What Pick up truck would a W123 Diesel fit the easiest? What I cannot believe is that they dont make Diesel Pickups anyway!!%(&^(*&)+I

Who doesn't make diesel pick-ups?

Any would be a custom made installation.
How much time and money do you plan to throw into this?
I bet it's cheaper to look for a factory diesel pickup.

I've got a Dodge-Cummins, and an OM617 turbo would not hold a candle to that truck engine.

Heck, not even a tweaked OM603....

Jim

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14 E250 BlueTEC black. 45k miles
95 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 66k miles
94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles

Really?

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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.

Pickups are practically the only US-made light vehicles that you can easily get a diesel engine in. Unfortunately it's not the compact models (Ranger, Dakota, S-10) but only the full-size models (F-150 and up, Ram or Silverado) that have diesels.

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1982 240D automatic
Odometer quit at 307K...about 325K now

I'm sure in this signature "long titled" thread he meant that MB didn't make diesel pickups. Of course he knows that the big 3 have PU diesels......

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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

what kind of truck do you want to drive- that is the real question. then make it fit- 'cause it aint gonna bolt into anything.

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1984 123.193 372,xxx miles, room for Seven.

1999 Dodge Durango Cummins 4BTAA 47RE 5k lb 4x4 getting 25+mpgs, room for Seven.

While parting out my 300TD lastnight I was laying in the car thinking why not make a 300TD into a small pickup. I've seen it done before and it looks nice. I'm just not sure how it would effect the unibody strength. This would have some bearing on how much weight you could put in it. Although the rear suspension is strong, I don't know how much stength the car would loose by cutting it.
A cool 928 pickup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YClqEQftcdY

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Currently driving a very clean 1985 300SD from the West Coast.

I thought Sprinter's were available in a kind of pickup arrangement (flat bed, drop sides?)


http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9415

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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

I don't think they come that way from the factory but they do come bodyless (just a cab on a frame) and you can buy whatever body you want from an aftermarket vendor.

Look at the "chassis cab":
http://www.dodge.com/en/2008/sprinter/

The chassis cab is only available as the "3500" version, which is a dually, and starts at $34K new for the 2008 model or $31,200 new for the 2007 model if you can find one.

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1982 240D automatic
Odometer quit at 307K...about 325K now

I had a 1994 Ranger that was a great driving truck. I would think that engine would fit in there, though the length might be an issue...

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

i meant small or even mid sized pickups.

I know what a F 350 or F 250 or Dodge Ram is. To me you might as well be driving a tractor trailer. I mean those are BIGGGG trucks. PS HT Benzboy thanks for the Pictures and taking the time..........you people in Texas are always polite

OK, that makes sense. Everyone and their brother seems to be making big ones.

Should have added that to the thread title. Wasn't there still some room?

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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

Like the somg goes, Its Summertime and the Living is so easy....fish go jumping and the tools go popping and who wants to drive something run of the mill and ordinary....I love watching those eyes pop when my 300D goes down the road.......