Is there a place you can have take stuff from ebay.de and ship to you because the seller doesn't ship outside the country? Or something like that? I need manual window winders.

Generally, I ask the seller if they're willing to "luftpost" to the US, even though the listing says Europe only. I haven't had a seller say no yet since I'm willing to cover the postage and pay either thru paypal or bank wire.

Austins,
Dont stress too much, I cant even get parts from fastlane as they dont ship out of the USA. There are many like that!

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1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

I agree with MTI - most people are only too glad that they've sold something!

Yeah, I'll probably give it a shot. Thanks.

But didn't you guys already get the option of cool, common sense amenities like no sunroof, and manual windows? The US has like 50 million Benzes all with the exact same option. We didn't even get cloth interior! Which, also BTW, is up on the ebay. Black with Al Borland plaid inserts!

I found that if the guy was not willing to ship and make it part of the auction, you could not even complete the bid on the german bay. I tried to create a German account, but they compare the name to the address given and the phone bill to make sure all the names match to determine you are not a fraud. I couldnt get an account using my freinds sisters address in Germany. I finally ended up finding the part with a co willing to ship. it took 2 1/2 weeks but it got here OK.

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

I emailed the dude, and they put an exemption on the auction. Manuelle fensterhebers!!!

Now, I found something really cool... Has anyone ever freight shipped from Germany, say, a transmission? I can't afford it right now, but it'd be nice to have it lined up if something changes.