I am guessing this is either a typo or I am going into the convertible conversion business.

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=234677326&dealer_id=100019382&car_year=1982&model=300CDT&num_records=&systime=&make2=&start_year=1981&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep=&engine=&certified=&body_code=0&fuel=&awsp=false&search_type=both&distance=0&marketZipError=false&model3=&color3=&color2=&search_lang=en&make=MB&color=&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&min_price=&drive=&default_sort=priceDESC&max_mileage=&style_flag=1&sort_type=priceDESC&address=33428&advanced=&end_year=2008&doors=&transmission=&max_price=&cardist=13

No affiliation...

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

Either that or they're pretty damned proud of that car!

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

I emailed them through their website and basically said "is it safe to assume that the price for this car has a zero at the end which does not belong"...haven't heard back though other than a canned reply.

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Marty D.

2013 C300 4Matic
1984 BMW 733i
2013 Lincoln MKz

Here is the dealer's email:

HEY DOC, THE TURBO CONV IS ONE OF 5 EVER PRODUCED.....BARBARA
STREISAND ALSO HAS ONE.......77K
MILES....$77000..............FLAWLESS, POWERE TOP WINDOWS , CRUISE,
A/C BOOT, ETC...JOHN 561 8181900

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Marty D.

2013 C300 4Matic
1984 BMW 733i
2013 Lincoln MKz

I've got a 300TD once owned by, by, . . . umm what movie star/celebrity do YOU like? It was owned by them, yeah, and it's only $85,000.00. Only one like it! Act fast. Supplies are limited . . . .

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

So which is it - (a) one too many zeros or (b) $74k sounds about right?

If it's a Crayford, then $7400 would be worth doing (not for me however, I don't need another convertible). Of concern would be the mismatched centers on the gauges.

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1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

I'm not gonna buy ANYTHING that the owner sits in and revs to 5700 rpm for a photo op. OR, anything that is priced at 10X market value but has an inop tach. Either way......

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1983 M-B 240D-Gone too.
1976 M-B 300D-Departed.

"Good" is the worst enemy of "Great".

Well at least now when I drive my hardtop 300CD I can know that a celeb like Barbara Streisand also drives a 300CD too.

In Brooklyn in Junior HS I had her brother David as a substitue teacher for a week. NIce guy .


He looked just like her ...lol ..big schnozz too.

As far as value it is what it is. if it is worth 10,000 as a hardtop.........then to me it is worth maybe 16.000 as a convertible.

Not 74,000.


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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

What? You're going to quibble over $58,000.00?

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Hmm so celebrity value inflates the value by 4x the purchase price? My semi-celeb 6.9 is worth $200,000 then

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

A friend of mine has an original General Lee, 69 Charger from the original "Dukes of Hazzard" series. It was signed by all of the cast from the original t.v. series, and came with a whole bunch of extra "Dukes of Hazzard" crap. He still only paid $12k for the car, in mint condition, in 2001. I don't see how this little 300CD here could possibly be worth more than $7,500.00 out the door. No matter who owned it, or how nice it is. The original convertible factor, could possibly kick it up to something in the neighborhood of $9,500.00, but that's still a long shot.

Nick

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Well, this 280CE convertible was bid up to just over $5k...but didn't meet the reserve. They were looking for $7 though, so pretty close to the CD. Then again, CD's are selling for 2-3 times that of a CE if not more. Just got my Roadster for $1225...and my latest CE for $350 (inop motor).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1979-MERCEDES-280CE-CONVERTIBLE-2DR_W0QQitemZ220179826823QQihZ012QQcategoryZ6329QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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-James

'85 280GE...sold
'96 Impala SS ~ 6-speed 396
'14 Cadillac Vagon. . . . . . . . . . "Life without knowledge is death in disguise." - Hans-Peter Geerdes

I would not think that the General Lee would be a very limited production car. They must have gone through a TON of those in making that TV show!

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Note, he said Barbara Streisand owns one like it, not this one. OK, so how many famous people owned cars like all of our Benzes? I had a nice 560SL, so did Johnny Carson and other famous people...so does that make mine more valuable?

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Marty D.

2013 C300 4Matic
1984 BMW 733i
2013 Lincoln MKz

That's a good poit. People will hear only what they want to hear. Just throw out some interesting tidbit like that, and they'' eat it up. Later they'll swear you told them blah, blah, blah . . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles