It's sad to see a Mercedes in this kind of shape. Why would anyone want to abuse a Mercedes like that?

If you're not into 603's there's no point in completely rebuilding it. Most likely you can make some money selling it as is on Ebay.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL