Beautiful, thanks for uploading. I have the 1983 brochures myself. Seems like MB had more fun documenting the 1984 model year than the 1983 one.

The 240D in North America ended in 1983 so there's no sign of the 240D in this brochure.

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Well, it time for Tyler to come up with the 1986 Brochure, then.

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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

Notice the central theme they are pushing in the brochure. Not really "luxury", but performance engineering. They were designed to be a real driver's car. With only the bare necessities. That's the car I'd buy, if I had the money.

Oh, wait.

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1987 300SDL (324000)

1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)

Awesome! I saved them all.

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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)

Nice time warp!

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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.

Thanks for sharing, Tyler. I recently discovered that I have that same brochure, only some of the pages of mine are stuck together. I found it at the bottom of the bag the car cover was in that the PO threw in with the deal. I hadn't gotten it out until this winter.

I also have a small brochure for my 85 that came with the car. I'll have to scan it and do the same. It is in perfect shape.

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85 300D 75K Anthracite Grey 0-60 in 13 seconds **For Sale**
84 300D 333K Black (The Velveteen Rabbit) 0-60 in 14 seconds
00 Toyota Sienna 208K (Sold)
15 Subaru Outback 43K
11 Subaru Outback 67K
98 Ford Taurus 100K (Gertie - Was Grandma's - drove it to church and shopping - really) Daughter's car now.
30 Model A Ford 2 Door Sedan (Sold) 0-60 in . . . Never reached 60

It's fun to have an original brochure for your car. I have the '82 brochure to go with my SD, and the '79 brochure, paint samples, euro delivery price list and upholstery color samples for my 240D (which was a euro delivery). I picked them up at the MBCA Seattle show and shine for a few bucks, they had a hole box of brochures.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

It is interesting that the simplicity of the diesel engines was emphasized in the original literature. Simplicity isn't always something that you think of as something to "show off," though it is obvious to us now that this is what makes these cars so desirable and durable.

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That is a K-Jet injector in front of that intake valve.

NITPICKER!!!

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2005 Pathfinder LE
2001 E55
1998 M3
1982 320i

.42 Cd!! Wow. They made a big change with the 124.

This is great though. A sticky would be a good idea, maybe we can all upload whatever literature we have.

I have the dealer brocure for the 300 series from '89. No diesels in there, though

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Dan
2005 E320 CDI - 246k
1987 300SDL TD05-16g, Herlevi pump, Elbe manifold, 2.47 LSD - 213k
Past: 1987 300D - 264k

Good idea, I'll scan the 1983 model line up and some others.

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Uh ...Tyler.....Did you get the complete line brochure or just the diesel portion. I'd love to see the Gasser side...especially the SEC's, since I own a 1984 Euro 500SEC...You could posty it in the Tech side since there isn't a gasser forum as such here.

Thanks in advance.

Charlie

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1986 Euro 500SEC "RUF" 9:1CR, "Rose"
1985 Euro 500SEC Cabriolet AMG Widebody
1982 Euro 500SEL "Blue"
2001 Texas Heeler (Aussie/Queensland X) "Sulphie",
2012 Queensland Red Heeler "Squeak"
Best dogs I've ever had.

I too would like to see the SEC and gasser side as well as an 83 version. Thanks for posting it.

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1974 450SL White/Navy Blue

1983 300SD White/Parchment, VDO Boost Guage, 215/60R15 Bridgestone Potenza RE960AS Pole Positions on 15X7 15 Hole Wheels, Straight Piped, 298K?

2004 Ford Excursion XLT 4X4, 5.4L V8, 285/65R16 BFG AT KO

Damn those are long (So many more features in the modern cars yet so little to read about)

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Sorry I know I promised to scan and upload the 1983 model year brochure but we've been moving stuff around and the scanner is offline for now.

We should provide a section for MB original literature on various models. Like I said I have the 1983 model brochure, as well as the 300D and 300TD brochures (w123).

I also happen to have the 1990 model line up, the 300TE brochure, and some other brochure related to the w124 in 1990 which I can't recall off the top of my head

I hope it's not going to become a copyright issue if we post them up...?

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