Has a diesel mercedes in a W107 chassis ever been made? Its my favorite MB body style, and it would have been great if mercedes made them in diesel.

Since the SLs were marketed as the sporty option in the MB lineup, the diesel wouldn't have made sense. So no... i'm sure there are some custom ones running around though.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

Here is an older model 220SLD, custom job. Mercedes never made a Diesel SL.

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I believe there is a R107 380SL running around somewhere with a OM617 placed in it (I guess that makes it a 300SLD), running biodiesel and attending various meets.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

one of my someday projects is to turn a slc into a short bed pickup truck, preferably with a removable hard top.

of course with trucky pretensions a diesel with a five speed would be the natural power plant.

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.

That is just soooo wrong!
That's a terrible thing to do to a classic MB.
I wonder what the SL forum section would think of this or the entire R107 diesel idea.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

It's probably faster than the 3.8 M116.

John Roncallo

I guess you wont like this.

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=178997.

I dont know about Diesels in a 107 but I have sean a Toyota 4 cyl in a 107. Just not my cup of tea.

John Roncallo

Doubt it, since the 3.8 has an extra what, 30 hp.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

Now that I would call ambitious. I like the idea of a V12 in an SL.

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84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012