1991 300D. Trying to assess whether to keep the car for parts or sell it. It has a rusted out right front spring perch. If I were to spend the money to fix that, the assumptions about car would be as follows.

208,500 miles
No cruise or AC, everything else functional
Red (not sure what precise color is called) on black
Excellent condition (PO really took good care of it)

What could I expect to get in today's market?

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Barrington, Rhode Island
1991 300D 2.5T "Otis", Smoke Silver, 106k miles (daily driver)
1992 300D 2.5T "Milo", Midnight Blue, 243k miles (teenage son driving)
1995 E300D, Black, 304k miles (other daily driver )

Seven other MB's owned and sold
2002 Honda Odyssey 163k miles (want to name it "Homer," but wife won't let me)
1961 Very Tolerant Wife (OK, I admit I ripped this off from another board member...but my wife was born in 1961 and she is very tolerant.)

lemme know if you need a 124 perch/front clip/front quarter... I've got two... heading to the crusher...

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John ongoing strip party!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
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84 240D 5speed & 84 300 4Speed
67 rs Camaro, Dodge Pickup, parts cars 78 300D, & 93D(no doors?),85 SD, 83 SD, 85 300D, 85Euro 300TD, 87 300TD, 95E320 T
Daily Drivers 82 SD, 87 300TD, 87300TD!!!!,

Thanks....my current plan is to take it to me indie this week to see what I'm looking at.

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Barrington, Rhode Island
1991 300D 2.5T "Otis", Smoke Silver, 106k miles (daily driver)
1992 300D 2.5T "Milo", Midnight Blue, 243k miles (teenage son driving)
1995 E300D, Black, 304k miles (other daily driver )

Seven other MB's owned and sold
2002 Honda Odyssey 163k miles (want to name it "Homer," but wife won't let me)
1961 Very Tolerant Wife (OK, I admit I ripped this off from another board member...but my wife was born in 1961 and she is very tolerant.)

My 1992 300d with 201,xxx miles was totaled last year and progressive valued it at $4600, thats what I got from them and thats the cut off point they used when pricing repairs for it. I would assume that would be top end for it. That car also had no rust at all.

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2003 TDI Beetle-For Sale
1989 Cadillac Allante-For Sale
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2006 5-speed manual civic
1987 300D(Ursala)- #14 head, 157k when sold
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1992mercedes 300d- totaled and in a junk yard somewhere..
1983 mercedes 300sd- scrapped
1980 mercedes 300sd first mercedes diesel-sold

Sorry to say that value is a perseption of condition by an interested buyer.Here in Texas its all about how good the a/c works not so much rust unless it was a coastal car.Being from up north Im sure rust is more of a main concern and is probably frowned on with disguist .The motor runs like a top and the trannie shifts great youll be good at $2000. Voluntarily give up the fact of the rust and see if you can get estimates to economically fix the issue and include that in your bargaining ,your showing that it is an issue but thats why the buyer is getting such a great deal.