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Originally Posted by JollyRoger
The title is not really a problem, Nevada has an abandoned property law that allows a person to claim title simply by filing a form with the DPS.
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Great!!! New title and plates done, then it can be tidied up easily and sold somewhere back east. Probably to a contributor to the Diesel Discussion for a VERY decent price. few of them ever look on "Open Discussion".
Last year of the w115 body style, was 1976, so your son's '75 is one of the last. The build quality, durability, ease of repair and classic simplicity, and stately good looks of these are epic to old Mercedes Benz enthusiasts. The manual transmission is beloved because with it a few extra HP and a bit more power can be squeezed out of it!! And with these, you need all you can get.
It is so instantly recognizable as a Mercees Benz.
Most never wore out; rust killed them, or they got sunbaked to death in the Southwest. Mechanically they could be eternal, though they smoked a lot, made the famous "klatta klatta klatta" sound, like a bucket of bolts ( but very beloved music to the present day enthusiasts of them).
And one of these W115 diesels has covered over 2.8 MILLION miles, the highest mileage EVER, for a Mercedes Benz, and the car resides in the Mercedes Benz museum in Stuttgart - who talked the Greek taxi driver out of it a few years ago by giving him a brand new C class sedan.
for more comments, see:
http://mercedesforum.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-23663.html
"The other day I saw that the highest recorded mileage on a Mercedes Diesel was in Greece by a taxi driver named Gregorios Sachinidis.
Mr. Sachinidis bought his 1976 240D with 220,000 Kilometers in Germany and drove it to Greece to use as his taxi. The car was retired with 4.8 million verified kilometers.
It is now located in the Mercedes Benz Museum collection. Unbelievable. And one more tidbit, they gave him a brand new C200 CDI in return. Great Story"
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I have no doubt that you will get it sold easily, as the car is very rare back east, and the color combo is pleasant, and waxing wih Zymol, *AFTER* an $8 clay bar treatment, and some rubbing compound, (if necessary don't use a electric polisher as something that aggressive can go too far into the paint too fast...) The paint used back then on the Mercedes Benzes was sensational, and on yours it's non metallic, so there is a chance, if done right, it could come back gleaming like new.
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Originally Posted by JollyRoger
Filters and algae?
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Algae builds up after a while in the fuel tank if the car is not driven for a long time.
Apparently diesel fuel is quite from gasoline. It can turn to gel; The fuel filters can get problems too, ou may have to even drop the gas tank and totally clean it before trying to start the car.
You have got to post a question on the Diesel Discussion section, where you are unknown. A wealth of information,and I suspect some eager buyers would await.
But go in there with plenty of pictures, good ones. That will really help, good pictures posted.
Let us kibitzers down here on Open Discussion be favored on this thread with a link, to follow along, if possible.
There is VERY little cross pollination between posters on Open Discussion and the purely technical Diesel Discussion.
Good luck!!!