Hi everyone,

I am an assistant auto editor at Popular Mechanics magazine, and we are looking for a 1976-1985 Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W123) Wagon or Sedan to photograph for an upcoming story. The car needs to be stock and in very good condition. The photo shoot will take place on the weekend of July 23rd and 24th in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, so the owner would most likely need to live on the East Coast, but we want to hear from everyone. The shoot and possible video should only take about two hours. If interested, please contact me at adelcolle@hearst.com to send some photos and answer some follow-up questions. Please also feel free to repost this request in other applicable threads and forums.

Thanks,

Andrew Del-Colle

I wonder what the overall slant of the story is to be. These somewhat iconic cars where somewhat below the awareness horizon for many years.

Now that they approach antique status and many are still in daily use is amazing. Especially the factory support on parts compared to the big three.

Since nobody else is volunteering, if you pay my fuel costs from Denver to NJ and give the car a good detailing, I'd consider showing up

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I doubt Andrew will check back here. Best bet is to email him. Do let us know what comes of it though!

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

The southeast PA Benzfest sticky might be worth a look for candidates.

4th Annual Southeast PA Benzfest - 8/27/2011

Too bad you cant do a west coast, Delibas has a Sweet Wagon.

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

As a prank, we should submit pics of the rattiest 240d on the forum.

ha

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1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

I was thinking this could be a time wasting scam... but this chap does indeed exist...

http://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdelcolle

Doing a search on google also shows several links for this name with other young classics.

Tread carefully folks.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

I appreciate the research, Army. If everybody would like a little more proof, you can go here: http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/industry/to-limit-driver-distraction-will-the-government-curtail-car-information-systems?click=main_sr

I am checking back here because I've received a moderate amount of responses, but none have worked out so far. I just wanted to encourage people to submit some photos if they live close by and think they have a car we could use. And sorry, but I'm afraid we can't foot the gas bill from Denver. Ha.

Thanks everyone.

Best,
Andrew

Jeezuz man if you put gas in my TD, there's be hell to pay. If you want a good story on how these vehicles still survive, check out this fiasco:

HELP contaminated fuel (disaster?) $#%!&

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I liked the 67 Camaro convertible restoration PM did years ago,

I would think that any of the Mercedes Repair facilities located in New Jersey might be able to help out with the location of suitable car(s) for a photo shoot.

OK then - so who is on the east coast then? I'm way too far east!

There are some hopefuls listed here:-



Stolen from this thread:-

300TD Road Trip "This European Life: an open travelogue"

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!