This is the one i was looking for before I bought my 300D. The 116s sure were sweet,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4510446840&category=6336

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1959 Gravely LI, 1963 Gravely L8, 1973 Gravely C12
1982 380SL
1978 450 SEL 6.9 euro restoration at 63% and climbing
1987 300 D
2005 CDI European Delivery
2006 CDI Handed down to daughter
2007 GL CDI. Wifes

That's a nice one...great presentation too.

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'90 300SE 298k
-300K and it gets put into retirement.
'80 300D 255k Purchased new by family in 1980.

Had a:
1973 220 (gas)
1980 300SD
1992 400E

Nice car. Nice verbage. Nice wife........

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I was looking at it at school. Mmmmm..... W116! My friend said she did not like the brown interior, she liked the light blue 84 300SD with blue MB-tex interior on ebay motors better. I don't care what my friends say, I like the odd interior colors. (The Houston guys saw the green leather in our 81 so they know what I mean.)
-Joe

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

I love the pictures , someone took sometime with the photography...

Wonder how much trouble it was to incorporate the egr system? Notice the valves for controlling the egr AND the mechanical linkage for the automatic transmission. I would have kept the original intake/exhaust manifolds that came on the car in '80.

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Jim

I wonder why it has 229K with "A certified, factory original Austauschmotor (exchange engine) was installed just 19,000 miles ago!"

Those huge bumpers look really nice.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

Very nice presentation . The seller is a registered forum user, his name is Bernard.

Jim-

This is the standard EGR /manifold setup for an 80 California car. My 80 300SD, also a Calicar, has the same lashup.

Rick

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

anyone notice that damned ludacris "these motors are known for going over 500,000 miles" comment....................

Sweet car however.......

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

What a superb example of the 300SD!! This car is sooooo nice. I can't wait to see what she sells for. Under the hood is just pristine. Ok, I have drooled enough. Love those SD's!!!

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1984 300D Turbo Sedan (Hilda) 272,115 miles.....
Anthracite Gray/Palamino Leather, I am 3rd owner

2001 Dodge Stratus (Silver) (wifes) 55814 miles...

1982 280TE Wagon Astral Silver Metallic/
Anthracite Velour
260,512 miles (Eva)

1969 230 Sedan Olive Green/Black MBTex
4 Speed Manual
84,213 miles ????
Haus Frau


2004 Boreem Ninja Pocket Bike
Highly Modified 49cc (Ling Ling)

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

I just e-mailed the seller and asked "If the car was well taken care of and given the fact these engines last 500,000 miles, why did it receive a replacement engine so soon?" I'll let you know if they respond.


Scott

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Scott
1982 Mercedes 240D, 4 speed, 275,000
1988 Porsche 944 Turbo S (70,000)
1987 Porsche 911 Coupe 109,000 (sold)
1998 Mercedes E300 TurboDiesel 147,000 (sold)
1985 Mercedes 300D 227,000 (totaled by inattentive driver with no insurance!)
1997 Mercedes E300 Diesel 236,000 (sold)
1995 Ducati 900SS (sold)
1987 VW Jetta GLI 157,000 (sold)
1986 Camaro 125,000 (sold - P.O.S.)
1977 Corvette L82 125,000 (sold)
1965 Pontiac GTO 15,000 restored (sold)

Nice one! I like that. Do let us know.

B

Not to rain on the parade, or anything.... She is a fine example alright (and the W116 isn't bad either!) but I did email the folk's to ask them why the "several thousand" dollar paint job has tons of over spray inside the wheel wells.

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'78 300D 310K Maple Yellow / Bamboo
'87 300D 81K Barolo Red / Safron (RIP @ 113K)
2003 E320 34K Pewter/Charcoal
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