Check out this conversion 450SE Utility

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Tony from West Oz.
Fatmobile 3 84 300D 295kkm Silver grey/Blue int. 2 tank WVO - Recipient of TurboDesel engine.
Josephine '82 300D 390kkm White/Palamino int.
Elizabeth '81 280E, sporting a '79 300D engine.
Lucille '87 W124 300D non-turbo 6 cylinder OM603, Pearl Grey with light grey interior


Various parts cars including 280E, 230C & 300D in various states of disassembly.

That looks better exicuted than some I have seen. Good way to save a car that hat a tree limb drop on the back.

THese are unibody cars....I hope they took time to really research how to maintain structural rigidity before they did it.

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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

That can't be a REAL ute, there's no dog.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

I have an old rusty 300TD wagon. COuld I take a torch to the back and make that thing a pickup too?

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1982 300SD Light Blue
2002 Honda Accord SE
1974 Toro Wheel Horse Tractor
2000 Toyota Tundra Pickup

I saw a photo about a ear ago with a wagon that was converted to a Ute and had an Elcamino rear bulkhead grafted on.....it was taken by someone on the highway and it was on the back of a rollback......it looked nice.

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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 you read the questions, one buyer asked if the seller had pictures of all four sides. The seller responded.... "The left side looks like the right side.

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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

I have one I bouhgt it like this (See picture) right now, I have it with the limo guys reinforcing the inside of the pilar doors, I want to register it as a pick-up and has to be approved by the HWY patrol, before they can issue another vin # and a title as pick-up.(it was rejected once)

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2000 430 ML
2005 S500
87 300 D
61 300 restoring

I prefer the straight cab of the 240D conversion.

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'91 300D 2.5 Turbo 330K
'00 VW TDI Golf, 190K
'67 BMW R50/2
'73 Norton Commando Interstate

That looks unbelieveably stock....Its like a rabbit pickup gone fat!

I preffer the one with the ElCamino rear bulkhead....that one looked like it came from the factory.....the blue one looks like it was hacked from something else to my eyes anyway....but to be honest I have seen far worse.

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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

I'd like to know more about that modification...any chance of seeing the inside of the bed and details on the structural work?

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

If you live close to San Diego you are welcome to see the truck, as soon as it’s out from the shop (one more week) but I can tell you the inside of the bed is like a regular pick-up it has the insides of a ford ranger welded at the top with the MB metal sheet, and flatten out crown rails all around just like a pick-up bed, don’t have a tailgate it’s like the modified welded pick-ups I will take some pictures from the bed unfortunately the door pillars and the reinforcement will be cover by the inside bed .

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2000 430 ML
2005 S500
87 300 D
61 300 restoring

I'm in Austin, Texas...however, I'll probably be in San Diego late this summer (one of my Kiddos lives there) for a visit. I'll try to hook up then.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

it appears the 240D pickup is a computer image with the rear section removed in photoshop.
if i missed the mention somewhere that this is so, never mind.

I agree, it does look suspicious, what is with all these flaws in the picture?? I highlighed the differences and its definatley had some severe photo shopping done....also, the images in the window reflections don't even look like whats in front of them....??? and the edge of the building!!! Where does it go?! It looks like someone sliced off the building and sidewalk area with a laser!

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)