I lucked out, I found one close by for $1500. Granted I've but that into again for assorted stuff that it may have gotten by w/o (except the periodic maint) like AC (wife required).

It was an estate sale so I couldn't pass it up after having had looked at dozens on eB*y and around town and then moving on to looking for a sedan and having poor luck there. It took 2.5 months of looking and then one morning my wife asked if I'd looked under the 'Wagon' section in the classifieds and bingo there it was. Had I looked in the 'Thrifties' section (items $500 or less) I would have seen the '79 250TE that the same guy was selling for $500! It was very rough though, but good for parts or a fishin' car.

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'72 220D - Needs good home!
'80 300TD - On to 'greener' pastures...
'74 280C (RIP)
Gone Korean, but dreaming German...


"...Heard the diesel drummin', all down the line."