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Don't forget the fuzzy dice and spinner wheels.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Absolutely!!!

Rashakor, I usually have your back, but I think we all need to find a way to "snap you out of it"......

You have one of the cleanest little 240's I've ever seen, and it would be criminal to make your car sit next to that plate spinner.......

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'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

My heart just cried a silent tear.

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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)

Wow! Something the cat dragged up that the dog would not eat! I guees its a new meaning to upchuck wagon.

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70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

Do none of youall remember that the Mona Lisa changed the whole time Mr DaVinci was alive? The Acoropolis wasn't always a ruin, and Pisa's tower didn't always lean.

Many of the world's irreplacable objects have been reshaped and remade to suit certain contemporary tastes! The Flemish painting of St. Eloy is but a singular example. At one time, a golden halo was added, but modern historians have removed it because it was not original to the work-- This says volumes about this small 300D.

That it lived long enough to be reborn is a testament to the company responsible for its creation! We should be happy that the car was given new life-- It was obviously battered and beaten prior to this restoration, and even if it is wearing the automotive equivalent of a liesure suit and golden zodiac medallion, it should be commended for having come so far as it has.

Please just don't let me live my twilight years so ridiculously dressed--

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I just had one of the best laughs since i subscribed to this forum...

You guys are great....

Adding the Guadalupe, the fuzzy (fussy! ) dices, and the 22"rims with spinners (gilded as well) would make it sparkly-ghetto-fabulous. Something you don't want.

However, the Dollar Green paint job, Gilded Trim, White interior and wood stering wheels still keep the natural humble majesty of the original design...
I have seen worse factory color combinations particularly in europe (orange paint/ avocado green MBtex).

Just a matter of taste...

On the subject of the air-suspension... that can actually be a plus if the installation was correctly made (yeah i know i am optimistic)... This can add a plus in the drivability if the car can be lowered and suspenssion stiffened at speed. Or elevate the car to clear that bump in the road...

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Aquilae non capunt muscas! (Eagles don't hunt flies!)


1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi

Now that I would like to see

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

Do you think if someone were to drive that abomination through the ghetto, people would respect him for the nice Benzo or laugh at him, throw his *** out of the car and then steal the wheels & the gold trim?

I can see the future owner sending a video to MTV: "Xzibit - please UNpimp my ride...."

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1976 240D "Katja"

god just killed another puppy.

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

So we all agree it turns things, now we just have to agree what.
I'm in the bowels crowd myself, but that's 'cause I hate gold trim.
Now if you want to go all out like this and plate the whole damn car then I'll bow before the boundless waste of money. (sorry, couldn't find a GW300 gold plated on-line...)

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'83 300D Turbo
Current: ???K mi - 19.2mpg -> 17.4mpg -> 22.9mpg ---> ODO Died
bought at: 233.8K mi - 10MPG For $1.00
3.5 cylinders work: 320 320 100 340 280
Got insurance? FarmersReallySucks.Com

I think that gold plating was a factory option.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine

HEY i have fuzzy dice hanging from my mirror. and personally that combo isn't that great in my opinion. just my 2 cents

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1982 300D Turbo 203K silver
Need to fix these leaks badly

The "inner self" in me is telling me to buy it. Looks like somebody did a good job with the interior. The first thing I'll do if I am the winner of the bidding is put oem wheels back on it. I'd be interested in taking a close look at the suspension.

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