My girlfriend's father bought a 1977 W123 300D that had undergone a recent dealership restoration. The mileage on the car was at 7,000 miles. He just doesn't drive the car which is a shame. I wanted to know how much some of the folks here would value such a fine car. I will see if I can find the photos that I saved.

Update!!

I wasn't getting the full story. The chassis has 107k miles. The car has only seen 7k miles since the full restoration. Still a good car, but not the astoundingly low mileage gem I first thought.

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restored cars do not have the same value as original cars do so the restoration -while I'm sure it added value- only serves to make the car "nicer". Now the value is strictly based on the condition of the car. A 300D with over 100K miles even in the silly price land of CA can't be worth much more than 7K IMHO if indeed the car is nearly perfect.

Did they roll the odometer back to 7,000? As far as I am concerned that makes the car TMU, true miles unknown. Maybe the balljoints and the brakes have 7,000 miles on them, but that really does not warrant the car being represented as a 7,000 mile "car."

How nice is it? Is the paint new? Is it well done? Post some pics.

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"restoration" is a pretty loose term. How in-depth was it? did the paint get redone? Did the engine and/or tranny get rebuilt? pictures would be great. Since its a non-turbo and its restoration... id say 8.5-12K... but this still highly depends on the quality and thoroughness of the resto

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1978 w123 300D astral silver "Benzie"
1980 w123 300CD orient red "Benzie 2"
1994 w124 E500 "Big Black"
1998 w163 ML320 "Ole' Faithfull"
1969 Datsun 2000 roadster

Seriously!? 7,000 miles for a 35 year old car? WOW!

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speaking of 7,000 miled benzs...Here is one for about $35,000

Mercedes Motoring - 1982 240D Diesel Sedan

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Current stable......
17' Rogue SV 70k
11’ Saab 9-5 NG 94k
10’ e550 4matic 185k

sold
02' e320 210k
00' e430 167k
01' e320 171k (regret sale)
91' 300d 2.5t 300k (sold to ecoofidaho)
79' 240d 177k (old yellow my avatar)
87' 300d 169k (junk but fast)
85' 300tdt 261k (RBM parts delivery)
85' 300dt 68k (one owner cream puff)
82' 240d 250k
84' 300dt 198k (sold to diesel don)
91' 190e 2.3 61k
88' 260e 140k

There was a W116 300SD with 9k actual miles for sale last year, I don't remember the price but it was surely over $20k and worth it.

Yep. When the Mega lottery comes my way first thing I'm gonna do is fly out to JG's in LA and buy up his inventory!

no kidding...looks like JG does awesome work! I was bidding against him one time on Ebay for an 1985 300dt Mercedes Motoring - 1984 300D Turbo Diesel Sedan and he won with a high bid at $9000 I believe. I am not sure what kind of work he had to put into it but I think it resold somewhere in the mid $20k range.

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Current stable......
17' Rogue SV 70k
11’ Saab 9-5 NG 94k
10’ e550 4matic 185k

sold
02' e320 210k
00' e430 167k
01' e320 171k (regret sale)
91' 300d 2.5t 300k (sold to ecoofidaho)
79' 240d 177k (old yellow my avatar)
87' 300d 169k (junk but fast)
85' 300tdt 261k (RBM parts delivery)
85' 300dt 68k (one owner cream puff)
82' 240d 250k
84' 300dt 198k (sold to diesel don)
91' 190e 2.3 61k
88' 260e 140k