Didn't you remove all the sound deadening material from your floor pans? It was stamped on that material you removed.

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DJ


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

They'll send a lovely gift basket with fruit, cookies, croissants, a bottle of Mobil 1,a MB star keychain and Meguiars wax. j/k

They'll e-mail you the info on your car, basically the build sheet.

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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.

What?!?! No donuts???

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DJ


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

Built on 4/11/1983. Sold on 5/28/1983

My dealer gave me the Master Vehicle Inquiry. Technically they're not supposed to give that out.

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Adam Lumsden
(83) 300D
Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section

Why not? It's your car.

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DJ


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

Something about protecting the privacy of the previous owner(s).

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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.

This is likely the born-on date of just that component. The actual assembly date of the car will obviously be later than that. Lots of parts have date stamps on them, particularly plastic parts and metal castings. I always like decoding them to see when things were made.

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Brian Rogers
'96 E320 traded in at 292,000 miles
'09 C350

I removed the material from the floor, but I thought the date stamp was on the lower angled sound material on the firewall.

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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

I believe that's the correct location you're indicating. That's where I found mine. I've yet to look for it in my 230CE. If I'm correct about this stamp, it should be there as well.
LL, I understand that various components in the car may have similar stamps but I believe this is the actual date stamp for the car itself.

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

I found the date stamp in my 230CE and interestingly enough it was on the driver's side. It's born on date is 9-22-83.

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

My 240D was born just 3 days before my 8th birthday. No wonder we get along so well.

Otto
'79 240D 4spd

Well my 300D and I share the same month for B-day's but it's hard to say for sure how well we'll get along. So far it's been a bumpy one.

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

There are date stamps all over my car, and none of them are the same. As posted earlier, they're probably the date the component was manufactured, not the final date of assembly on the car.

I got the build sheet from MB (via email - free) and it has a "shipment date". Mine was 14.11.84, so I think I have the very last W123 ever made .

OK, so what's the exact link that I can get my car's build dates? I've had trouble navigating the Classic Mercedes site.

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DJ


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

Naaah, the last ones were made in January 1986.

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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.