For Sale, Beautiful, Original '82 300TD
 

This car was pampered by the original owner who was an older couple. He past away and she didn't drive it much for the last 5 yrs. When we bought it in 2004 we were not even looking for a car but my wife and I both fell in love with it because of it's fantastic original condition and good classic looks!! We have only put 2K miles on it since we bought it, It now has 76K miles. "We" have accumulated 6 vehicles, a bus and other goodies since we bought this and i just need to sell something so i think this beauty would be well suited for someone else that appreciates such vehicles!!
This truley is a gorgeous original car, all paint, interior etc. Underneath and engine bay are just as clean. It still has the original unused tool kit and first aid kit. Being a MB forum i probably don't need to explain that this is a 5 cylinder 3.0L turbo diesel but i guess I just did any way. From what i have read this is well known for its longevity and durabilty (you don't learn this by driving 2K miles;)). I am not exagerating by saying that the tan MB tex and remainder of the interior looks like new. The 300TD floor mats are not covering anything but beutiful orginal carpet.
This car drives fantastic and has never failed to start or run as it should!
It has the usual power goodies:
Power windows
Power locks
Power brakes, 4 wheel disc
Power steering.
Original AM/FM Cassette
Manual Moon Roof (not glass)
Included is a set of 3 MB shop manuals, Engine, Chassis and Body ($242)
Very nice heavy cotton cover ($200)
New front calipers.
New dash light rehostat.
New tach sensor.
New brake hoses.
New K&N Filter.
New Interstate battery.
New fuel lines.
New tires just before we bought it.
Other bits serviced:
Trany, fluid and filter.
Rear differential.
Brake system bled.
The AC needs serviced, does not blow cold. We always drove it in mild weather so i never felt any urgency on this. I do not know what it needs.

This car looks even more impressive in person.
Asking $12,000
Located in NE Indiana (Kendallville)

Contact me, Tom, how ever you like:
email tom@reliabletool.com
cell 260-242-0509
work 260-347-4000 #239
home 260-347-1669

I am on vacation, away from work and home phone until Sunday 03/29/09.

Thanks for looking!!
Stay tuned, pictures to follow.

$12,000 huh? and no pics? Service records? How many miles on it 76K miles total? Can this be verified (not calling you a liar but odometers on these are famous for breaking and can be easliy tampered with)? In Indiana you will need a lot of pics to prove it has no rust and at $12,000 asking price you will need even more pics. If the car is in the shape you say it is it is worth a considerable amount of money.

Hold on, i am currently working on the pics.....i am not too techno savy, bear with me!!
Yes, 76K total......see pics.....gimme a minute.

You'll probably not get anywhere near $12k for it, especially here on the forum. Your best bet would be Ebay.

Here is a link to another forum that I am running a ad, lots of great pics:

http://forum.ih8mud.com/vehicles-trailers-sale-wanted/273727-sale-gorgeous-82-mercedes-300td.html

Every time i click on "post reply" i get an error and kicked off the web. i am currently on a broadband card..may be the problem, not sure, BUT, this link has a lot of good photos.

Here is the "skinny" on service records....longish story, bear with me. Most of you have probably not heard of Kruse International but it is a big auction company that specializes mostly in cars. They are located in Auburn Indiana, ten minutes from my house. They have a huge auction facility and they conduct a huge classic car auction every Labor Day weekend for the last 40 yrs. In addition to the auction they have a "Car Corral" where you can park your car in the grassy area for the weekend and try to sell it, not running it through the auction. My family and I have been going to this event since I was a kid, great place to just drool over 1,000's of cars. Well, the Car Corral is where we found this 300TD. The owner, a women in her 80's that was evidently "slipping" had a friend of the family, sounds like persuaded by other family members, try to sell this car for her. So this guy (friend of the family) was in the Car Corral selling a couple other imports (BMW's and Jag's) and had this car with his cars. The old couples name was on the title and i believe i made a copy of the title before I put it in my name. I also asked about records and he did not have any. Honestly, after looking the car over, inside and out, underneath and every where possible, I had absolutly no doudt this this car was the real deal and still feel that way, even stronger since owning it and getting to know it even more over the last 5 years.

OK thanks....please look at the pics and give me your honest opinion what you think it is worth.

Second that, eBay seems to bring the best prices for cherry old MB diesels.

Jim

Wow, that looks like a beauty! I'm not doubting the car is worth $12,000, its just unlikely someone in here would pay that much. Given the condition I don't think you are to far off. +1 on trying e-bay. Oh yea, and ditch the K&N.

3rd motion on the the eBay idea. With more photos and a lengthy description it should fairly easily catch 8-12k in the first round. Be careful with scammers, though.

I imagine you are sitting pretty well on this thing. Good for you for seizing the opportunity, but you might try driving it a little more. These really are fantastic cars, and worth keeping as fine of an example as this.

Love the color, is that Labrador Blue? :cool:
But for anything close to or especially above 10k, the A/C should be working properly first & foremost...

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...r/f7438742.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...r/dbae167b.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...r/3c322736.jpg

He must have editing that in after the original post, certainly deduct 2k for non-operational AC.

8-9k is more like it

Working AC is a must if you are gonna go above 10K. If the Ac system needs some expensive AC parts then someone is gonna overpay for it.

No I didn't edit that in, evidently you missed it.

But i will take the comments on the AC into consideration.

I am not sure what the color is called but i can let you know when i get home from vaca.

So, if I get the AC fixed by a MB dealer and show documentation, could it be worth closer to my asking price, maybe $11K?

Let me explain my position. I do not have the MB knowledge that most of you have. This is the only MB we have owned although we have owned a lot of different cars....not new cars and a total of 6 German made cars. My passion is for LandCruisers but I love about anything on four wheels that is nice.......that is why we bought this car. My hobby is to work on what i own and learn from it. That is my "thing", as i call it. I am truely trying to get a handle for what this car is worth and sell it, not trying to rip anyone off. I am not selling because of the money, more for the storage space. We didn't buy it 5 yrs ago to make money on it, we bought it because of what it is. I am not a salesman or a scammer and really, really want to avoid ebay. i do understand how someone new (myself) on a board can be scrutinized. I am a member of MBCA and my local chapter.
If anybody here is truely interested in this car at a certain price I would definately be open to getting the AC fixed at Shaver Imports (MB dealer) in fort Wayne IN.

Any thoughts?

Tom