I remember reading about a "club" on here where if you purchased your 300TDT for less than $1000 (including registration), you were granted membership. Does this also include a 300D?

I managed to purchase this 87 300D for $700 plus the cost of a trailer, gas and a lost night of sleep.

Just wondering... :-)

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1988 300 TE - Schnitzel (Daily Driver)
1995 E300 - Betty (Son's Daily Driver)

1987 300 TD - Kraut (Dropped a valve)

1987 300 D - Hans (Need to rebuild engine)

Sounds familiar. I suggest a search.

Welcome to Peachparts!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

It was called the cheap wagon club

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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!

Unfortunatly not. It has to be a covered wagon.No substitutes accepted. So you do not get the big bucks to fix it up that goes with membership.

The last statement of course is untrue. If it were you could not find a wagon anywhere knowing the members and myself as I do.

123-124-126- Jack-port rust-rot...stay away. With R107...rocker panel rot...also...stay away! If unless you have a big wallet...please be aware!

Mercedes Benz' designed and built the best autos in the world but did NOT build the bodies of their cars to last in time.

****, I read this AFTER I bought a W123 last night.

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68 280SL - 70 280SL - 70 300SEL 3.5 - 72 350SL - 72 280SEL 4.5 - 72 220 - 72 220D - 73 450SL - 84 230GE - 87 200TD - 90 190E 2.0 - 03 G500

Nissan GTR - Nissan Skyline GTS25T - Toyota GTFour - Rover Mini - Toyota Land Cruiser HJ60 - Cadillac Eldorado - BMW E30 - BMW 135i

I just posted this 1 hour ago........As always...buyer beware.

There are rot free examples out there as well as rust buckets and many between the two. These cars are really old now and these variations are to be expected.

Certain southern regions produce good totally rot free examples. The sun and time may have deteriorated the upholstery and rubber more though. Like it or not these cars are approaching other cars ages that are already collector items.

Did you get it in Idaho?

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84 300sd 2.47 dif 360k
26 mpg needs lots of love
given to me in pitty

89 civic hatchback auto 140k
33mpgs soon to be low to mid 40's
been in the family since mile 1

85 300d with unknown knock. driven over 30k with knock and still going. sold for $800

ANY brand, with a couple of notable exceptions like yugo, vega ect, is as good as how it is maintained.

Often even a poorly maintained car can be brought back, dollars and time dependent.

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1985 300D 198K sold
1982 300D 202K
1989 300E 125K
1992 940T

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

I did this. 6 months and a couple grand. Purrs like a kitten. Good luck!

Or maybe you are just gonna drive it. Good luck.

I haven't seen a spot of rust on my two 300D's in Northern California, but that is typical here. Visit LA and you will still see 1970's Jap mini-trucks w/ solid bodies. Those rusted out in 5 yrs in the East. I don't know why Easterners spend months fixing rust (usually not perfectly) when they could take a SoCal vacation and drive back a used car that is a much easier starting point. So it takes 3 days to drive, that saves months of labor and aggravation.

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1984 & 1985 CA 300D's
1964 & 65 Mopar's - Valiant, Dart, Newport
1996 & 2002 Chrysler minivans

Ahem, 220D for sale in california.

It is true. Try putting a 4x4 toyota truck on craigslist in hawaii and say you are willing to ship...

Its called welcome to the..

There is no such thing as a cheap mercedes club...

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This girl is a California car. Zero rust! :-)

Gonna need new tires. Need to flush the green coolant. Need to change the transmission filter and fluid. Need to change the screw on fuel filter.

Already change the rear seats with a pristine set from the Pick a Part. Fronts are on the agenda!

Will post pictures once I download them from the camera. :-)

Thanks for feeding my addiction!

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1988 300 TE - Schnitzel (Daily Driver)
1995 E300 - Betty (Son's Daily Driver)

1987 300 TD - Kraut (Dropped a valve)

1987 300 D - Hans (Need to rebuild engine)