Love it!! I would have picked that car up in a heartbeat if I was in the market. Used to have a '79 Rabbit diesel in that color combo.... miss that car.

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Definitely a car of a different color...

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

so the car was only 2200? even tho its a little haggard looking color, id drive it, them maybe sell it or something. its definetely nothing youd see around here. lol

To each his own, I guess! I like the houndstooth. If I could find a set of gray cloth Euro 124 seats in good shape, I'd swap them into my 300D.

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AlexTheSeal: hack mechanic, inadvertent drifting champ, builder of infernal devices, professional epistemologist

'87 300D Turbo, roadtrip mileage champ (for sale!)
'92 Isuzu Trooper, mudder extraordinaire (for sale!)
'82 Honda Silverwing, cockroach of motorcycles
And various boring daily drivers...

I would snatch that car up in a heartbeat. I like the color combo. It would be perfect to compliment the 300SD, which has the same color combo. We still need to get that upholstery repaired though to get it looking good.
-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'm not a fan of the houndstooth print, or the cloth interiors in general. I just prefer solid colors, and the overall look of MBTex or leather. The cloth does not hold up well either, and looks REALLY bad when it gets dry and torn.

Mike

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1985 300TD
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1994 E320
not my favorite, but the wife wanted it

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I like rare cars and rare options. That is why I jumped on my SDL, find me another 300SDL that is blue on black cloth. I have never seen another. I think rare colors are cool, I would buy a red W126 or green one without a second thought. Every MB these days is either black, silver, or white. I know they are easy to keep clean (except for black) but come on silver is so. If I ever bought a new MB it would be red or green or some odd special order color.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I see now why Chrysler bought Mercedes....I first believed it was for the excellent quality, fine craftsmanship, and prestigue....then I seen these pictures, and it came to me that Chrysler realized they had some on the inside selling Mercedes some K-car seat material, and figured the problem would grow, so they bought the company to cover up...

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1991 GMC Sonoma Ext Cab w/Isuzu diesel (converted March Mar 2003) - sold
1994 S10 Ext Cab w/Isuzu diesel (converted Mar 2008)
1998 Toyota Sienna XLE
B6100HST Kubota CUT DIESEL

1994 S10 with Isuzu diesel and 5spd
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...S15/SigPic.jpg

Or not!

Years ago I used to go by a house that had a '67 Olds 98 - a huge car. It was light pink with an olive green vinyl roof and interior. I would think they bought it because it must have been a bargain ... until they bought a 72 Cutlass in the SAME colors. They were some ugly cars.

Chuck

Both of these are silver gray.

I get used to it.

Dark blue is definitely preferred.

Ummm....actually, it was the other way around.

Mercedes bought Chrysler.

Good for Chrysler, bad for Mercedes.

Mike

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1979 300 SD
350,000 miles
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1982 300D-gone---sold to a buddy
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1985 300TD
270,000 miles
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1994 E320
not my favorite, but the wife wanted it

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www.myspace.com/openskystudio
www.myspace.com/speedxband
www.myspace.com/openskyseparators
www.myspace.com/doubledrivemusic

Don't get me wrong my next one will probably be silver! It is so easy to maintain and keep clean. Dark cars are a pita, they need to be cleaned all the time or they look like crap. It just gets old going to a new MB lot and seeing maybe 60%+ of the cars sitting their shades of silver. They have shades of silver now.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

When I was growing up (in the 70's) my dad had a friend that had a 450SEL that was painted signal red and had a rare interior - the place on the seats where your back and bottom would touch was a red and light tan check cloth and the rest of the seat was either MB Tex or leather but solid red. I am thinking the carpeting was light tan (same color as the tan background in the cloth).
I also remember the Gucci Cadillac Sevilles. My mother thought they were the deal - but, then again, she liked the '80 Seville that we called "Quasi modo" from the Hunchback movies.
A little old blue hair in our town used to drive a big mid to late '60s Olds 98 that was lavender both inside and out. She also wore lavender clothes. I guess maybe Oldsmobile would work with their customers at the time and do special color combos maybe?

You should have to look in your garage and all you see is silver. I do wish I had one with some real color.

Well I could stop at Home Depo grab a nice shade of paint (puke green maybe? yellow?) a few brush's and fix that problem for you!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200