Being a new 1987 300TD owner, I was just curious your thoughts on how many of these rare wagons are still on the roads; that haven't been wrecked, parted out, rusted away, flooded, etc. Since there were approximately only 1500 wagons imported that year - How many do you think still remain?

Give your best educated guess in this poll

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1987 300TD 147,000 miles- Palomino leather interior, 1995 facelift and body cladding, E350 wheels, Rebuilt suspension and sport springs, rebuilt turbo, New Monarch injection pump and injectors....and the list goes on and on...

I just cant see only 1500 of these wagons imported... there's got to be more then that. if it's that rare i'm proud to say I have a well running, rust free example of one however

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

There was an '87 300TD wagon turquoise/tan in Phoenix, AZ on E-Bay about a year and a half ago. It had about 60K miles, and was nearly perfect.......it's high-winning bid was somewhere around $22,000.00.

Yes, they are coveted - the big question is.....what condition and miles are on a 23 year old E300TD wagon?

My first thought is "How the he!! would we know"?
My second thought is that 1500 has GOT to be a bogus number. No way that is accurate....


**edit**
Well, after reading what comes below, that number might be allot closer to correct than I would have thought. Interesting.........
Good article below too.

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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

That is the number I keep hearing from different people and sources. If that is not right I would like to know, and will change it.

The guy that had my car last was 85 yrs old and I don't think he knew how rare it was. He let it go to a charity auction for free because it was becoming too much to maintain. The guy I bought it from got it from the charity.

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1987 300TD 147,000 miles- Palomino leather interior, 1995 facelift and body cladding, E350 wheels, Rebuilt suspension and sport springs, rebuilt turbo, New Monarch injection pump and injectors....and the list goes on and on...

I have been told by the motor registry my 250td (I think its equivalent to a 300td 2.5 non turbo) is the only one in Australia. The original owner privately imported it. The motor registry went into melt down when it was first registered here. They had no listing for it. As far as they were concerned no such model exists.
All good now though. There are a few gasser 124 wagons and 190d 2.5 sedans about so no probs with parts. It is often cheaper to get bits from the USA or Europe/Middle East than local.
I am surprised that you cant get motor registry numbers on how many of any model there is.

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

I took the liberty of Emailing Mercedes Classic Center. maybe they can enlighten a little. I hope they answer asap

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

These diesel wagons could possibly be the most useful vehicles ever made, roomy, comfy, more useful third seat than my big SUV, nimble, powerful etc. I can fit more stuff in my wagon than my SUV or truck bed.

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2005 SL65
1999 E300
1995 E300
1994 SL320
1988 560SL
1987 300TD
1982 300D
1955 300SL

Well only around 5500 300SDL were built for the 1987 MY from what I recall, so 1500 could be possible. I almost NEVER see the '87 wagon, I have seen a white one and a black one... and I have seen some weird vehicles on the road.

I bet there are well under 1000 on the streets.

What is odd to me is that there were more SDL manufactured for the '86 MY but I very rarely see one, let alone for sale. Explain that.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

i have only seen maybe 5 or 6 since i have been paying attention to such things (about 5 years)

E300TD has nothing do with badges, it's for nomenclature and differentiation between the variants... think outside the box, like MB engineers do/did.

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I just picked one up a few months ago in southwest Ohio. It needs a LOT of TLC that I haven't gotten to yet. Body is rusted out near the jack points. Paint has sun damage. Needs new brakes (made for an adventurous drive home), new right rear shock (totally blown), some SLS work, and new motor mounts. And that's just from the initial going-over. Oh, and the best part was that I lost a right rear wheel bearing on my way home...

But, the motor was apparently rebuilt around 2000 by MB. Maybe that makes up for the laundry list of work it needs... or maybe I'm a fool. Either way, these are indeed rare vehicles, so I jumped at the chance of owning one.

Anyways, it should be a different beast to work on. I'm only familiar with w123 wagons (I love mine). Now I have perhaps two of the most reliable cars ever made.

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-1985 300TD - 324k mi on chassis. MB "Tauschaggregat" 617 motor + 4-speed conversion
Alaska Roadtrip 2009
-2002 E320 Wagon - 197k mi
-1998 E320 Wagon - 310k mi - retired

Cool article, 2386 units made in Germany.....how many imported to the US? I've never seen a 4-matic diesel around.

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1987 300TD 147,000 miles- Palomino leather interior, 1995 facelift and body cladding, E350 wheels, Rebuilt suspension and sport springs, rebuilt turbo, New Monarch injection pump and injectors....and the list goes on and on...

Thanks for sharing this! I do appreciate it

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

I looked for 3 years before I found mine.
I have only seen 3 others.
only 1500? Maybe.

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1959 Gravely LI, 1963 Gravely L8, 1973 Gravely C12
1982 380SL
1978 450 SEL 6.9 euro restoration at 63% and climbing
1987 300 D
2005 CDI European Delivery
2006 CDI Handed down to daughter
2007 GL CDI. Wifes