http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=39405&item=4522646483&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

Hmm... I though for sure this was a phony (Volvo Drivetrain, obviously faked grill, doesn't look like any 60's MB van I've ever come across), but it does have a period Becker installed....

Did other auto makers use those Beckers?

Cute van though. Be great w/ a 240 and a 4spd. Sure to make some body shop owner enough for an extra week around vacation time!

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1972 350SL Euro 4spd
1973 BMW R75/5
1981 BMW R80GS
1995 FZJ80 with OM606 Conversion In Progress

It's a Hannomag ...they were taken over by MBZ in the 60s.

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Got me curious:
http://www.cms.daimlerchrysler.com/emb_classic/0,,0-195-154453-1-154455-1-0-0-0-0-0-434-78641-0-0-0-0-0-0-0,00.html
I always wanted one of those early MB vans.

Must be a Volvo van in the ad, has some of the features of an 1800 (always wanted one of those too).

(obvious yet that I have nothing to do at the moment? )

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Currently:
1972 350SL Euro 4spd
1973 BMW R75/5
1981 BMW R80GS
1995 FZJ80 with OM606 Conversion In Progress

R Leo,
Link failed.
Interesting info!

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Currently:
1972 350SL Euro 4spd
1973 BMW R75/5
1981 BMW R80GS
1995 FZJ80 with OM606 Conversion In Progress

Looks like an early model Hanomag, but that's definitely a Volvo gasser in there. Probably a retrofit...that thing's a heap.

I'll say that Ebay example needs a littlle bit of work

Not a faked grill. Someone was selling a diesel version in the NW on Ebay a few weeks ago. Had the same engines as MB sedans I believe. Current bidding at .99 seems a little high.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

ROFLMAO!!


Try this link: http://www.dhc.net/~pmhack/mercedes/l206d761.htm

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i was in baltimore a few years ago on biz at the roro docks. coming in one day i swear i glimpsed an mb van the size of a town and country. it had different styling and looked euro. it was on the back of an auto transport. i looked thru auto mags for 6 months but never saw it featured. i didn't have either camera ready to shoot yet so no pics.

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1983 240d 162+++ Anthricite grey w/ henna red interior and hella lights-wifes car-Red

the above two cars are for sale
and can be seen on the cars for sale thread here. pix also available.


240d-144+ Manilla Yellow w/ palmino interior-greasecar kit-Blondie-the college kids car

23" gt 21 speed still on original tires-still got the nubs
21" khs tandem

Probably a Sprinter. I saw one here about 2 years ago with the Tristar emblem on the front and MB badges - very unusual since Freightliner was the distributor at the time. It was black and was a passenger van with dual wheels in the back. I about flipped when I saw it. I was in an Applebee's and waited for the owner to come out (it had North Carolina plates) hoping to see the interior but after an hour or so they still didn't show.
Dodge is now the Sprinter distributor in the US. I think FedEx uses these vans. There is also one on the Geico commercial.

You probably saw a VITO. They're all over Australia and the far east.

Here's the cargo version:



Westfalia conversion:


People mover:

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I'll pay the 99 cents if someone can get it on one of those stressed out TV shows that "gotta make it a show car before tomorrow, hurry, hurry".

My 409d is the dual rear wheel camper conversion of the earlier model 'Sprinter'. Word on the street is that the Vito is very unreliable and not worthy of the MB badge. Sprinters are another issue.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13