... which was ... $0.00.

I share these pictures for no other reason than perhaps to make people feel good about the rust on their own cars. I warn you, these are graphic and gorey, not for the weak-of-stomach MB lover.

This was my dad's 1975 240D, which he said is all mine now if I want it. I can't get the straight story on it, except that my mother ran it into something and wrecked the bumper, and my dad never got around to fixing it. So he just left it. I believe it was around the time my first sister was born, so he was understandably preoccupied. But the car has been sitting there for at least 20 years, and has been run at some point in that interim. According to my dad, it'll still go under the hood (obviously, the body would literally drop off like a shell if I tried to drive it ). I don't have the guts to try turning it over. Or the keys.

As to the car's future, I haven't decided whether to part out, or whether there's even anything partable on it. For now, it's my big lab rat, and I will have a POR15 party with it when the sun comes out.

So here's "Stubby," MB #2. So do I win the "worst condition" prize now or what?

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

Why would you waste POR15 on that POS. Somewhere there is crusher with that cars name on it...

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Bill Reimels
Now down to one:
1972 300SE 3.5 W109 (Euro delivery)

... so I can practice using POR15 on a POS instead of my attractive, treasured '87 300D. I'm not actually going to try to FIX the rust on the 240D, hence the term "lab rat" ... I want to get the hang of using POR15, and then use it on my nice car ... make any sense?

It seems to me there are a lot of uses for a trash car as far as my learning process goes. There are a lot of things I'd like to learn how to do, but am afraid to try on my good car. With the junkyard piece, I don't have anything to lose.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

Play with it a bit and learn if you want to. But steel is up, so they will haul cars away for free now.

They dragged my stripped 420SEL right up on the flatbed without any wheels on it! Theirs money to be made in these old cars.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Ebay the usable parts before it gets crushed......put the money towards fixing your better benz

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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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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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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

If it was up on Ebay they would call it "fair condition, known to go 500,000 miles".

The 72 I have looks great from 10 ft away and the po was driving this car when the "trany went out" (busted a line) but the rust is so back everywhere underneath that I crushed a box looking beam just at the front subframe mount when I jacked it up, and that is not the rustiest place on the car. I got to looking and the entire front subframe including engine was kind of floating in the front of the car. Had new calipers, a new rotor, new starter, new battery and a great interior. The guy was treating it well but it was a dangerous pos.

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Ncnetman
1959 Chev 3100 Fleetside
1965 Mustang
1968 Torino GT fastback
1969 Ranchero
1974 240d 4-speed -for sale
1976 240d fresh paint- on hold
1978 300cd fresh paint and new rearwindshield rubber
1990 6.2 Suburban 194k-getting a 6.5 turbo
2008 Duramax Silverado
2015 VW Passat TDI

Hmmm? I gotta wonder what that trailer hitch would be good for on a 240D.

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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

Dude you like paint it on and let it dry. Not to much to go wrong there. If you have to POR15 part of the body that shows then how you fill in the rough area after coating, blend in, prime and then respray the color are the tricky parts.

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Bill Reimels
Now down to one:
1972 300SE 3.5 W109 (Euro delivery)

I was referring to the whole process, including priming and painting. I'm an artist and a perfectionist.

And geez, what's the concern? I'm not going to steal YOUR POR15 to do it or anything, nor will any of your tax dollars contribute to my project!

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

Pretty sure my dad attached a small, flat trailer to it. Not sure how to describe it, but he used it to tote extra cargo, nothing huge. I would suspect he used it to put our small outboard motorboat in the lake, too, down the boat ramp.

Or maybe he drove it across boulders and sandpits pulling a double tractor trailer ...

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

Practicing bodywork is a very good idea before you do it on a car you care about. Heck I will try a new polish or paint cleaner on my parent’s cars before it touches my paint!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I was thinking you might get a fair price on Ebay for that hitch.

Hey, now, wait a minute...
If that car sat for over 20 years, that motor didn't see much use. Sure, the seals are shot, but what about the possibility of going through that motor for a cheap, tight rebuild? Can an IP survive 20 years of sitting?
What about the tranny?

(and what in the world is POR15?)

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Think Alternative Energy!
300CD '80 (now gone but not forgotten...)

Read this thread:
Rust stoppers.
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=115595

Well if you park on a steep hill and don't have a good parking brake you tie a rope to it and to a tree so it doesn't go down the hill without you....

Sort of like mooring anchors on a boat.

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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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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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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