You'll be buried alive if you fix that car.

I've seen much, much less damage, with an intact front bumper (implying no frame damage) get estimated way north of $5k.

This would only be a deal IF you had another car with a major mechanical problem and could make one good car out of two.

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

I had an 81 240d that I bought with similar damage and fixed myself. I had the frame straightened at a shop. Hit rf. My son drove the car for a couple of years and it got hit again, rf.

The second time the wrinkled steel seemed a bad idea to fix and I bought a car with a blown motor and switched them over.

The airbags are an unknown to me, how much would they cost to fix?

Tom W

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

Look at it like this, What can you buy an 95 W124 300D in your area for? I have seen 5K, up to maybe 8K.

What can you get this car for? Using top quality parts how much do you need just for parts, (I see about 3K-4K atleast), Figure in the labour, and in the end you end up with a 6K car that is only worth 5K, and you will have trouble reselling it later cause of the seriousness of the hit.

Only reason to consider this is an engine swap or parts car.

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1984 Euro 300SDC, (4spd standard)
1986 Toyota Landcruiser Diesel HJ60 5spd X2

Gone but not forgotten (some sold, some stripped)
1983 300 SD, 1985 300 SD, 1983 240D, 1986 300 SDL, 1985 300 SDL, 1983 300 D, 1984 300 D, 1985 300SD, 1987 300 SDL, 1983 300 SD, 1985 300 TD Euro, 1983 380SEC, 1990 300 D, 1987 300D, 1982 300D, 1982 300D, 1994 E420, 1987 300 TD, 1987 300 D, 1984 300 D

Too bad it's not a turbo, that would make a good donor for a superturbo engine transplant.

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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

Chicago car? Rust likely.

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2009 E320 Bluetec 117,000
1995 E300D 306,000 Sold
1996 Ford Taurus LX 130,000 Sold
1985 300TD Still 225,000 Sold
2016 Ford Fusion 24,900

I would hope that it wasn't rebuilt. NFW unless you ran it out of oil would a 606 need rebuilding that young. Also the chances of someone paying for a good rebuild are about nill, unless they got a crate motor from MB.


I'd pass unless you can get it for damn near free and are a body guy.

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1969 280SE
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