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Originally Posted by winmutt
Its not a gray market, hence the "EuroFed". Its an om617.952 with manual and all the euro trimmings  . I am going to add some Hella lights to the front as well for the rallyish look.
Thanks for the compliments everyone make me feel better about her. |
Ahh, you dropped the manual transmission in it? I missed "euroFed" - thought that meant is was a "Federalised Euro vehicle"
I was under the impression that for '85 all you could buy new in the US was a turbodiesel automatic. But yours would be pretty snappy, and a LOT more fun to drive than an automatic. Or a 240 to be honest.
So you put on the euro lights and bumpers and wheels yourself. Lots of those euros had wind deflectors too. Good choices for the wheels and lights, I would reckon. A euro trailer hitch practically screams this car REALLY lived and worked in Europe once (LOL-- for people who notice things like that.)
To make it look like a real Euro, I guess you would need to remove the DIESEL trunk script but leave the 300D script on. --- Or take that off, too, for the "Anti terrorist/hijacking" badge delete option that many Europeans took. Though I would guess that terrorists probably wouldn't go after Diesels too much, better the 280 gasser, to be quicker LOL
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