thanks... though the 18"Carlssons have long been sold already.
i'm running with benz hubcaps.

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85 190E 2.3(SOLD)
86 230E (-->300D) sold
87 300D (-->300TD) sold
68 250S w/ a 615 and manual tranny (RIP)
87 300TD (SOLD)
95 S280 "The KRAKEN" (Turbo 2.9 602 transplant) traded
86 190E 2.3... current project

That is just sad and wrong! Why sell the wheels? It really made the car come together and stand out......and where did the back bumper go?

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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...

It was one of those wheels/bumper package deals.

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1993 Mercedes 300D 2.5

1987 Mercedes 300D 3.0

2000 Volkswagen JETTA TDI diesel 5 speed

2002 Lexus ES300

2006 Lexus GS430

Mine is diamond blue with black leather interior that is indicative of the family car it was. No third seat. Not rust free, but not bad at all for a NY car. Peeling clearcoat. About 145,000 miles on #14. Bought it from original owner's son. You guys might not find this as interesting as I did, but I have the original sales invoice and she paid just under $46,000 for the car.

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-RK
'83 240D, auto, 170,000 miles "Old Blue"
'87 300TD, 140,000 miles

Please post photos, or PM me and email.

Mine is diamond blue also, with orion gray interior (tex). I've been looking for a gray leather interior because I want a late-leather interior and I've never seen it in black, if it looks good I already have a late black leather interior, ...

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

I remember reading 1500 '87 wagons for the USA. Not sure how many OM603 sedans.

Mine was white over palomino leather. I sold it to a PP member in 2004 with ~145K. He offered it perhaps a year ago - I was seriously tempted to buy it back. My favorite practical car I've owned. (Can't really compare it to an AMG - one is transportation, one is a toy.)

- JimY

IIRC the sedans far out-number the estates/wagons. I too read something like 1500, probably here, thought that the number was for 603 turbo wagons world-wide (many markets got the 603na), ... would love to know the real number.

My feeling is the same. I've had piles of Mercedes sedans, only had one wagon (a gas 4matic). I've had many cars that are faster, better looking, more nimble, haul more, etc., etc. so the sedan nor cab really no longer appeal to me as a classic nor a daily (coupe is still pretty special IMO). Two things have really appealed to me in the 124 and they are the 603 turbo's gasser-like performance and practicality while being a diesel, and the unique look of the wagon while also being surprisingly versitile. So, ... a 603 turbo 124T is the culmination of all that I've found dear in the 124, ... Some day I might get motivated enough to build a 606 turbo 124 coupe, but that's another direction entirely.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

I have one!

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1987 300TD 440K - My car
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 107K - Tim's car
2000 - CLK320 100K - Deb's car
1994 C230 150K - Josh's Car

one with lots of rust but runs like a scalded dog

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Robert
1987 300TD

I had one back in the 90's..much more trouble with it than any car I ever owned but I LOVED that 6 cylinder power! Air conditioning, electrical gremlins and rear self leveling suspension were just a few of the issues. That baby would cruise all day at 100 mph if you could get away with it.

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Dave
Pawleys Island, SC

'79 300CD

Pretty much sums it up.

My wife drove one from 93 'till 05. Probably her favorite car, ever.Sold it to my neighbor when it had 265 on the clock, and last I heard, it was well over 300K.

Did the later head swap, Hella euros, upgraded stereo, CLK wheels...

She was Astral Silver with a blue tex interior. I replaced her with a low mileage, mint 95 E320, Brilliant Silver with black interior. Lots of people never noticed the replacement, thought the 95 was still the old 87.

In retrospect, I wish we'd kept her.

Jim

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14 E250 BlueTEC black. 45k miles
95 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 66k miles
94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles

So far i count 21,im sure there are more.When you add one please update the number so i dont have to keep going back to total them up.Thats quite a number for a car that was sold here in limited numbers, i too have heard/read the number 1500 imported but have no way to confirm it.Perhaps one of the MB techs on here can find the true number for us.
Don

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97 E300D 157000 miles
87 300TD ?141k? miles

Member Palangi claims that there were only 1850 W124 300TDs imported to the US. About 4 years ago, we had a GTG here at my farm and 1/925th of the production was represented.

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it's too bad that the vin isn't specific to the TD... it'd be as simple as checking the last 4 digits of the vin...
mine reads 3800ish...

oh, I have a customer with a white/palomino one. so that's 22 confirmed. (I hope to get it from her, she wants my 83TD...)