The gray one still says 300TD on the tailgate.

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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.

Interesting alterations. I appreciate the imagination the builders had and the ability to figure out how to make it work. The skills needed to make it look realistic are impressive!

I saw a PT cruiser locally that had a similar modification.

W.

I can't even imagine the difficulty of matching the body panels smoothly. Just chopping a roof like rodders do is very complex and hard to get right. The rear top part does look like from an El Camino. I live in Sac, so will keep an eye out for it.

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

I never heard of these, but that sounds super cool. Do you have any pics of those utes?

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2007 Dodge Ram 3500 Cummins Turbo Diesel 4x4
1994 GMC S-15 pickup 4.3 5MT
1985 300 SD
1978 300 CD
1962 220-S Fintail - awaiting restoration

-Rog

damn i want one of those!

Clearly the first one :

A. is a W123 not an SD .

B. isn't any sort of Mercedes product ~ they'd cringe at the poor quality body works that are rusting away through the bondo .

I like it and would like to see it up fixed and re painted .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Mercedes built a cab forward truck to transport SL race cars in the 50's / 60's using ( I think ) a sedan nose / cowl and doors.

For a USA built transport using the same concept, see " cheetah transport truck race car "

I had a toy of that truck in the 1960's......

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Links to the above I posted.

A Photographic History of Vintage Race Car Transporters


https://barnfinds.com/cheetah-transporter-chase/

THANK YOU ! .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better

Jay Leno has a replica, probably the only one outside of Stuttgart and definitely the only one that routinely gets driven. It IS Jay Leno after all, no garage queens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywwo9RVtIwI&t

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617 swapped Toyota Pickup, 22-24 MPG, 50k miles on swap

You're welcome.

While we are on the subject of interesting stuff, see these as well.


https://www.allpar.com/cars/concepts/dodge/deora.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deora_%28custom_car%29

https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/g929/11-concept-cars-that-should-have-made-it/

Very third worldy.

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Wow ~ concept cars ! .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better