240D... I Thought I Was Going To Cry - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

cooljjay · #31 05-04-2013, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Adriel

Maybe us locals should get together sometime?

That would be cool but I don't see many people from AZ on here. There is for sure a lot of places to meet up around here...lots of tourist were I am at....they are always looking at my diesel clunker....I try to burn rubber but it doesn't work

Squiggle Dog · #32 05-04-2013, 08:41 PM

Every time I have asked a wrecking yard about purchasing a complete vehicle, they tell me flat out, "No", or get really rude with me.

I don't have much space for holding onto parts I won't use, and don't currently have a job or source of income besides selling parts I find at the yards. So, whatever I purchase has to be for my own car, or worth enough that it is worthwhile for me to remove it from the car, pay for it, list it online, box it, and ship it. Sometimes large items can be outright ridiculous to ship and a waste of time when you consider all the hours it takes to find packing materials and then pack everything properly.

My 300SD burns rubber in the first two gears. For some reason, my diesel cars always seem to perform better than they are "supposed to". My last daily driver (a 200D) was a peppy little thing that had no problem getting up to freeway speed faster than the factory 0-60 time, and would cruise at 80 MPH for hours on end, even though it leaked oil and smoked like crazy.

ROLLGUY · #33 05-04-2013, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Squiggle Dog

Every time I have asked a wrecking yard about purchasing a complete vehicle, they tell me flat out, "No", or get really rude with me.

I was fortunate to be able to buy an '82 300CD from Pick-A-Part before it went out to the yard. It had Euro lights, a near perfect dash, near perfect wood, good upholstery and carpet, and a great body. The bad part was that it needed a new engine, but I had a donor engine waiting for a body. The car turned out beautiful. My niece is enjoying driving it now. The salvage title does not matter to me. It is still a great car, and was saved from the other yard vultures (I confess, I am one too)....Rich

NC-Diesel · #34 05-05-2013, 12:01 AM

I would kill to get a body with no rust or accident problems and good paint! We had an almost perfect 300D83 sitting in a yard last year. perfect interior and exterior and NO RUST! Killed me to watch a guy take a giant saw and cut off the back end!

Squiggle Dog · #35 05-05-2013, 12:54 AM

I know, doesn't it seem like those of us who really love these cars always end up getting the rusty and beat-up ones, and then all the good ones get junked or parted out?

ROLLGUY · #36 05-05-2013, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by NC-Diesel

I would kill to get a body with no rust or accident problems and good paint! We had an almost perfect 300D83 sitting in a yard last year. perfect interior and exterior and NO RUST! Killed me to watch a guy take a giant saw and cut off the back end!

We have plenty of good bodies out here on the left coast, and cheap!

Alastair · #37 05-05-2013, 09:05 AM

I'm just as guilty as anyone else--not saving a nice yard-find...

Late last year I was desperate for a trailing-arm for my Wagon--The spring popped out the bottom of one!

I looked for a while online--lots of stupid pricing going on and eventually found a 230E in a truck breakers yard close by.

It was a nice clean straight body car with very little rust--Amazing here in UK, even the wheel-arches were nice....

I had no option. I HAD to strip the car of the needed arm, as the Wagon is the daily-driver. Still feel a little bad about that one.

I removed the whole subframe, diff, arms as a unit plus a whole lot of other goodies--But was NOT happy destroying that car. IF I had the cash at the time I would have bought the whole thing and sorted what little it needed....

All the parts, some body-trims, lights, bumpers, rear end etc cost me £50......

Strife · #38 05-05-2013, 09:22 AM

Now here is a MB video that has been known to make fairly stiff-upper-lipped men (ahem) sniffle a little...search YouTube for "Mercedes Reincarnation"...

I've had to remove parts from perfectly good/repairable W126 gas engines as spares for my W107. This actually bothers me, but those parts will NOT go to waste...I know that parts that I've pulled from JY's like saved the lives of OTHER cars when I send/sold them to other people. There is some parallel here to human organ donation...

chasinthesun · #39 05-05-2013, 09:49 AM

The grill badges are representation of long dedicated service ,much like a four star general in all the honor garb ,the grill gives interest to people passing by,much like a wake.The pictures tell more of the story ,this should be on youtube.