very nice acquisition. I hope you keep it for a long time since gasser W123's are rather rare

That is the main reason I snatched it up.

A matched set......at least colorwise & outward appearance. Very cool. Looking forward to the updates. I may have missed it in your intro, where did you find it? One Owner? Etc.....

Found it on Craigslist here in Newark, DE. I believe I am the 3rd owner. The folks I bought it from saved it from a friend of theirs who worked at a fire department that received the car as a donation to use the jaws of life on but they didn't want to destroy a nice old car so they sold it to the person I bought it from. I know the original owner lived in DC so the car has spent it's entire life in the region. The car had been on Craigslist for a few months and the PO couldn't sell it so they were going to donate it until I bought it. Frankly I'm shocked no one grabbed it before I did since mechanically the car is in great shape.

Egad...that beautiful Benz possibly having its usefulness ended by the jaws of life! Now there's an oxymoron.... Glad the fire dept thought better of it....a nice car for you. With that low of mileage what needs done?

Heh, Heh. Not in R.O.W.

It is kind of a super weird situation. In Europe there are diesel models of any car everywhere but you will never find any of them in USA, only benzin model. But, W123 diesel is the only one you see in USA and in Europe relatively rare compared to gasoline