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Old 12-06-2016, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by lorainfurniture View Post
Keep the 300d, and one other as a spare. I recommend keeping the more boring 190 as they are generally cheaper and easier to fix. Sell the other car and start applying those funds to the long term resto

Once the restoration is done on your grandfathers car, ditch the 190
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Originally Posted by daantjie View Post
This is great advice, take heed those who do not like their wallets vacuumed...
The DD that was eating my lunch that I ditched was a 1980 Lincoln Town Car I bought new in December 1979. It had 270K on the odometer, and I had just paid for new suspension $2K new remanufactured long block and heater core replacement that was $3.5K. That was 25 yrs ago.

So then I came across a 1 owner 83 300SD with 93K. I paid $11,950.00 for the SD, and sold the Lincoln for $2,750.00. The SD was a dream come true in a low cost DD I drove to 305K. You'll never regret keeping a non-rusting, MB diesel - W123/126, IMO.
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