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God that is just absolutely sexy.

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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

That is a truly beautiful machine.
-Zach

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1978 240D Auomatic
Custom Charcoal Gray, Navy MB tex, kenwood/Elemental/Boston/Aura sound,
Shaved antenna and emblems.

1990 Lincoln Town Car, Sleeper/Strip car in progress, 17.75@77mph.

i have seen one of those in person. they are really lovely looking little machines. similar in size and flavor to a 34 ford. they are on my list. if circumstances were different i would bid on that one maybe.

tom w

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

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Beauty is in the eyes of the looker. Doesn't look anywhere near as nice as my 1953 Mercury Coupe. It looks like Benz borrowed the exterior designs from Ford of 1934 and 35. Maybe 1936 Ford had a suicide front door, but even that was gone by 1937. Man that thing looks ancient for 1953. Compared to anything made in the USA in 1953 it's ancient. But it is kind of "cute".

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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

OH man, I wish I had some extra money lying around! I would love to have that!

i think you could really call all european cars from the 50's and 60's ancient by style compared to what we are used to here in the states,(old mg-a's,jag's,m-b's,austin's even bmw bikes had the same style as back in the 30's, up until the late 60's.

Not ancient....it's called "class".

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03 Dodge Ram 3500 CTD
2003 VW Jetta TDI

Isn't this because of the destruction of the German mfg capacity during WWII leaving them with old designs and not enough resources to be at the cutting edge of design and engineering?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

absolutely. same with british and italian mfgrs.

ferrari got his start right after the war on money saved up from making munitions for the axis. then converted his factory to building cars. the hand made bodies and chassis (and really most everything else) was possible because of the depressed postwar economy. i have always pondered that perhaps some of the craftsmen were possibly even engineers doing manual labor because there were no other options.

i can also tell you that the solinoid on a 59 ferrari 250 is identical and interchangible with the solinoid on a mb diesel of the period. i suspect that is because the factory which made them was set up during ww2 by the germans.

an interesting tidbit of history.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.