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Old 11-24-2016, 11:46 PM
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EDIT: Wow - quite the thread revival there!

I daily drove a high mileage '73 220D with a rebuilt 616 (240) engine in it for about 8 years and loved it. I rebuilt the suspension a couple years in and, wow, what a difference that made. Ran like a top and never let me down. Made multiple cross country road trips in it. Drove it in sun and snow and everything in between. It was rusty in the front floors and trunk thanks to leaky front and rear glass seals. It had rust in the rockers and jack points. I prefer them over W123 (I also had a pretty nice '82 300CD for a while) for several reasons - the vintage styling (thank you Paul Bracq); better visibility out of the car; better handling; old(er) school body build.

W114/W115s were, I think, the first M-B to have a ball joint front end, and it was the first to have the "new" style rear trailing arm type suspension shared with W123, W126, W116, and others. It was also the first to have a center console. In all they're a neat mixture of old and new. Sold that car a bit more than a year ago before moving to Utah from New Mexico. Maybe shoulda kept it.

Finding inexpensive used parts is getting more difficult as the U-Pull/scrap cars are getting pretty rare compared to 5 or more years ago, at least where I've been living. The dealer and Pelican is always very helpful for new stuff, the basics like brakes, suspension parts, etc. some of which are shared with later cars.

We picked up a really nice rust free, original paint, verified 99,000 miles, Euro Delivery '74 240D 2 - 3 years ago but I don't drive it so much - too nice for the daily grind, a car I want to preserve. Maybe one day it'll be worth something.

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Old 11-25-2016, 07:50 AM
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We've had a W114 coupe (same body as a W115) running as a daily car for the last three years.

I was comfortable enough with it's reliability to have my daughter use it daily for high school and work. Biggest reliability problem was that she ran it out of fuel multiple times.....

She's in college now, ...............
Jim
We're 8 yrs past the original post and hopefully the car is still running, the daughter learned (via college???) that (old) vehicles require fuel and/or Jim has finally repaired the fuel gauge.
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Old 11-25-2016, 08:50 AM
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Here we were, driving along in nice looking 115's such as this,



when all of a sudden, you know who decided, No, that's not safe; you need these hideous shelves hanging off of your Benzes.



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Old 11-25-2016, 09:19 AM
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yeah, the old bumpers are lovely but pretty much completely 100% worthless against any but the barest of touches by another car.
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Old 11-25-2016, 09:50 AM
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three comments-

1- the US spec bumper is great, saved my 115 from serious damage when it took off down a driveway into a concrete wall. I actually prefer the look of the US spec bumper over the all but useless euro bumper on a 115. I prefer the reverse on a 123.

2- slightly different comment on rust. I think they are easier to deal with rust wise than a 123. They have FAR less vinyl undercoating. The rust will start faster, but it is WAY easier to deal with, and way more likely you will catch it early if you are watching for it.
A 123 will be swiss cheese before you realize it with encapsulated graham cracker panels and two good layers of vinyl. Personally I far prefer the 115 over the 123 for rust issues.

3- the biggest downside will be parts, but body, trim and glass parts. An amazing array of 123 and 126 parts fit in a 115. My 115 has a 126 diff in it, bolts right up, and is actually a hell of a lot easier to install with bolt holes through the trunk than on a 123.

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