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The Cheap Wagon Club
O.K. , I'm in So. Cal. and looking at beater 300TD's for hauling our Foster kids 'round in . turbo is a must .
Most $700.00 ~ $2,000. TD's are rusty thrasher junkers , pre turbo to add injury to insult . I'm a Mechanic and can fix one up over time but I cannot afford to purchase a nice one for $7K all at once (more's the pity as there's scads of those here) . Anyways , any comments or offerings ? . I have cash in hand and expect to drive one home , repair the usual stuff : HVAC , tires , shocks , seats etc. , etc. but I'd rather not buy one that smokes like a train ,my Coupe does that already although it runs *tits* , hauls ass and gets 27 MPGs . (only 500 miles per quart of oil tho' ) Light colors are a plus , any leads appreciated ! . TIA ,
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Any interest in this wagon?
Zach may part with it for the right price. He drove it from here to Sunny So-Cal. $23,000 in service records. Gone and done it again... Introducing my new CWC candidate
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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k 1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k 1980 240D Stick China 188k 2001 CLK55 AMG 101k 2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!! |
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OOPS !
Yes .
I goofed and responded to the original post about ROTchester . Can you have Zach contact me ? . TIA ,
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I'm not close but I do have a wagon available if Rotchester doesn't work out. 3rd row seat also.
As a funny aside, it even has Rotchester's original front seats in it. Awesome seats!!!! Here was the seat swapping party....
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Jimmy L. '05 Acura TL 6MT 2001 ML430 My Spare Gone: '95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black '85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White '80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed '81 300TD 240K "Smash" '80 240D 230K "The Squash" '81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John |
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I left him a message. Its been a great wagon for him, but I remember him mentioning one of his uncles having a spare car he can have.
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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k 1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k 1980 240D Stick China 188k 2001 CLK55 AMG 101k 2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!! |
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Jimmy
I'm interested , especially if it's not rusty .
Travel to TEXAS is great , that's where I found my first ('78 ) 300CD whilst on vacation driving to Louisiana right after Katrina , bought it then had to drive TWO old Mercedes Diesels on to La. and then back home again , no worries . send me pics and particulars OFF LIST please . I appreciate ALL LEADS ! . I know money is tight right now but I actually have cash and will use whatever Wagon I get for it's intended purpose and cherish & maintain it . I'm not only a DieselHead but also a Journeyman German Car Mechanic.
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Jimmy's car has ALOT less rust, and better off mechanically.
You'll have to expand that budget a bit, though it would be well worth it.
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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k 1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k 1980 240D Stick China 188k 2001 CLK55 AMG 101k 2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!! |
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Understood !
My budget is flexible and as I said , I have ca$h in hand for the right car .
I can of course , purchase a *pristine* one locally for just under $7K (museum piece) but I'd like to eat too . I know zip about Jmmy's car but I asked him for the details and pictures.... I'll be in and out ths weekend but I will look carefully at anything he sends me . I might still be able to use ROTchester too . Car sales have been flat nationwide but I'm here & ready to purchase .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better |
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You just missed "Chameleon"; the current owner took delivery on Monday, this week.
Jimmy has a thread in the Diesel Discussion forum on all the work he has performed. I can't find it, but he will be able to give you the link.
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daw_two Germantown, TN Links: Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior Cluster Needles Paint New Old Stock (NOS) parts Past: 3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda" 04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben" & many more |
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If you're still looking
'83 300TD - My pride and joy. A daily driver and best of all NO RUST!!!!
$2k Posted here: 1983 300TD Astralsilver FNHB
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1987 300SDL "Rhona" 218k 1986 300SDL "Johanna" 166k - Abducted 5/15 outta SFV Reward 4 info 1984 300TD "Petra" 212k - Parts yard pirate, arrrrgh 1982 300CD "FrankenFemme" 178k - Eyes only TS-XWRKS transplant abomination (loc. classified) 1980 230CE "Lulu" aka "Terminal" 277k - Dying the slow death 1985 300CD "Gerda" 203k - She ain't playin' SOLD 1983 300TD "Svetlana" 240k...and pleading for more. SOLD "What a heavy load Einstein must've had...F&@%!NG morons everywhere!" - David Lynch |
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Chameleon
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The price certaily was right ! . I'm holding out for a turbo one....
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better |
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Sheesh, had to work all day and just checked on this thread. I will get something sent your way via PM.
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Jimmy L. '05 Acura TL 6MT 2001 ML430 My Spare Gone: '95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black '85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White '80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed '81 300TD 240K "Smash" '80 240D 230K "The Squash" '81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John |
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THANK YOU !
Like me , I see you enjoy polishing turds....
I'm impressed with the work and detail gone into this wagon .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better |
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