Well, I bought, after years of wanting, a 1979 300SD. You may recall the car, $8900!

Well, I spent the past week putting 1,000 miles on the odometer (Filled up at 826 Miles with fuel still left in the Aux tank!)

Well, the driving experience is so overwhelming that I just purchased another one...a 1979 300TD (Non turbo) 3 speed auto.

So, thanks to all of you, I am now a two Merc Diesel family.

I bought the 300SD from Mr Diesel, so I knew the car was in Tip Top shape. This one however I bought on eBay.

The action just ended. Basic details:

- Looks to be a 2 owner car, From Southern Calif. No sign of any rust. (Not sure what 'looks' mean, probably not a good sign)

-Documented original miles of about 162,500 .

- Receipts for NEW Mercedes exchange engine and installation. Also some regular service and repair receipts.

This happened under the current owners watch. This was my 'buy' sign. Apparently, the man purchased the car for his wife to drive (from the original owner, a Dr in Pasedena). He wanted a reliable engine for his wife, so he dropped 6K for a new Engine from MBZ. So, with a long distance transactioon, I leaned in this fact and figured the people 'probably' took care of their 6K engine. The engine has 36K miles in 5 years, not much.

Here is the link...because the Auction ended, this may not work.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6330&item=2449193817&sspagename=rvi%3A1%3A1

If this does not work, I am sure you can do an 'Advanced Search' for completed items with 300TD in the search line.

Oh well, please provide feedback...the usual . Oh my god, what did I do" is setting in...actually, I am pretty excited as my buy price. $3,800 is much less than my 300SD

Anthony

Please excuse typos, 2 year old daughter on lap with the flu...

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'83 240D (W123) 321K miles
250KM Mileage Award
500KM Mileage Award

'84 300TD (W123) 215k miles
250K mileage award pending