i owned one that color back in the day After a night of drinkin it wasnt a good color to look at the next day

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commercial fisherman diesel in my blood in my boats trucks and Dear old Dad has had me drivin them since i got my first license in 1968
1986 300 SDL 427654
1999 Chevy Crew Cab Dually 225423
1986 300 SDL 287000 Dad's
1987 190 Turbo 158000 Mom's (my inheritance)

After looking at those pictures a little closer I'm wondering if that interior is leather or MB Tex.

It looks awful good for 26 year old leather. My leather looks brand new because it was replaced by the PO a few years ago. But that car seems to have the look of Tex.

I could be wrong. What do you guys think?

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1980 300SD - 495k miles - 'The Ambassador'
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Former Family Members
95 C280
73 280SEL
90 300D
87 300SDL (X2)
86 560SEL
84 300D
80 300SD

that is simply one of my favorite paint colors on these cars!! If it had green interior there would be a plane ride in my immediate future.........

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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

yeah..I was gonna mention the rear bumper too. I love the exterior color and the interior looks great. Mom lives in CLE but she'd never pick it up for me as I would love a W116 of my own.

The odometer looks a bit sketchy too. I've rebuilt mine and the numbers are more aligned than that.

There might be a few surprises hidden there.

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1982 300TD 210K miles ("The Replacement" aka "The Anvil") - SOLD
1979 300SD 245K miles (never ending project)
2007 Pinarello F3:13
1995 Ducati 916 (SOLD, sniff)
1999 Ducati 900SSie (SOLD)

Make sure the climate control works!! They are an expensive nightmare if they don't.

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My Truck.. 2007 DODGE, 5.9 Cummins, 6spd stick, 4X4. My car..1977 240D, OTHER WHEELS...1955 VW Oval window bug, European Delivery (Holland) with a 1700cc, 2 barrel, Porsche drum brakes. 1939 WILLYS Pick-up. 1967 Triumph 200cc Tiger Cub. 1976 Honda 550F 4cyl Motor Cycle.

The Russian MB code look-up site says the interior code is 204 which is saffron leather.

Sixto
93 300SD

what is wrong with the rear bumper??? (drivers side??)

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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

Because that would give the game away. You can tell a lot about the condition of the car from the engine bay, IMO. If the car had been repainted, it's not likely that the engine bay would have been touched. And you can get an idea of how much road salt the car has seen by looking at the engine and the valve cover etc.

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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 (??)

WOW!
I can not believe that it sold for $5350! I could not see any more than $2500 and that is with heart before brain.

I feel your pain. My first MB was a 82 300D I baught off ebay 3 months ago. I love it so much I had to have a SDL if I could find one in GREAT Condition. Funny what you can find when you become obbsesed.

I think my 14 year old needs a 190D. He agrees but wants the 2.6 gasser AMG
Greg

Yes, it does make one wonder. Fleabay is getting tiresome nowadays, what with people charging absurd shipping plus the vauge pictures and descriptions on many listings. Now that they took the high bidder id off the "my ebay" page. it's even harder to detect shill bidders. Last week, I had a lady claim she never got payment and would I send her another money order? Yeah, sure I will. It's a good thing I sent it certified mail, she was just miffed because her item sold for a low price(Cadillac factory service manual $8.00).

Try this site:

http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=&Dirn=Received+by

Instead of having to wade through all of the feedback, it brings up all the negatives.

I wonder if it would have sold for less if there wasn't this thread in shopforum... I know that if I was hunting for a car on ebay I wouldn't want my vehicle of choice to receive advertisement here ;-).

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1985 MBZ 300DT
1969 MBZ 220d
1984 MBZ 300TDT
1981 VW Vanagon

I would not have been suprised if it had sold for more.

There was a 1980 300SD with 80 some thousand miles on it but with an interior not in quite as good shape that sold for just under 10k last spring.

The general public is willing to pay more for these cars than the bargain shopper crowd that hangs out on this forum.

I can tell ya this, it would take more dough than this one brought for someone to drive mine away!

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Joe

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1980 300SD - 495k miles - 'The Ambassador'
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Former Family Members
95 C280
73 280SEL
90 300D
87 300SDL (X2)
86 560SEL
84 300D
80 300SD

Long as there is no rust thats a fair price. Those are the W116's that will hold there value, 100% rust free.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Everyone mentions the w116 climate control and how expensive it is to fix. So what goes wrong and about how much does it cost to fix it yourself? Always wanted one, but want to know how bad it can get.

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1982 300TD 210K miles ("The Replacement" aka "The Anvil") - SOLD
1979 300SD 245K miles (never ending project)
2007 Pinarello F3:13
1995 Ducati 916 (SOLD, sniff)
1999 Ducati 900SSie (SOLD)