1976 with 260000 miles on it. Great paint no rust no a/c no electric windows, no sun roof. looks and drives great.

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'05 Ford Escape 100,000 miles
'87 560SL 92000 miles
'89 300TE 199,000 miles
'02 Audi TT 100,000 miles
'00 Ford Excursion V-10 121000 miles
'92 Mercury Capri 100000 miles
'02 BMW 325XI 60000 miles
'92 230CE 160000
'87 BMW 535SI 160,000 miles
'93 Rinker Captiva 209
5 Kids
2 Dogs
1 Wife

Had a '76 automatic with only 150,000 when the body rot doomed it. Have an '83 manual with 170,000 and going strong.

83 240D 228,000 miles and I love this car.

1983 manual four speed, broke ac, manual windows, no sunroof 220K and runs. Got it in August. Minor/no rust. I just enjoy the balance of the car and the weight distribution. Steers solid into the expressway ramps. This is also my daily driver and not pretty! Getting 30+ mpg on a 20 mile plus commute.

Thanks to all who posted.

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Tom Engel
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83 240 230K Manual (8/2003)
83 300D 265K (3/2004)
Just a Driver!

1982 240D. 4 speed, manual windows, no sunroof, no rust. Blue/Blue, 179,000 miles.

Really a fun car.

The 240D is the best kept secret in automotive history.

- Patrick

Edit: I just bolted the 250,000 km badge to my grill.

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1982 240D. 198k, Marine Blue/Blue, 4 Speed, Crank Windows, No Sunroof, No Rust, No Oil Leaks
2001 TDI. 197k, Lagoon Blue/Black, 5 speed, Chip, G60/VR6

1982 240D Euro with automatic and 68,000 miles. Bought it in 2000 with good body but had to replace engine with one with 84,000 miles. Manual everything and no cruise or a/c. Would like to do a 4 speed conversion when I find the perfect donor.

81 240D Beige. 222K After a worrysome relationship early on, has become a full on love affair with this car. Have decided that Im going to keep her for a LOOOONNNG time and have put bilstein HDs, new timing chain, new injectors, glowplugs, cooling system, etc etc. It ticks away like a watch now!!!!!! :p :p :p People just dont seem to understand the sublime satisfaction of 73 horsepower, fully manual car that you dont even need a manual to work on. There is no question in my mind that the car will never let me down and will always get me there in style. Beautiful car to drive and a work of art to work on. and it runs on veggie oil! Bought a 300TD thinking it would just be a better version of the 240, but although faster, it just cant hold a candle to the simplicity and feeling of driving my 240. The 300TD is for sale now!

OK, time to wipe the tears from my eyes and get back to work.

Cheers!

New owner as of the first week of March '04 @ 142,700. Has 150,000 now and runs great. I have all service & repair documents, the orignal window sticker ($26,550) and unused first aid kit. Car has, power windows, sun roof, electric rear window defroster, am/fm stero with tape player, and five alloy wheels. Everything works including the clock, although the cruise control is hit and miss in it's operation. One odd thing is I have never seen another burgandy interior in a 240D with the Metallic Anthracite Grey paint or for that matter any 240D with the same burgandy interior.

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'10 Chrysler T&C Stow-N-Go White. Grandpa's ride.

'13 Chrysler 200 Touring Candy Red. Grandma's ride.

Age and cunning will always over come youth and vigor.

still strong but with some rear sheet metal issues; 1981 240D (stick) 140k on clock, crank windows and no sunroof, in fleet since last October...Also have an '83 300CD, '73 VW convertile (bought new), '49 Packard.

Think 240D was the epitome of the passenger car...will never wear out or look old. Fits the definition of "perfect" in that nothing needs to be added to it, and nothing needs to be taken away.

IMHO, all "progress" in automobile history since the '80s MB diesels has in fact been retrograde...we need sensors to start the wipers when its raining...or to tell us when the tires are low?

My 240's provide me with the only brief periods I can look forward to consistently, every day...pathetic as that is, many poor souls don't even have that.

on it's third tank of fuel since I've had it. First tank got 23mpg then I piddled with it. Second tank gave 30mpg & I'm about 2/3 thru it. May get ALL the vacuum lines hooked up eventually....

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Jim

'49 170?(donated to church in Darmstadt '58)
'58 220S(crusher, after '73 fire[San Antonio])
'72 280SE 4.5
'77 240D
'81 300SD
'83 240D parts car

Old thread! I just got my 240D rolling, a champagne gold '83. It had no engine, but I got all the service records. It sounded like it was well maintained, but still spun a rod bearing at 243,000 miles. The interior was stripped out, but I got it all back in now, along with a turbo 5 cylinder. The body is in great shape -- it will need some minor rust repair and new paint, I want to get it painted the same color. Love the car.

