For us here in NA, 1987 was the only year they were offered. Most of the rest of the world got them for nearly the entire model run.

if you still want one, I'll have one for sale shortly.
gimme a call when you read this, or I'll give you a call in the morning sometime.

it turns out, that 4 is just too many for me to deal with I think...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Here is my 87 with a 5 speed conversion and updated hood and lights

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Super nice!!

Can you tell us more about the 5spd conversion? or is there a link where you talk about it in more detail? Also, what's updated about the hood (I'm new and unfamiliar with the nuances)

notice the painted area outside the grille on his wagon, and the fog lamp shape on it as well, compare it to this stock 87 front grille from an earlier post.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Ah yes. very nice. is that off one of the later models of w124 wagon...199x?

And more about this 5 speed trans I'm eager to hear about it.

I'd love it but my I already bought my wife another car (she sadly doesn't love wagons)

I was looking for one for myself before I bought the SDL but I have that now

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87 300SDL (work in progress) will be DD
92 Toyota Land Cruiser 4x4 monster (heavily modified)
build thread on mud http://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/288587-rotf-lt1fire.html

84 K1500 GMC Suburban 6.2 diesel motor...... dying to offer its engine to the Land Cruiser

the headlights from a gasser/diesel 94/95 along with the hood swap right onto the wagon!

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

You're being a bit coy about explaining the 5 speed. You know that, right?

I was lucky to find a 86 E300 at my local pick a part I pull off every thing need it for the conversion and I said lucky because Mercedes only imported around 300 of this E300 in 1986. It can be done using parts from a 190E the only parts different in the 190 are the drive shaft and the transmission support and the flywheel has to be able to take a 9 inch clutch disc my is 9.5 no problems so far after almost two years

Tank you

Pretty darn slick. Too bad that tranny seems like the unicorn of merc parts. I'd love to know how it feels to drive. The trans on this car is my least favored aspect of the car. But then again, out of 37 cars this is the 4th that has not had a manual trans. So maybe I just don't like slushboxes.

[QUOTE=warmseth;2957627]I'll resurrect this thread as I am a first time Benz owner and just got my hands on this little beauty. As soon as I lose the horrible chrome arches and wheels It'll be basically exactly what I was looking for!


Interested in your wheels.