turned into the junkyard find thread. Fine by me

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man that sucks.. I would buy them all!

You guys are lucky to have any older cars in the junkyard. Around here, if it's older than 5 years, it gets crushed.

Thought I'd revive this thread with a couple of recent finds:

This 300D was suspiciously close to a junkard:


1979 240D 4-speed with a 5-cylinder N/A.. it's donating it's transmission to my car:


220S:



Unidentified gasser:


Euro 280CE:

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A few months ago there was a 1976 450SE W116 in absolutely mint condition like it was only 5 years old. I pulled the dashboard because it looked NOS. I should have pulled the perfect German windshield but didn't have time. The next day there were two cars stacked on top of it.

Then there was a Euro 1977 280S W116 with Euro lights, manual heater controls, and a perfect blue velour interior. I only had time to pull the headlights before they pulled it out and crushed it.

The other day they had a Jaguar that had a flawless paint job, and perfect interior with wood trim. It even had a high end XM Satellite Radio CD player and I know it was working because it came on when I pressed the button. Inside the car were tools and boxes of tune-up parts, like Bosch Iridium spark plugs. It's like they pulled someone's $30,000 car right out of their garage and stacked it in the junk yard.

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1967 W110 Universal Wagon, Euro, Turbo Diesel, Tail Fins, 4 Speed Manual Column Shift, A/C
1980 W116 300SD Turbo Diesel, DB479 Walnut Brown, Sunroof, Highly Optioned, 350,000+ Miles

I see a surprising amount of w116s in junkyards. Off the top of my head I can think of around five 300SDs and 450SELs, plus a 1976 280S.

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Some nice cars just sittin there

My local junkyards has nothing in their yards, as soon they get it,its crushed very soon after. Ive seen a 420sel in and 190E that was in accident.

the 420sel looked in decent shape.

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1986 300SDL, 211K,Dealership serviced its whole life
1991 190E 2.6(120k)
1983 300D(300k)
1977 300D(211k)

I hope I can find some good 126's in my local junk yards! ( I really wish I could find some Fiat X1/9's so I could get that one fixed up too! PM me if you want more info on that car)

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Seeing that pic of the poor red 240 on the flat bed just about made me sick. Poor car, hopefully headed to be repaired or was just being moved/transported and not junked.

I absolutely hate seeing repairable cars going to scrap....its just a symbol of waste. At least one small effect of the economic situation is people repairing more cars/holding onto them, you should see the local repair places! They have a LOT of cars waiting to be repaired....more than I've ever seen.

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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)

There's a 126 gasser here in Holland LKQ, and an X1/9 (ladder bumpers, early car).

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I see SO MANY W126's in junk yards here...hard to find the W123's tho.

I've never thought about it until now...has anyone ever seens a W140 in the junkyard? :\

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2003 C240 T-Modell, 202k miles
1995 S320, 207k Miles