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Old 10-13-2016, 12:51 PM
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Anyone looking for a w123 to convert into a camper?

Mercedes-Benz 300 TD Bestattungsfahrzeug als Kombi in Friedrichshafen

I bet you'd sleep like the dead in this thing.

HEY YO!

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Old 10-13-2016, 01:30 PM
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I've always had a weak spot for old hearses. I don't think I can get the Mrs. to ride in one with me anymore though.
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Old 10-13-2016, 01:38 PM
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I found a hearse in a junkyard once, so I snagged a few parts for my Audi Fox that seems to always have a death wish. So casket slides for the door sills and dash trim, and casket clamps holding the battery in the trunk. It's actually been pretty well-behaved since.

Anyway, people always brag about how they could carry 1,000 pounds of bricks in the back of a 123 wagon...with that they might actually be able to fit it.

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Old 10-13-2016, 02:26 PM
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Ha, love the pun hobospeed.

Odd the title says sedan. Make more sense being a wagon, but that back window is weird. If it was originally a wagon, then why did they do that modification?

I have had the crazy idea making a wrecked TD into a high top camper. But then I got enough projects. ;P
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Old 10-13-2016, 03:50 PM
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Yeah, looks like a sedan back door. The wagon would make more sense with the under floor gas tank though as you state. Perhaps they changed it to a sedan door for strength of the rear section.
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Old 10-13-2016, 08:31 PM
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A car like that could have any combination of weird parts. Sedan body panels on a wagon pan...
I bought a '72 Cadillac Hearse to impress my first wife. The chassis was not like a limo chassis. The limos had a four link suspension like the sedans did. The hearse had a "commercial chassis" with leaf springs maybe from a Chevy C-10 or something.
My body was about four inches wider at the rear axle than the sedan, but instead of using a longer axle, they used really long lug nuts and 2" spacers. The GVW on that car was 8200 pounds and it had a 490 cid engine. The lug nuts failed dramatically one sunny day.
It also had crank up windows and no AC. The guy at the parts counter couldn't wrap his head around a fan belt for a stretch Caddy with no AC.
I bought it from the regional hearse dealer and chatted with him for a while. The bodies are custom made by independent coachworks, like school buses or campers. GM would ship them a chassis with the running gear and front sheet metal. When the driver's door dome light switch failed I got a replacement NOS from Superior Coachworks who had built the car originally. It came with the Frigidaire logo printed on it. So the gnome that turned my interior light on and off was a cousin of the gnome in your refridgerator.
This was in Minneapolis and I was at a stoplight once. Across the intersection from me, driving a plain beige LTD was Prince with a really pretty girl in the passenger's seat. He was pointing at my car and laughing.
But how many opportunities will you have in your life to own an 80,000 mile garage kept vintage stretch Caddy with burgundy brocade seats, embroidered curtains and chandeliers for only $2000. It really did empress my future ex wife. She was the kind of punk rocker your Mother talked to you about.
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Old 10-13-2016, 08:32 PM
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Oh, and we did camp in it.
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Old 10-14-2016, 07:58 PM
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One good thing about hearses is they don't have any mileage on them. Back and forth to the graveyard several times a week doesn't pile on the miles.

Richard
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Old 10-15-2016, 11:32 AM
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Call Clarkson. The Benz would be better than the Citroen.
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Old 10-15-2016, 05:46 PM
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I LOVE this. 5 speed manual, rare taxi dash, crank windows and room to haul. I would daily it. (15 inch rims?)

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