Hi Guys,

As some of you might remember, my 300D met up with a deer last fall on my way home from work.

Original thread:
My 300D met a deer tonight.

I sent the car off to a local body/paint shop for a complete repaint and repair of the damaged areas.

Many parts were addressed, some listed:

New MB Fenders
Used hood/grille
New hood pad
Used upper core support
Genuine Hella euro headlights
Genuine Hella euro turn signals
New door lock actuator
Sunroof is fully functional again
New Antenna grommet
All new clips for the roof rails
Fixed wiper fluid hoses/lines.
New Sunroof seal

Body shop texted me and said it was ready for pickup!
Unfortunately I still need to clean up the garage so I have a place to put it! Certainly not going to just part it outside now!

Its not quite ready to go back into daily driver duty. I still have a list of mechanical items to address.

Here are some pics, thought you guys might like to see:

W124 300D - After Body/Paint - Album on Imgur

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82 300SD 145k
89 420SEL 210k
89 560SEL 118k
90 300SE 262k RIP 5/25/2010
90 560SEL 154k
91 300D 2.5 Turbo. 241k
93 190E 3.0 235k
93 300E 195k

Great that it has a new lease on life. My 91 was in an accident a while back and I got a freshly-painted roof and hood for my troubles.

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14 E250 Bluetec "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 153k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 171k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver, 142k mi, wastegate conversion

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

Wow nice car James wish mine looked that nice. Glad to hear you are back on the road again and by the way that cruise control you fixed up for me a couple of years ago is still working great you really know your stuff on those units. Thanks Don

Enjoyed the album - thanks for posting. Car looks great!

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05 E320 CDI - 175K miles
82 300D - 200K miles (sold)

Wow that thing looks beautiful. I can't wait to repaint mine.

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Only diesels in this driveway.
2005 E320 CDI 243k Black/Black
2008 Chevy 3500HD Duramax 340k
2004 Chevy 2500HD Duramax 220k

Nice work.

Looking great!

Hopefully my W123 sedan will get the same treatment at some point in the next couple years.

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Old Blue - 83 240D 6 speed manual trans, OM648
Green Machine - 2001 Europa G500
87 300SDL Bought on Peachparts. Low-ish miles..?

Family Truckster - 2012 VW Touareg TDI

Patchouli Wagon - 2004 E500 - SOLD
333k mile 97 BMW 750il V12. - SOLD
The Californian - 85 300TD - SOLD
Daily Super Sedan - 03 Audi S8 -SOLD

Congratulations! Looks great!

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