Well here is my intro thread for my newest car.
I was missing the Mercedes Experience and when i replaced my wife's busted imports with a sweet wagon, I ended up wanting my own again.

This 300D came up in pretty good shape but the best part was the euro Spec on it. I have never owned a 300d and this one has it all. I emailed the guy and he had a deposit from a "serious buyer" who was out of town..... I don't know what happened with him but I got an email or two and jumped on the opportunity before it went back up for sale. Ill lets the pics do the talking but the best parts are the options of all manual everything some new parts and recent maintenance and the Hella Euro glass lights with vacuum adjust. The worst are the REpaint and the small areas of rust.

Description
1986 300d NA 617 M pump
AC (factory? )
4 speed Manual (not sure exactly which yet)
VGC Bunts 14"
MBZ wood shifter handle
Wood trim dash (Add on? )
Black interior Perfect dash!
Cloth in VGC (fabric name for repair?)
VGC euro Bumpers
Manual Sunroof
Taillights seem to be the US spec without "fog lights" and with amber and white sections
1.5 year old 1000CCA AGM battery Autocraft Gold, new ground
Fifth Brake Light (original or add on?)
ALSO came with
Aftermarket Cruise Control
Welded on trailer hitch
Weird little fake chrome plastic trim strips on door and mudguards
Haynes manual
two seat covers
Dash Cover
MBZ car cover in Bag
Original made in germany Perrelli spare
Road triangle
VGC First aid kit unused
lots of maintenance records
original books and owners manuals
3 spare primary filters three secondary filters (fuel)
Spare battery, 1-2 years old


The bad
small rust spots
some oil leaks
sag in the rear (one bump spring pads)
torn boots
overheating issue (runs at 115C )
Green COOLant
heater core, fan, and valves bypassed, no AC. fan makes plastic smell and NOisSE
Apparent WVO use in single tank, receipt for complete drain of fuel system....




My goals are to get it very clean, fix all the worst rubber and other small issues, and then go from there. Usual stuff, like Motor Mounts and Flex Disks. I also want to get into paint correction and make this medium respray job look great @ five foot.
Ill be starting an ongoing restoration and build thread also but this is the intro. feel free to chime in with any ideas, questions, knowledge, answers, or resources, as it seems like the euro differences aren't always findable. SA hvac or M pump ect.....

on to the pics

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1983 240d 5Sp SOLD
1986 300D(LUCO) SOLD
1983 300TD(dreamboat)SOLD
1984 240d (Executive)SOLD
1984 240d (Euripides) SOLD
1982 300sd SOLD
1982 300sd (Ambas)SOLD