Just bought this in NJ (where my family is) and having it shipped to Dallas (where I live).

I had a 76 Benz that literally had no passenger side floor (I cut out all the rust and just drove it like that). I loved that car and when I moved to Dallas I sold it for dirt cheap to avoid it getting scrapped.

This car is a 1969 220d 4 speed manual. Has some rust on the floorboards but other than that it's not bad. It's originally a Texas car and I'm bringing it back to its home state.

My plans for it are to drive it some and do a complete restore. I love these cars and I will not make the mistake of selling this one.

This is my 300d

Congratulations

__________________
1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



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

That looks awesome. Congrats on the purchase.

Is your w115 300D "lowered"?

__________________
1968 220D, w115, /8, OM615, Automatic transmission.
My 1987 300TD wagon was sold and my 2003 W210 E320 wagon was totaled (sheds tear).

wish they would have kept those scoops on the w123..love the look

__________________
1981 NA 300D 310k miles

Haha yup. And the 220d will be also. My other cars scrape the ground everyday. But I'm sure most don't really care for that around here.

We are an eclectic crew here. Sure there are a lot of purists, but there are a lot of us that are just happy to see the cars still on the road, regardless if they are original or not. If gremlins broke into my car and replaced my <60hp OM615 engine with a OM617A turbo, I doubt I would be too sad about losing the "all original" status. 75 mph would be mighty nice on occasion.

__________________
1968 220D, w115, /8, OM615, Automatic transmission.
My 1987 300TD wagon was sold and my 2003 W210 E320 wagon was totaled (sheds tear).

Cool! Well I'm sure I'll be liked somewhat then. I absolutely love mercedes diesels and want about every one I can get my hands on just so they don't get neglected.

wow, nice. Too bad this one got away from NJ... Would love one of them.

Nice find!

__________________
Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (116k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
2008 ML320 CDI (199k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (267k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K), 1985 300D (233K), 1993 300D 2.5T (338k), 1993 300SD (291k)

Nice! Love my '75 300D! Such a classic body and interior with the w115 cars. Enjoy, what else can you buy that is built so well and brings so much pleasure to drive and maintain!

Anyone recommend good places for parts? I've seen people mention someone on these forums that sells parts? Also most MB dealers still stock parts for these?

I would recommend Fastlane for parts. Phil is extremely helpful and gets the parts to you fast. Also there are a few w115's in several of the wrecking yards around here. There are 1 or 2 in Apache foreign in Kennedale and 3 in Little John's yard off of Handley Ederville in Fort Worth.

Congrats and I love the way a W115 looks lowered. What did you do to lower your 300D?

Went to a junkyard today and got a trunk lid (mine has rust on the corners etc)



$25! No rust and no dents!

More pics of the lowered car and details!!!

I think i would have bought allabassi's green one that is already in dallas --with good floors