No big deal but, those aren't 83 front seats. Methinks those are pre 81 (5 pleat) front seats.

Be VERY careful about east coast cars claiming 'no-rust.'

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Thanks. I guess with all of the negative comments about the car- I will pass on it. Thanks again for all of the replies.

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2004 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4wd
1991 Lincoln Town Car Executive
1991 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1988 Mercedes 300SEL
1972 Chevrolet Caprice Kingswood Estate 9-passenger wagon
1973 Pontiac Grand Ville
(Prior MB's: 1974 240D, 1985 380SE, 1984 190D, 1993 400SEL)

just what it looked like at first glance...however the general scruffiness seems at odds with a "low milage" 240 that's been reasonably well looked after..."brown" steering wheel also appeared to be the correct black, IMHO.

Man that 3rd picture of front seat from the side the steering wheel sure looks brown to me, but it doesn't on the other pictures.

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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.

Sometimes it is the lighting that makes the colors look differently in photographs. Sometimes even a car with dull painting will appear to gleam in some photographs.

I am not going to even bid on the car, not a big deal anyway. I will probably just continue to look for a local 300SD. Thanks again folks.

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2004 Toyota Sequoia Limited 4wd
1991 Lincoln Town Car Executive
1991 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1988 Mercedes 300SEL
1972 Chevrolet Caprice Kingswood Estate 9-passenger wagon
1973 Pontiac Grand Ville
(Prior MB's: 1974 240D, 1985 380SE, 1984 190D, 1993 400SEL)

I bought my little sweetie in Germantown, TN so they are around your neck of the woods.

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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.

They only had 67 HP.
Not much for a car that weighs around 4000 lbs.
Anyone have the 0 to 60 times?

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

In january I bought my 240d

1 owner odo died about 5-6 years ago at 302k. Runs like a top, 4-speed
$300...best deal ever, ok maybe not but I was thinking "LAST LEG" on the life of this thing, but now that the summer has rolled around it puuurrrrssss. That interior is really nice, the car is painfully slow, but it handles nicely so you can carry speed through turns Enjoy it.

The people who I got my diesel from bought it in '81 drove it, gave it to their son and I bought it from him, I hope to let my kids drive the car...hopefully.
-Nate

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'82 240D, 4-speed, 617 turbo engine

Seems I remember the curb weight as about 3400 on my loaded 240D, but could be wrong.

0-60 in about 15 seconds would be my guess, but I've never timed it. About double that with a/c blowing.

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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.

It's important to realize the power curves of diesels vs gas engines are different...acceleration will be the strong point of a gas engine, but diesels have an edge in some areas such as fuel economy, cruising range, cruising speed, etc.

To me, it's a lot like comparing the "acceleration" of power boats and sailboats...a very apples-and-oranges area, where mental adjustments and expectations of "normal" performance differ.

Few people expect a four cylinder roadster and a V-8 sedan to deliver identical driving experiences.

I think it is. Its a good way to get a rough idea how you could expect one of these cars to perform. Every car can be measured by this and is one of the items that every car is evaluated for when tested by the various auto publications.

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

as far as how to get more power out of any diesel see this thread.

propane + veg oil = vroom-vroom

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

I've got a non-turbo 300D up in Denver. Altitude makes a big difference, but I used a G-tech to measure my accleration, and I ran a 1/4 mile in 25 seconds with a trap speed of 55. Effectively my 0-60 is longer than 25 seconds! They are slow cars.

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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

Somewhere I heard that changing the fixed fan blade to a clutched 9-blade can save you 5-10% or more horsepower.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

I would say the 0-60 somewhere in the 20 second range is good for a stick 240 running very well. It will definitely not beat the new suburban chicago city busses. They will walk all over it.

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