Yep grabbed it from the junk yard. Its a bit rusty on the inside, but seems strong. MB should have made that out of stainless

LOL, my mom is cool. Shes the only mom in her 50s I know of who rides a skate board and plays W.O.W.

When I was in kindergarden her daily driver was the 88 F350 7.3L idi crew cab with a Banks turbo preformance pack on it. So when I talked to her about the EGT gauge she knew exactly waht I was talking about.

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My same thought, I pulled the hoses off it and I was huh steel? Everything else on the car is aluminum including the lines going to the heater core...what gives mercedes

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Hammum, I will look at my photos of my first baby, 1982 W123 300D. If I happen to have the color code captured I will post when I get home tonight.

Rich, can't wait to see you again and show off my new baby. I am planning my trip to pick her up with the GTG on 18 May in mind. We were going to drive the coast anyway and this appears to be becoming the thing to do and don't want to miss it.

Just got to say in closing - NIK is the best - son, mechanic, friend

Nik's Mom

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80 300D
84 300CD
82 300D - t-boned 4 Nov 2013
01 Jeep Wrangler
09 Smart

Thanks, Peggy. I've been searching around and I think it might be Diamond Blue Metallic (DB355). Your previous 300D was beautiful. I'd like to use that same color when I re-paint mine.

Diamond Blue wasn't available until 1985.

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1981 300TD 4 speed manual
Euro bumpers, zender valance and skirts, H&R springs, billy HD's, leveled sls, real AMG Pentas 16x8 et11, vdo boost/egt gauges intergrated into ash tray, eurolights, led 3rd brake light