300 TD service van?
 

I have a 83 300 TD and I use it for my heating, a/c and refrig service buisness.
I have it full of tool boxes and parts. 100% better then my old Chevy truck I had!
I get some strange looks sometimes, seeing a Mecedes with a ladder rack! :eek:

Now I haven't tried this but according to a MB sales brochure, you can fully recline the front passenger seatback, to where it's nearly lying flat. First you move the seat fully foward, then recline it back. This way you can flat area from the dash, all the way back to the tailgate. Of course this turns your 5-7 passenger car into a single seater, but the option/ability is there.

If you do it that way and keep two-thirds of the second row seat up, you can seat a passenger who helps you load amazingly-long stuff (inside the car with the tailgate closed). It's a funky little wagon that hauls kids around all week and bricks and boards on the weekend. The fun part is when you put 1,000 pounds in the back without issue.

I have a utility tub in the back cargo area of my TD that is very handy for putting anything in that might leak or is in any way nasty. Slides easily if needed. Great for groceries too. Home Depot or Lowes has these tubs for a good price.

I'm 6'4" and can lay diagonally across the cargo area with the back seat down and the tailgate closed. Next long trip solo, I'm going to put a sleeping bag and matress back there and just camp in the thing.

What a great utility car. Why would anyone buy an SUV?

That's exactly what Thing One did last September in "Passion Flower" (ex Horse With No Name) on his way to Virginia and Nuevo York!!

He just had to share the space with all his worldly posessions.

According to the 1985 Turbo Diesel Brochure
 

the wagon is advertised as having 109 cubic feet.

I got my '85 "Upside Down Y" wagon back from wheel alignment today, boy what a difference! the car tracks perfectly now.
I am planning a trip from the West coast to Texas this winter, I have a car carrier that I strap onto the horizontal cross members on the roof. These were not available on the pre- 1982 wagons. Of course one can always get a Thule storage unit for the car top, and "travel in style!" but mine is an old surplus item with folding handles on it (it probably cost Uncle Sam a few bucks!)

I just love these wagons! And a turbo engione just makes it a bunch more fun (up hills especially)
Hey ! Please don't expect me to stop along the way to check in here to read the thread, I plan to snooze at first rate motels, no roadside rest stops for me!
Reminds me of a good friend that used to sleep at roadside stops, with his 22 caliber along side him, he almost had to use it once on some crazy person!
Dieseldiehard
1971 220 4-spd manual 104646
1979 300TD w/ ’85 turbo engine 290820
1983 300D 238890
1985 300TD 207980
1976 300D not delivered yet - a $100 car (what will it be like to buy a car with no keys and basically sight unseen?)

has anyone camped in the back of their wagon?
 

I would prefer to sleep in my wagon when the cross the country early next year. but my only concern is the fact that anyone can look in and see you there asleep. i was wondering if anyone has figured an easy way to rig a curtain system or something of that nature.

I take a black sheet cut to fit and a roll of electrical tape. I found if electrical tape is not left for more than a week it won't leave any resadue on the car's surfaces.

I sleep in the back if I'm bored over my lunch break at work, during bad storms, and long trips when I don't have much luggage that's not on the roof rack.