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Acquired the Fort Knox of W123 parts today
Shortly before leaving on my cross country road trip, I received an email from a local MBCA member that I had never met before. He explained that he had sold off his last W123, and had some parts specific to the chassis he wanted to sell. He knew from the newsletter that I had some W123s, and may be interested in some of the parts, then help list the rest on the newsletter. Not thinking much of it, I replied that I would contact him when I returned.
I had almost forgotten about it until two days ago. I called Terry up and we set a meeting at his house for the following afternoon. I was greeted by his 3 Mercedes and one late model Ford Ranger, all of which with their hoods popped up. After the introduction, I inquired as to why he left the hoods open, to which he explained it was a daily ritual to cool them off after driving. After going over his W124 E420, W210 E430, and W201 190e 2.3, he lead me through is immaculate garage, into the back entrance and down the staircase to the unifinshed basement. My jaw immediately dropped, and I don't imagine it popped up much for the next 45 minutes. The amount of parts he acquired was staggering, requiring nearly an hour to go through despite excellent organization and labeling. Many were new OEM or good brand name quality, and nearly all the parts were common failure items to these cars. He also had many Excellent cosmetic pieces that usually age poorly with W123s. One of his kids wrecked a 120k '79 300D, which he bought back from the insurance company and stripped everything of value from. The initial idea was to take what I wanted, pricing it individually, but I had no idea before what I was coming across before. To his surprise, I made him an offer on the whole lot, which he wanted to sleep on. I tossed and turned myself last night with anticipation, but thankfully he didn't leave me on the hook for too long. [IMG]file:///C:/Users/TYLERH%7E1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.gif[/IMG] I picked up the first load of parts with the E500 today, and will probably need to make another 2-3 loads of good parts, and 1 junk run. I took me 2 hours to photograph and inventory the first load. I need help identifying some of the parts, so folks with eagle eyes please lend a hand. Some I plan to keep, some will probably get trashed, and alot will be offered for sale. I hope to inventory all of the items, price, then list in one massive thread in the parts forum hopefully by the weekend. Keep in mind this is not a sale thread, so mods don't move it over to parts please. I need help identifying many of them, and I will not use this thread to advertise once I start the new one in parts. Photos of Terry's home and picking up the first load of parts. Some of what I still need to pick up: (I grabbed the hubbies after taking the photos) My inventory area: The list from today's haul: Hubcaps: 4 silver blue, 4 mixed (all clips) US spec headlight assembly with covers from 280ce converted back to euro excellent condition like new as well. US spec healdlight assembly with covers, well used, minus one headlight Grill like new, egg crate, strips, hood star, and crome all excellent Complete wiring harnesses from 120k '79 300D Tank Sender: New (World Pac) Tank Sender: Good Used (OEM) 2 Oil cooler line pairs, New OEM Tail Light Right Oil Pressure, Fuel, Temp Gauge (Good used) Complete window switch set '79 300D Very nice shape Seat Belt set Complete 79 300D Very nice shape Seat Track parts complete, all nice Brake Rotors New in box '84 300D Front and Rear Starter Used OEM (assume '79 300D) Brake Master Cylinder (assume '79 300D) Dome light, Hella New in box Grill Gasket new 3 hood stars, new or like new 1 still in packaging 2 grill badges, new 2 rear window switch clips, new, multiple colors Hazard Switch, Hella, New in box Map pocket clips, New Ignition lock cover, New OEM Key plastic rebuilder, New 4 New or like new OEM window switches, front and rear later style 4 Voltage Regulators Bosch, 2 new, 2 good used Ignition Switch New OEM Climate Control sensor, Bosch, new in box RW seal outer new Sunroof bumpers new Door stop, new OEM 2 water temp. senders 1 new, 1 good used 2 Oil pan gaskets Reinz, new Valve cover gasket, new OEM 2 Pinion seal, new Water Pump, GK, New Turbo Boost pressure sensor, new Coolant Thermostats, New Oil filter housing gaskets (not o-rings) New Fly Wheel Cover New 8 Air filter rubber bumpers, new OE shalter switch computer interruptor ???? Turbo seal drain tube, New OEM Front crank seal and sleeve, New Front and rear trans seal, NAF new Tranny cooler hoses pair, New Bosch glow plugs, pencil, 4 new, one good used Beru glow plugs, pencil, 5 new Headlamp switch, used Bosch injectors, 3 used or rebuilt?? Glove box inner door side (cupholders) New OEM Motor Mounts, Meyle, New 2 Front wheel bearing kits, Meistersatz, New 2 Tie rod assembly, shorties, New 2 Steering dampeners, OEM Upper contol arm bushings, complete, new Front torsion bar bushings, new 3 Control arm boots, 3, new Steering link??? New Seat spring, New OEM 4 Oil filters, New 1 Tranny filter, New 2 Front Caliper seal kits, new OEM 2 Rear caliper seal kits, New 2 Shorter brake hoses, rear New??? 4 Spin on fuel filters New 4 Clear primiary fuel filters, New 2 Return hoses, new 2 Tank strainers, new Brake pad set, OEM, new 4 Axle boots with clamps and grease, Bilstein, new 4 Axle boots with clamps and grease, Import pats warehouse, new Tie rod assembly, long, New Front shocks, bilstein, new Air filter, Mann, new 9 cans of Diesel purge Side view mirrors, L&R, nice '79 300D Silver blue metallic touch up paint with clear laquer, new OEM ? Door latches, many, used Block heater, New 6 LDL Liquid diesel additive, new I'm picking up another load of boxes tomorrow, which should have some juicy stuff in it as well. Here is the photo of electrical bits I was hoping some of you could identify for me: and other dunnos, please help More photos coming up
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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k 1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k 1980 240D Stick China 188k 2001 CLK55 AMG 101k 2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!! Last edited by TylerH860; 08-26-2009 at 12:11 AM. |
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Other Photos:
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Hope you guys have good RAM
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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k 1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k 1980 240D Stick China 188k 2001 CLK55 AMG 101k 2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!! |
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WOW this is the Aladdin cave
How about some hood ornaments for me? A star and flat hood emblem.... Let me know Is he selling a car?
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Oh man I'm desperate for new rims, light covers, and a hood star.
Where will this treasure trove be lifted too?
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double?
Tyler --- would you want to double your money?
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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 |
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He will do much better than that, but it was nice of you to ask.....
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Top row, far left end looks like speaker connections on the end --- could that be a fader? I've seen this.....Is it a Vacuum Pod for a non w123 car?
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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 |
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You know, because of your absence last night, I had to bear his excitement.
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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 |
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I forgot to ask what this was too.
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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k 1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k 1980 240D Stick China 188k 2001 CLK55 AMG 101k 2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!! |
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That is an incredible treasure trove of parts.
That is like finding manna from heaven.
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That's a lower control arm ball joint.
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The thing I want most of all, doesn't seem to be in the "trove" anywhere. A non-cracked blue dash pad...
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1984 300 Coupe TurboDiesel Silver blue paint over navy blue interior 2nd owner & 2nd engine in an otherwise 99% original unmolested car ~210k miles on the clock 1986 Ford F250 4x4 Supercab Charcoal & blue two tone paint over burgundy interior Banks turbo, DRW, ZF-5 & SMF conversion 152k on the clock - actual mileage unknown |
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That is unobtanium. I've only seen one. I've also owned one with only a hair line crack by the right side speaker, but its still a crack.
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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k 1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k 1980 240D Stick China 188k 2001 CLK55 AMG 101k 2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!! |
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WOW! Thats damn impressive....
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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." |
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