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.

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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

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14 E250 BlueTEC black. 45k miles
95 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 66k miles
94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles

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.

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'83 300D 198,000mi Howard
'03 Saturn Vue CVT 75,000mi(wifeys)

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.

i'm driving to saint louis have derburger fix my a/c

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commercial fisherman diesel in my blood in my boats trucks and Dear old Dad has had me drivin them since i got my first license in 1968
1986 300 SDL 427654
1999 Chevy Crew Cab Dually 225423
1986 300 SDL 287000 Dad's
1987 190 Turbo 158000 Mom's (my inheritance)

Anybody live close by this car? Another set of eyes on this car would be nice.

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1978 300D
1979 240D

I would be willing to meet someone if they are not wanting to come to me.

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Did I miss the discussion of whether there are any rust issues with this shiny bauble?

If you look at every area of this car, underneath, rockers, under doors, around the rear hatch, engine bay etc., etc., there is only one very small bubble about the size of a half dollar and it is on the bottom right corner, next to the rubber trim around the hatch window. This would of been an easy fix for a good body shop but I decided that as long as the bubble did not change during my ownership I felt it was better off just to leave it alone and original......"only original once". By that you can tell it has not changed at all since I bought the car.
The picture I had taken of the rear of the car has glare but I marked the picture so you can see the spot I am talking about. if someone wants a good clear picture when i am home next week....thats not a problem.

Click on the thumbnail and it should blow up...if not i will try it again.

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Rust isn't something you want to leave alone... especially in that spot. It's one of those iceberg spots; there could be more under the windshield.

Considering this car and how very miniscule this bubble is, this IS to be left alone. Especially since it has not changed in the 5 years that i have owned it. For you to say there could be more under the windshield is ignorant. There "could be" a huge hidden oil field under my house in Indiana........but i doubt it.

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