hi, this is my first post here. i would like to ask for you help in search for a diesel bens. iv done some looking but have had no luck i have a price range of about 1200-1500 if any one could assist me in my search that would be great thanks.

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Seth,

2 parts egg, 4 parts flour, 1 part salt and 6 parts 55 Cetane diesel fuel

1965 corvair monza convertable
1984 euro 300D 4 speed (NO LEATHER, ALL MANUAL)100,000 miles
Thank god the ford is gone

Have you looked in the cars for sale section of this forum?

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Natalie

actualy no i havent gotten that far yet where would i find such a thing

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Seth,

2 parts egg, 4 parts flour, 1 part salt and 6 parts 55 Cetane diesel fuel

1965 corvair monza convertable
1984 euro 300D 4 speed (NO LEATHER, ALL MANUAL)100,000 miles
Thank god the ford is gone

www.craigslist.org might be of some help.

In that price range you won't get anything to write home about. And it'll probably need constant attention to get everything working properly and feeling right (suspension, steering, climate control, seats, door locks, etc.).

For the same amount of money I'd go for a turbodiesel that needs a bunch of work over a non-turbo in better condition (since rust is not an issue in the Bay Area) and fix things as time and budget allow. But that's just me.

I hope you plan to do your own work because there's no way you'll stick to a budget if you take a $1500 MB to a shop for every little thing.

Sixto
95 S420
91 300SE
87 300SDL
83 300SD

oh yea no way in hell am i going to pay someone to touch my cars and screw it up

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Seth,

2 parts egg, 4 parts flour, 1 part salt and 6 parts 55 Cetane diesel fuel

1965 corvair monza convertable
1984 euro 300D 4 speed (NO LEATHER, ALL MANUAL)100,000 miles
Thank god the ford is gone

Look at classifieds for SF Chronicle, there is a 300D with a newer
engine but the price is higher than your budget.Contracosta times also is a good classified section.
Just keep an eye out,it takes a while and sometimes not.
On any car you buy expect to put in $1K to get it up to snuff unless you get a pretty good one.

My friend Medi in Concord can direct you to car auctions or he may have 300d to sell (925-682-9174)

Good Luck

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1979 300D 220 K miles
1995 C280 109 K miles
1992 Cadillac Eldorado Touring Coupe 57K miles SOLD
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1979 240D 140Kmiles (bought for parents) *SOLD.
SAN FRANCISCO/(*San Diego)
1989 300SE 148 K miles *SOLD

That's what I'm for *lol* Seriously, he's actually in the auto program at De Anza, so doing his own work shouldn't be a problem.

BTW, Sixto, when I E-mailed you a few weeks ago about the 300SD, Seth's the friend I was talking about. He's also the one that was looking at that 240D in SoCal (the one I posted a while back about that would start but knocked)...but I think they sold it out from under him.

He'll correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he primarily wants a car that has a happy drivetrain, and doesn't care all that much about the "extras". He's not necessarily looking for a creampuff (I"m sure he'd take one if one came his way and was in his price range, though ), but doesn't want a "project car" either...that's what his Corvair's for. He's wanting a reliable daily driver, mainly, and he liked my 300D so much that he wants one for his own :p although I think his first choices are a 240D 4 speed and a 126 300SD...

Well, about 2-3 weeks ago I posted some diesels that were for sale.
A 240D, 4 speed, 178K miles for about $1500-1700.
I have since deleted that post because I figured they were sold already.
Also a 300D 200+K miles for $1500.....
That was found in the Contracosta times.

Keep an eye out. They are out there.

Or get a car from an auction. $500 -- Good ones are given away for tax deductions and get sold at auction. good meaning that they need some work but not that bad.....of course there are junky ones also.

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1979 300D 220 K miles
1995 C280 109 K miles
1992 Cadillac Eldorado Touring Coupe 57K miles SOLD
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1979 240D 140Kmiles (bought for parents) *SOLD.
SAN FRANCISCO/(*San Diego)
1989 300SE 148 K miles *SOLD

i have a few good leads so far but if i dont find what im looking for i have patience. the right car will come to me.

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Seth,

2 parts egg, 4 parts flour, 1 part salt and 6 parts 55 Cetane diesel fuel

1965 corvair monza convertable
1984 euro 300D 4 speed (NO LEATHER, ALL MANUAL)100,000 miles
Thank god the ford is gone

The classfied section of this forum can be found here .

There's always ebay too!

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Natalie

thanks for your help, ive been able to locate a inexpencive 300D non turbo that im going to check out some time this week and hopefully make a purchese

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Seth,

2 parts egg, 4 parts flour, 1 part salt and 6 parts 55 Cetane diesel fuel

1965 corvair monza convertable
1984 euro 300D 4 speed (NO LEATHER, ALL MANUAL)100,000 miles
Thank god the ford is gone

Wow a '65 Corvair. We had one of those when I was in High School. Fast but blew oil out the back when it got older. Lots of memories.

Joe.

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www.jerseyplanning.com
1987 300TD 440K - My car
2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 107K - Tim's car
2000 - CLK320 100K - Deb's car
1994 C230 150K - Josh's Car

yea its a great car need work and its not good for a daily driver, and the ford exploere im driving right now is falling apart by the day. thank god for this site i alredy am looking at a few local 240 and 300D's

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Seth,

2 parts egg, 4 parts flour, 1 part salt and 6 parts 55 Cetane diesel fuel

1965 corvair monza convertable
1984 euro 300D 4 speed (NO LEATHER, ALL MANUAL)100,000 miles
Thank god the ford is gone

hi there, to my luck iv found a 84 300D 4 speed euro, it needs some work but all things ill be able to fix and for the right price. once again thanks for you help and ill be sure to let you all know how it goes.

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Seth,

2 parts egg, 4 parts flour, 1 part salt and 6 parts 55 Cetane diesel fuel

1965 corvair monza convertable
1984 euro 300D 4 speed (NO LEATHER, ALL MANUAL)100,000 miles
Thank god the ford is gone

I just picked one up in Sacto this last week. I found the original window sticker with the paperwork. I figure I got $29,000 off the MSRP of January 1980. It has 296000 miles and runs fine. A few bugs need to be worked out but I don't think any thing I cannot handle. I.e>

Oil leaking from oil filter base at the block
Oil leaking from oil cooler hose
Driver seat springs broken (picked up some @ Ur Pullin it)
Radiator fan on while cold ???????? Worked fine on a hot day??
Recharge AC and check out
Rewire speakers (Oh yeh it came with a new Sony CD)

Done stuff:
Wash under hood
Wash and wax ----- Looks like a $Million$
Rotate tires, (Good set of Michlins) air em up
Check out brakes (Good)

PS on Graigs list, I drove to San Jose and looked at so called !!!!Nice!!! cars that I would'nt trust to get me home on a $2 bet.

But keep lookin I got mine for $1050 including all factory manuals.

Wife wants rid of it though, she thinks it may replace her low mi 280SEL

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1984 280SEL, 62,000 miles
Euro model in the USA
1983 300D (Totaled out 10/2004)
New Factory Mint Green paint
Palomino int
1982 240D (Steak dinner for two)