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05-26-2008, 06:28 PM
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Barn find!
A friend of mine was selling a patch of land (about 60 acres) and an older farm that resides on it. What did he find in one of the barns, if not a nice W108 (280SE)! It had sat there for 20-odd years, has some rear end damage but otherwise it's complete and .. RUST-FREE! (I'd suspect most of you haven't been in Sweden but finding a 20 year old car here, without rust, is to be considered a MIRACLE). Now comes the best part, I got it for free..!
I'll strip this car of everything usable (doors, front fenders, trunk lid, all chrome parts, interior) and swap them on my quite rusty W108 300D. Have had thoughts about painting the 300D black, what do you think? It's a real classy color on the W108's. Pictured below with the trusty Mercedes transporter we have at the shop.
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Tomas, Sweden 1966 Mercedes Benz 230S with OM617.912, automatic. Disk brakes from W108 1983 Mercedes Benz 300TD grey, OM617.912 and 5-speed manual 1983 Mercedes Benz 300TD blue 7-seater, OM617.912 and 5-speed manual 
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05-26-2008, 06:39 PM
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05-26-2008, 07:11 PM
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One could think so, but no it wouldn't.
This new car has some rear end damage, possibly even structural damage underneath the sheet metal. The paint is not good enough even for a daily driver, so I'd have to respray it anyway. It is currently registered as a gasoline powered car (which it is since it has the original 280SE engine), re-registering it as a diesel would cost additional buckazoids. It's not that hard to swap the parts, most of them are just bolt off/bolt on. The W108 300D, which I intend to repair, is quite rusty but only on easily replacable parts. Like fenders, doors, trunk lid. The whole undercarriage is already fixed by the bloke that I bought the car from  Only the fun stuff left!
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Tomas, Sweden 1966 Mercedes Benz 230S with OM617.912, automatic. Disk brakes from W108 1983 Mercedes Benz 300TD grey, OM617.912 and 5-speed manual 1983 Mercedes Benz 300TD blue 7-seater, OM617.912 and 5-speed manual
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05-26-2008, 07:58 PM
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I want one of those trucks. what kinda MPG/KPL with one of those? too bad all the cool lil trucks are for the rest of the world, not us in the USA.
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1984 123.193 372,xxx miles, room for Seven. 1999 Dodge Durango Cummins 4BTAA 47RE 5k lb 4x4 getting 25+mpgs, room for Seven.
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05-27-2008, 07:51 AM
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I don't know about mileage, it's not really an issue since it's used quite sparsely.
It is, however, equipped with a OM616 and 4-speed manual, top speed about 55mph when unloaded, favorable wind conditions and home sickness. Very handy truck but that W108 is really pushing it's limits..
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Tomas, Sweden 1966 Mercedes Benz 230S with OM617.912, automatic. Disk brakes from W108 1983 Mercedes Benz 300TD grey, OM617.912 and 5-speed manual 1983 Mercedes Benz 300TD blue 7-seater, OM617.912 and 5-speed manual
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#7
05-27-2008, 08:14 AM
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I like that 307D its riding on.
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