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'83 240D with 617.952 and 2.88
'01 VW Beetle TDI
'05 Jeep Liberty CRD
'89 Toyota 4x4, needs 2L-T
'78 280Z with L28ET - 12.86@110
Oil Burner Kartel #35

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1...oD/bioclip.jpg

My 84 was bought in France by the wife of the man who was shot out the cannon (daily). She brought it over in 88 & federalized it. It just turned 200K, burns no oil, cruises @ 80 with the 5sp (which is an overdrive -- got no manual, but 4th seems like direct - can't shift to 5th before 50 ...). It is white with a burgundy cloth interior, manual AC, power front windows & manual rears, no sunroof. Needs seat springs for the driver side, door hold-open on driver's side, getting the front end down where it started (up about 3" from the federalizing). In daily use & getting about 31mpg average ---- SVO soon.

I safed my 76 240D from going to the the wrecking yard.
The yard guy wanted to pay noting, I offered the owner 25 Dollars.
It needed a new engine, paint, seats, tires and some other small stuff.
I rebuild the engine with parts from a 1980 on 240D, like pistons,
pre chambers, valves, valve springs, cam, and rocker arms.
That should increase the output to 72 HP.
A newer IP from a W123, without the pneumatic regulator was also used.
The car got a 300 Dollar One Day Paint job, and seats from a W123.
That was in 1998 and I am still driving it today.

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76 240 D. Bought in 1998 for $25.
85 300D. Got it for free with a bad engine. ( Sold )
60 Unimog 404. What was left of it, was given to me. Now powerd by 617A.
88 560 SEL. Bought without engine and trans. Now powerd by 617A.
67 250 SE. Cuope. For resto or sale.
64 220SE. For resto.

The roll call is revived! Awesome story for a car that was on its way to being scrap metal!


I bought my 240D two years ago for $575 and actually drove it close to 200 miles to get it home . . when it actually started it ran so rough . . . my whole body was numb by the time I got it home.

To date I have replaced/performed the following:

all filters (fuel, oil, air)
all fuses
motor mounts and "T" mount
valve cover gasket and valve adjustment
intake/exhaust manifold gasket
starter
all clutch components
slave cylinder
flex discs
all belts
tie rods
UCAs
LCA bushings
ball joints
cleaned and painted the LCA, spring perches, spindles
wheel bearings/races/grease
parking brake shoes
front and back brake hoses, replaced all fluid and bled the system
main rubber fuel line from the tank
various vacuum connectors, light bulbs and o-rings
washer fluid pump rubber grommet
fuel primer pump
glow plugs


It passed inspection a couple weeks ago and is now registered and on the road for the first time in about 5 years. Very little rust present (typical spots . . battery tray, trunk side wells, and driver floor board . . . nothing that some POR-15 will not fix.

Still plenty of things to see to, but I am happy with the progress thus far and finally having it on the road is a good feeling.

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'95 E300D ("Tank") - 231,000 miles
'79 240D ("Biscuit") - 197,250 miles (Sold)
'83 240D ("Ding-Ding") - 217,000 miles (Death by deer)
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"Back off, man. I’m a scientist” ~ Peter Venkman

I got a 240d about a year ago. Actually I got two. The first was a 1981 automatic with power windows and manual sunroof, burgundy interior that was tired, ripped, and rippled. Ostensibly a parts car for the second, it nonetheless could be coaxed to life and driven anywhere. The odo showed 230,000 miles and the body had rust issues throughout. The second was a 1982 manual with crank windows and power sunroof, the palomino interior was/is nearly perfect. Starts in -5 degree temps and runs quite nicely. Good paint, no rust and nearly perfect throughout, it barely shows 50,000 miles of use, let alone the 207,000 the odo reports. Today it reads 227,000, I drive it everyday and everywhere.

They're actually racing:


I sold the "parts" car to my nephew for $500. It's in the foreground in the picture above, washed for the first time in years the paint actually took a bit of shine. He took the car apart, fixed some things, drove it for a while, learned some stuff and sold it for $1,100. We were talking about making it a RallyX car, but along came money and it was gone. Maybe someday I'll find another.


Here's a bunch of shots of the car right before I bought it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toasterpastry/sets/72157623613525614/

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Own:
1970 Mercedes 250c, 1976 International Scout II, 1982 Mercedes 240d, 1997 Honda Accord Wagon, 1998 Acura Integra Type-R, 2009 Mazda5.
Owned:
1974 International 100 pickup, 1975 International Scout II, 1981 Mercedes 240d, 1985 Mercedes 300SD, 1988 Honda Accord, 1988 Ford Thunderbird, 1991 Honda Accord, 1996 Geo Metro, 1996 Ford F150, 1996 Dodge Grand Caravan, 1997 Honda Accord, 2003 Acura TL-S, 2003 Yamaha V-star.