In my ongoing quest to find a W124, preferably diesel, I went and looked at a fairly local car today.
What I found out is that this in merely a parts car. It smashed into a brick mailbox structure and destroyed the front right of the car. It was also driven by an elderly gentleman and there isn't a straight fender or body panel on the car. Rust is also an issue. Also the interior is sun baked and ruined for the most part.
But, this car does have some interesting bullet points. Can anybody notice the interesting items......[of course you can]
**btw, pics taken with my cell phone, and car was in the garage. poor quality**

Car, with damage-hiding bra:



Then under the hood it gets a bit more interesting:



Then, if you look closely, it gets very interesting on the inside:



I'm thinking of making an offer just to pull the more "interesting features".
Car hasn't been started in a year. I brought a battery jumper but the glow plugs weren't working. The strip fuse was gone. So I went to my truck and got an alligator clip jumper and connected it where the fuse would go. Got in and glowed it and all this smoke started pouring up from under the hood. And I mean a ton of smoke!!!!! Totally melted my alligator clip jumper, so there is some kind of tremendous short in the glow plug circuit.
Engine would spin but wouldn't start without the glow plugs. It wasn't turning near fast enough anyway.
Not sure what I will do as the wife just might shoot me in my sleep if I brought this ugly thing home.
Will sleep on 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

Seems as if the "elderly owned" examples aren't always the creampuffs they're made out to be.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Yikes!
I would ask him if he'll give me $100 to haul it away and be pleased either way.

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http://www.libertyagrifuels.com
1984 300D Turbo
1980 300SD Sold
1983 300TD Sold
Dagger 16 ft. Legend Canoe (for the weekends)
Marin Northside Trail Mtn. Bike

Just walk away, Jimmy, just walk away...

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Current cars:
2000 ML55 AMG, 174k miles
2003 C240 T-Modell, 202k miles
1995 S320, 207k Miles

OK yall, I think you are not seeing the very important bullet points......
They are the only things that even make it worth contemplating.
The car would be hauled away for salvage after the "bullet points" were removed. Worth the hassle????
THAT is the question I'm muddling.......
**BTW, I'm married to the main hassle**

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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

Apparently, it's a Euro, but to what extent are the desireable bits perhaps, "mashed up"? If the exterior is beat up, we can't be too sure about the mechanical components either.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Heck Joe, it was running well enough to hit almost every darn thing is sight!
122K on the car.....
BTW, I may have a car in Houston for you to look at for me if I get a favorable responce back from them. Will pm if necessary.....

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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

On the car? Doors, glass, tailamps and wheels. Other than that, there appear to be appliances on the driveway.......with $300K to $500K homes in the background. Interesting.

Euro w124 sedan with an SLS pump?

Jimmy --- I have an idea; buy the car, take it to Rich's place, pull the stuff you want, and don't tell the wife!!! Don't even bring that car home.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

Euro! N/A OM603, 113hp and a 5 speed manual transmission, almost certainly.

Wow....a N/A 603 with a manual and self leveling, manual climate, and cloth seats! I saw one around here a while back, those are rare....it'd be a neat car to have in nice shape....

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'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)

I wonder if they also have upholstered furniture on the front porch?

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Now THAT is what I was getting. The SLS is a nice bullet point, but the engine/tranny combo is the only real value with the car.
Cloth interior is beyond gone. You touch it and you can feel the hardened fiber stuffing cracking, plus the cloth if very brittle.
The manual climate is cool, but if car is being trashed then it is too much of a hassle.
The SLS could be pulled off, but the value is minimal except for somebody needing components.
But that drivetrain is the lifted skirt and perfumed inner thigh of this car......

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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

If that was near me I'd definitely try to buy it. No question. I saved my CD from the crusher and it was in worse shape than that car.

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'81 300CD - 180K, cannot be killed by any conventional means
'99 Ford Escort - good MPG

I'm from the UK and thats rare even here. had a lot of N/A OM603 cars, but not many came with a manual, for that you have to look for a 250D or 200D.