Wheels restored great! Took me 4 years before I found a set I could afford

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I scored a Euro front bumper, triangle clip and a plexiglass sunroof shade/wind thingy. I had to cut it to get it to fit around the roof rails but it sure keeps the wind off the rear passengers. $40.

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1981 300TD "The Green Lantern"
1980 300TD
1983 300D Euro "China Cat"

Forget about finding the wheels at PNP. when the cars come in and are being processed, they pull the wheels and throw them in the recycle bins. seems to be something new this past year. all aluminum wheels especially get pulled for the recycling price of aluminum.

Schnitzer steel ownes PNP, it is all about profit, and the scrap goes to China and or india.


I did find a perfect blue dash from a 78 300CD last summer. and three years ago there was a W116 with a perfect set of 15" Bundt wheels. Diametricalbenz got those for one of his projects. never seen another set since.


Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

I *wish* we had Benz's just laying around in PNP's in this city of 1,000,000 people. Nope. Not a common car to find at a wrecker. Lucky to find anything with tri-star logo. Yet we have 2 dealers and see lots driving on the road.

Maybe dealers have a line on buying up all old stock and crushing, to keep cheap parts supply down. Wouldn't surprise me in the least, seriously.

I can just see the deal, "any chassis you get, take the VIN plate and a picture of it crushed, and $500 to you".

Cash for Very Select Clunkers, on a very local scale.

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Cheers!
Scott McPhee

1987 300D

Couldnt understands why it was their ,a complete 123 mercedes 280 coupe,blk on blk, perfect interior and exterior ,the paper on the side window said ,to be towed.I pulled half of the interior ,that one still bugs me.

I see perfect examples here in our yards all the time. I can see why some are here, accident damage, rust, neglect etc...

Right now there is a 77 300D 399,992 on the spedo. tan with brown interior. this car is almost perfect. no rust, zero, no accident damage any where I can see. probably a donated car.

I have both left doors, rear window and the front rotors/hubs. After the 50% weekend sale, it is pretty well trashed by now.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

Yeah, there was a junkyard regular there. He pulled the engine for me and preserved the linkage, turbo, most of the vacuum system, etc... Did a fine job no money down. I paid him his fee and got the motor for a song.

He's on speed dial.

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Codifex
1981 240D ChinaBlue (Got her running with a donor engine.)
1983 300DTurbo w/sunroof.
1984 300TD manual sunroof. (Electrical Gremlins)

Damn, I thought it was a store thing. ah well. Good number to have though especially since he does it right

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

There are usually guys that hang around the various PNP`s that will pull parts for a price. I paid a guy last week $15 to cut out the accident damage on an SD so I could pull the engine. the guy was quick and fast.

I did find some pages out of a Girly Mag one time in a car.

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

The last time I was at Parts Galore in Detroit there was a guy going around pulling the head / tail lights and control modules from all the foreign cars. He had two wheelbarrow's full when he checked out. Kind of lame IMHO.

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

$25 for an unbroken black glove box for my Jetta. Also, a bunch of the icecube Mercedes relays a guy gave me for free once. I guess that counts.

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1984 300D 193.5k miles
ASTM-certified B100 bio when able

I could quit my corp job if I did that and sold on ebay...hmmm

But anyway, I was also able to get a $12 CCU for my 95 E300D

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'95 E300D 313k miles
http://www.ourfullhouse.com

They used to have them here until a new manager came in and kicked every single one of them out except the crazy homeless lady who lives in the vans out there....

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

Best thing I ever got was a set of lineman's pliers, which the guy in line ahead of me at the cash register had found in a truck. He didn't want them and the cashier shrugged so I took them home for free. A few minutes on the wire wheel and the rust and grime came off to reveal the brand name "Klein Tools" and "USA." Made of genuine steel and complete with side cutters and special finger-crushing section.

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"Buster" in the '95

Our all-Diesel family
1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car
2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car
Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022)
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762
"Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz."
-- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970

I once found a Sony Watchman in the back of a VW Golf.

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.