Has anyone seen one of these?
Rare Mercedes 1972 2 door coupe diesel

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1992 400E current
1988 300E sold
1973 280C totalled
1973 280SEL never got it running
1971 250C my first love but rusted out

It was posted over on BenzWorld. There was a claim it was a rare "grey market" car but the consensus seems to be it's merely a 220D dropped into a W114 coupe. I have never seen a W114 with anything but a gas engine in stock form. Caveat emptor. $500 rust bucket.

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I'm with Mike D on this one. W114=6cylinder gasser. At this point, tons of these cars have received replacement engines, so it is not like swapping from gas to diesel is such a big deal. My 220d is a bit rough around the edges, but that car makes mine look like a garage queen. Yikes!

As an aside, what the heck is that thing inside the guy's garage/workshop? Looks like a fiberglass/cardboard front to a mini locomotive.

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1968 220D, w115, /8, OM615, Automatic transmission.
My 1987 300TD wagon was sold and my 2003 W210 E320 wagon was totaled (sheds tear).

The 114 coupe was never produced with a diesel engine. Putting a 220D engine into it is a waste of time. If you are going to do a diesel swap on a 114 much better to put in a turbo diesel 5 cylinder. It's been done. Not that big of a deal as I recall...

My god he has it list for 3k did he accidentally hit the zero to many times...

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There's a nice sounding OM606 conversion on youtube too...

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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!

well you guys can say what you want i think its very unique and belongs with some one who really appreciates these types of cars regardless what it pans out to be .
I know if i had a four door diesel id like to have a coupe after all what's it going to cost to buy two cars and do the labor ? Surely much more then what im asking even if it has rust its not that bad as it looks .

An engine swap to a 300 turbodiesel is about $5000. Why anyone would swap to a 220 diesel engine instead is beyond me. In CA you can get a nice running gas 114 couple for $4000 - $6000. gotta look at what the cost to fix this one up is, and whether or not you can live with the wimpy engine...

Sorry that I offended you when I had trouble identifying that from the original picture. It is rather unique, so I am not sure why it offended you that I could not identify it. Thanks for clarifying.

What have I done with my hands lately? Really, you want to get into a petty comparison like that. Take it over to Open Discussion please.

Best of luck with your sale. When it sells, please do report back on how much you get. Perhaps we are wrong about its value. Your posts have indicated that clearly beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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1968 220D, w115, /8, OM615, Automatic transmission.
My 1987 300TD wagon was sold and my 2003 W210 E320 wagon was totaled (sheds tear).

Interesting car. I find the choice of OM615 with an autotragic to be very odd. Anything less powerful than a 617.95x really ought to come with a manual. I'm not sure what the market in NJ is like, but that car would go for somewhere between $300 and $1000 here.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

I actually like that quite a bit, cool project! Reminds me of the Japanese custom van culture but on an American scale. Welcome to the forum and it is nice to have you here as part of the conversation. Do you own any other MBs?

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1962 220SE W111 Coupe, 2nd owner

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No MB at this time i used to have a little 71 911 targa , i found this in Asbury on my way to a chrome shop. it took a few times but i found the owner and as it was he needed a VW motor and i had one . So a liitle cash a motor trade i eneded up with this .
As of now the cars in my garage are a 69 pace car , and two chopped dodge vans .