What's wrong appearance wise?
Paint - lots of options from Earl Scheib to a custom shop.
Interior - lots of parts in pic n pull
Peeling vinyl on doors and b-pillars, use contact cement
Wood trim - strip and refinish or there are lots of fine examples on eBay for a couple hundred bucks for good ones
Dirty carpet, Bissell or see pwogaman's thread on how he cleaned his carpets
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/321601-1987-300td-w124-wagon-dc-impound-auction-%24450-ends-07-18-2012-a.html
He gets the award for transformation from basket case to downright presentable on a budget.
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The OM 642/722.9 powered family
Still going strong
2014 ML350 Bluetec (wife's DD)
2013 E350 Bluetec (my DD)
both my kids cars went to junkyard in 2023
2008 ML320 CDI (Older son’s DD) fatal transmission failure, water soaked/fried rear SAM, numerous other issues, just too far gone to save (165k miles)
2008 E320 Bluetec (Younger son's DD) injector failed open and diluted oil with diesel, spun main bearings (240k miles)
1998 E300DT sold to TimFreeh
1987 300TD sold to vstech
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