Headed to southwest Ga to pick up a 1993 300D with 130k miles. The lady that owned it died and her daughter called me about the car. I told her I'll come get it and get it going and she can decide what she wants to do with it. This should be interesting. I'll post pics when I get em.

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Jim

Looking forward to reading about your progress. Sounds like a diamond in the rough.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

Keep me posted if it's one that might become available. I can't tell by your post whether you're interested in it - but if not I might be, and at least we're in the same state.

Sounds like a fun adventure!

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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

it is in the yard and already sold after I get it in good nick. That was quick.

A true original owner 141k mile car with maintenance records and original window sticker ($44,840 in 1993 dollars). Put a battery in it, started it up and drove it on the trailer. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it came from the factory with r134. I did not check the a/c to see if it worked. I tried not to act too excited when I first got there. Kinda hard to do.

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Jim

In the second picture what is the black car in the background to the right. An 80's era SD?

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85 300D 75K Anthracite Grey 0-60 in 13 seconds **For Sale**
84 300D 333K Black (The Velveteen Rabbit) 0-60 in 14 seconds
00 Toyota Sienna 208K (Sold)
15 Subaru Outback 43K
11 Subaru Outback 67K
98 Ford Taurus 100K (Gertie - Was Grandma's - drove it to church and shopping - really) Daughter's car now.
30 Model A Ford 2 Door Sedan (Sold) 0-60 in . . . Never reached 60

420SEL. I'm waiting on the owner to bring money to pay for fuel pumps. It has been there a couple months now.

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Jim

Super sweet find sir. One of the best I've read in quite a while...

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1987 300SDL #1, 1987 300SDL #2, 1980 240D, 1982 300SD, 1994 S350, 1990 350SDL, 1991 350SD, 1985 300D, 2005 E320CDI

Gone, but not forgotten: 1981 300SD, 1982 300SD, 1987 300SDL, 1983 300TD, 1980 300CD, 1981 300SD #2, 1987 300D, 1987 300TDT, 1980 300D

Wow, nice!

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

Wow impressive find!

Looks good in the pictures. I'm sure it sounds juvenile, but I've always been smitten with the louvered fender air intake.

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2001 SLK 320 six speed manual
2014 Porsche Cayenne six speed manual

Annoy a Liberal, Read the Constitution

The car is nice, but every time you post pictures of your property I become jealous

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

x2 on your property.

And now we see your car hauler. I've been searching for a 6'10" wide car hauler (7' would be better) for months now. I find one, but its already sold is the usual ending. I've got the "perfect truck" to pull MBs on a trailer.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

Anytime ya'll are in the area stop by. The place is alot more impressive in person.

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Jim

Yeah, all 1993 124 cars are R-134a from the factory. Be interesting to hear how well it functions. I'm not sure what compressor they use, but would guess it's still the 10p15 on a diesel.

What color code is that car? It looks, well, lavender in the pictures. I hope you sold it to a girl!