That one looks amazingly like the 95 E320 I am considering. Dark Green over Grey. However this one is Grey Interior leather.

I was not aware these came with Headlamp wipers. The one I am looking at does not have them I do not think.

How does one go about field testing for Head Gasket condition other than the obvious if there is oil in coolant or visa versa?

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1983 300D-Turbo - Deep Blue w Palomino MB Tex (total loss in fire 1/5/09 RIP)
1995 E320 W124 Polar White/Grey Mushroom MB Tex
2005 F150 Supercrew - Arizona Beige - Lear topper
1985 Piaggio Vespa T5 - Black and Chrome

www.cphilip.com

The color is called avantgarde green...

Hardly anything too avantgarde about forest green.

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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!!!

Tyler --- here are some name ideas --- feel free to "spin" any of them into an acceptable name for your new purchase.

Shock
Thief
Heist
Lucky
GoodOne
DoneGood
Goody

Now, it's time for a PM to you.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

Tyler,

CONGRATULATIONS!!! I keep going back and forth between being happy for a nice guy and a great find, and being blind with jealousy.

My suggestion for a name is "Benzin".

In Germany, gasoline is called Benzin (which is derived from the chemical mixture benzine).

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

Ours has headlight wipers too. They are nifty.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Man, what a deal! Actually, it's kind of depressing because it means my '93 sedan is only worth 2500 bucks. Guess I'm keeping it a while longer.

Once you go 124, there ain't no going back to 123. BTDT, learned the hard way.

- JimY

Awesome Tyler!! That's a great purchase for the right price, you did well. Get yourself some hammers now! Congrats again!

My '94 has a similar dark green called Malachite Metallic.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

For U.S. market nomenclature there's only a couple of greens in that era - spruce green #249 and brilliant emerald #269. A lot of the Euro names get picked through the Russian website but U.S. auto paint stores generally don't recognize them.

Brilliant!!! I'll throw Ben out there and see out it feels. When he misbehaves, Benjamin seems appropriate.

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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!!!

True, mine is called "Emerald Green" in the US, Malachite in DE, and the green in the photo looks more emerald. My lower panels are a lighter green, not gray and for some reason I can't find the pairing/combination chart to see if Emerald Green came with gray panels in '95 (rather than Spruce Green).

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

Malachite is the Spruce Green, or Malachit in German. Brilliant Emerald in Europe is Tourmaline Green or Turmalingrun in Germany, with an umlaut over the second u, which I don't know how to type.

The car cleaned up really well today. Here's some more photos:

The third one shows the only flaw on the body, down by the rear bumper. Its childs play compared to what I've done with Norm.

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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!!!

Let members of your family drive that one..... I think they may like it. Its much more modern and refined than the W123.

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

Congrats!!! Enjoy! I think you should call her "Minty."

We've had the 124 wagon for nine years. I swear that if I could have only one car for the rest of my life, it would be a 1994 or 1995 S124 wagon.

Your interior looks really good, but here's one thing: Several golf pencils cut to size, stiff card board cut to size, about ten medium binder clips, and 3M fabric adhesive in a tube... what you need to mint up the door pocket vinyl.

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Michael

1988 300 SL (5 Speed)
1994 E320 Wagon
1997 C230