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It's not even the flame paint job that bothers me that much. It's the cheap looking skull shifter that someone picked up at VIP. Someone should take a chance and buy it just to save it from its current state.

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1985 300D
1987 300SDL
1970 Jaguar E-Type OTS
2002 Dodge Intrepid (Traded In)
2011 Ford Crown Victoria

Its a 240D......I'm not sure if they can go fast enough to cause the fire to blow back along the car like that.

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'82 300SD 320k -mine Parting out this summer. (OC-323,450)
'89 420SEL 146k - mine (OC-147,500)
'93 190D 2.2 - 208k - mine (OC-210,100)
'13 VW GolfWagon TDI 6Speed - 0k - wifes
'82 300SD 340k -dad's (OC-341,200)
'87 420SEL - 305k - dad's - (OC-309,400)
'83 300D 258k - brother's (OC-261,150)
'12 VW Jetta - 7k - Sisters

i think it really is a 300D, there's five cylinders.
initially i thought "hey, at least the motor's been done over with new hoses everywhere" until i realized all that colored crap is just covers for the hoses already there. d'oh.
wtf is the point of the hood scoop??

wait its a 77? was there a factory turbo on a w123 300D in 77??

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1981 300D 305k miles

No.

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!! (this engine was installed only in 240D w/automatic transmissions)

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

85 300D 360K
84 300SD 270k
82 Datsun Kingcab Diesel 474k
80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 3:58 Diff. 150mph spedo 352k
78 240D

same listing on the elvis 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!!!!,

Dat ***** be tighte!

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1984 300D - 180,000 miles... and counting.

Hmm... 300D 617 NA. You ain't going nowhere fast. Guy prolly got sick of being challenged and losing.

300D NA is NOT a racecar, it's a driver's comfort car.

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1981 240D ChinaBlue (One day this car may run again.)
1983 300DTurbo w/sunroof.
1984 300TD manual sunroof.

I just choked and I think I threw up a little....

Compared with what I've owned before it's a race car (and you're not telling me otherwise)!

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone

Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

The spoiler and scoop have to be worth an extra 20 mph...and as unappealing as the exterior is, whatever is going on under the hood takes the cake.

Hmmm.... it looked MUCH better in this picture of it for over a year ago...




I looks horrible now. And whoever painted the stuff in the engine didn't prep the surfaces of anything... look at all the paint flaking off everything. What a mess.

Still, I do like the flame job... I would drive that and leave the scoop and spoiler... I thing it's hilarious on a diesel and worth keeping just for the laughs.

In fact, this picture has been my desktop for over a year....

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'81 300D sold
'87 560SL sold
'85 300CD sold
'85 300D Parted
'82 300TD restored Sold

'99 E320 Wagon
'87 300D
'95 Land Rover 5 Speed Om617
'00 Land Rover D2
'85 300TD Euro
'94 E320

For Sale - blue seats from an 85 300D Complete and really nice.

Weeeell. I'm not sure what you've been driving there Army.

As for my W123 83 300D 617 Turbo, I still wouldn't call it a race car but it will throw your head back if you didn't expect it. I can actually accelerate appreciably going uphill.

I'll say this too - as garish as the paint job is on that car, it looks alot better than my much chipped two tone finish.

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1981 240D ChinaBlue (One day this car may run again.)
1983 300DTurbo w/sunroof.
1984 300TD manual sunroof.

i could see keeping such a paintjob as a laugh on a vw rabbit diesel.. or a diesel vw caddy pickup.. just looks way too out of place on a MB for even a gag

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1981 300D 305k miles

I always chuckle at a seller that tells about somehting that is broken...........then ends the sentence with "its an easy fix". If it's so #%@# easy why didn't the seller do it before trying to sell?

Almost impressive a write as "AC doesn't work - just needs freon"

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OH HELLYEA,
Gotta love those wheels and the seat covers---AND THAT WING!!

Im thinkin of stealin this guys ideas!