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Another Diesel! My $325 Mercedes Benz buy!
Everybody Meet Charlotte! The woman I bought this from bought it for her son who named her Charlotte after his first girlfriend, so I decided to keep it! Unfortunately on his way to school, the early morning sun blinded him as the lady in front driving a Toyota 4 Runner stop for a green light thinking the glass truck coming the other way wasn't going to stop and he hit her.
However, this is right above the frame and she still purrs like a kitten and drives straight. Thinking of the Mercedes Benz commercial where the Mercedes Benz sees it's life flash before it's eyes as it's being crushed while Sarah was telling me he only had liability and that Charlotte was going to the crusher and, well, I couldn't stand it. That dingy commercial was the only one that ever came close to making me cry for an inanimate object! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rv2-DYgzcY So Charlotte cam home with me and I went to Ecology Auto Salvage here in Phoenix and bought her a hood, fender, headlight assembly and headlight door, turn signal assemby and all other related parts to put her back to gether! For those of you in Phoenix, Ecology has a 1964 Diesel 190D fintail in pretty good shape for it's age and they will sell whole cars and this one is mostly complete! If any want to get it, I have the grill! I have no doubt it would start and while there is a little rust here and there that will need repair, it's better than most. Powertrain is all there and it has new tires. It appears to have been parked for years without being driven. I mentioned this because I hope someone out there will want a restoration project. And if you want the grill, it will be available! The upholstery is in good condition and even the drivers seat is in nice shape. I have too many projects as it is, so I couldn't take this one home!
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He told me when his mom helped him buy a car, he really wanted something different. He saved up $2600 and his mom kicked in the difference to get him Charlotte for $4500. After he'd been driving her for awhile, he agreed that mom was right and this was the best car he could have found, even better than the Nissan 300ZX he would have chosen for himself.
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i totaled my first car. An 84 300d. I pulled out in front of someone that didnt have their headlights on and got tboned at 40mph by a truck. Knowone was hurt but I was heartbroken. In the end it happened to be one of the best things that ever happened to me. I got the 300sd out of it (bought for 150 bucks off a forum member) and the 300D for $1500. I also met new friends and learned alot about cars. Sometimes I think it was meant to happen. But yes, as a teenager you get one and you realize its unique. You no longer give a crap about speed and whatever else most kids think of (lowered hondas and spoilers??)..
These cars have the ability to personifie themselves and make the owner think they actually do have a soul
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These cars have the ability to personifie themselves and make the owner think they actually do have a soul.
I think that's because when you spend so much time putting everything you have and everything you know into it and developing it, you can't help but feel a kind of attachment that doesn't come out of styling. It's only when you have to dismantle one of these cars that you get a really good idea of how well it was mantled together in the first place!
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I still tear up every time I see the commercial where the w115 is getting crushed, especially since my first car was a w115 300d.
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That's why I put that commercial in my post! I saw Charlotte the same way and just couldn't let her go to a auto crusher.
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I admit it, my eyes wetted up a bit, okay, alot. What a commercial! I sometimes sit in cars in the junkyard and wonder what stories they would be able to tell me. The feet on the dashboard reminds me of my girl. She loves to put her bare feet up when we do a road trip. She's the only one I'll let do it. Thanks for saving her man!! Great post. Paul
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in that commercial, I just love the look on the junk man's face as he loads up the 115 to crush...
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Good luck with Christine, I mean Charlotte. Looking at the picture you posted somehow reminded me of that scene in the garage where she pops out her dents. If only that were true.
Also kudos for saving the old girl! I know I will be heartbroken when Bruno meets his final fate, but I am looking at him as an organ donor whose heart has stopped...
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The structure of the front end (not sure its name, the headlight area and radiator support area) looks like there is no way in hell you can straighten it. I would cut the entire assembly out from a junk car and weld it in and grind it. The other stuff like fenders and hood are just bolt on items
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I'll try some more and post back. I'm going to gey my hammer dolly now and I'm going to be working on it today!
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BS. We need better pics but nothing a sledge hammer and a few comealongs and strong trees cant fix!
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Nothing happened to the radiator, power sterring pump or engine acessories or the oil cooler! The bumper it hit was so high that it just peeled it back! Nice dark blue interior too. A few cracks in the dash, but nothing that can't be covered with a dashmat!
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