Hi all. this is the remains of my trusty 300CD. The floor is solid I believe but there is rust in the fenders and such. Too many winters of salt....though it came from Texas. The engine and tranny are gone and the hood and headlights. The interior is complete but the leather is pretty well toast. Door panels are nice. Front and rear glass is intact....not sure how clean they are.

I'll be taking it across the scales in a few days so if anybody is interested I will make a great deal to them if they pick it up or I can deliver for some deal that will be reasonable. Once I get it up on the trailer I may as well drive somewhere.

Side glass is intact too and the mirrors which are Coupe specific.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

with scrap as low as it is you'd be better off holding on to it (if you have the room). i jyst got 350 for the back glass in my cp

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James 4:8

"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

Good point to think about.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

scrap is between 3 and 4 a hundred here....car with no motor/trans is worth $60!!

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James 4:8

"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

Cars are paying $ 2 per 100 lb , and the price keeps dropping, my yard thinks it will bottom at $ 1 and not come back for a year. Maybe 4 years ago it hit $ 14 per 100

Do you think that Cash for Clunkers had anything to do with that?

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Our scrapper, here in town.....Won't even take cars anymore....

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No, that program was a while ago.

It did have an effect on tightening the pool of low cost cars that lower income people tend to buy since lots of usable cars were scrapped. It also took out a lot of salvage yard fodder because engines needed to be destroyed and the car scrapped in some very short time period.

It would take some research to find out why prices went super high then super low. I'd think China's building boom has something to do with it. Look up "China Ghost Cities"

Scrap has for ever gone up and down, think of scrap metals as a mining operation.

there is a yard in my tiny town and the owner and i have become friends. he told me it is related to fuel prices so that when fuel prices go up so does scrap. when scrap was $14/100 fuel was almost $4/gal (i remember paying $4.60/gal for diesel and calculating the fuel to make trips to scrap cars!!).
i guess when fuel is cheap it may be cheaper to make new than recycle? i'm sure there are other factors in the rubric as well

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James 4:8

"...let us put aside the blindness of mind of those who can conceive of nothing higher than what is known through the senses"
-Saint Gregory Palamas, ---Discourse on the Holy Transfiguration of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ


Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

China drove demand, now China is drawing down it's inventory of materials, hence scrap prices are dropping. I expect the price to continue to be low for some time, as the Chinese economy is not looking too good right now.

Shame too, I've got some cars to scrap, wish I'd sent more off to the recycler when prices were better.

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

Unless someone screams it is a mistake, (and shows me the money) I plan to go pick up the car from Michael's shop tomorrow and drop it off on the scales in Frankfort tomorrow. I'll probably strip off a few of those ultra rare coupe specific parts before scrapping it though.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Check todays posts before doing so. Someone is looking for rear glass from what I remember.

Well, I got help from a young limber and strong man today and pulled a host of parts off the car including relays, monovalve, ac dash controls, wood surrounds for same and above, rear seat including the removable seat pad that goes in the center bin, the back panels and head rests from the front seats, the front and rear inside door and wall panels including switches (in very good condition including un damaged plastic map pockets, and the rear tail light assemblies. Also the side belt trim, outside mirrors and some other misc stuff. If anything is of interest let me know and I'll post pictures.

The back glass is unbroken but cloudy up about 4". The windshield is in very good condition as I replaced it about five years ago. The windshield is coupe specific as the roof sits 2" lower than the sedan.

I will take about any offer on this stuff.

I'm planning to take it to the scales tomorrow so if anybody needs a windshield I'll try to get it out without breaking tomorrow morning.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Still available, PM me. This forum allows too much clutter in FS threads. Hard for me to make heads or tails, for sale or sold...so hit me up

I'm looking for a w123 coupe. Good body. Engine good or blown. I have an extra.

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.