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I wish I had a secret Stash of W123 Diesel parts but I don't!(Indy Jones, part 4).
I saw the Indiana Jones previews and got a great idea about a secret Mercedes 300D parts stash treasure map and I even started thinking about posting a tall tale blog about finding Herman Goering's Mercedes in a Barn in pristine condition to have some fun with amateur Historians and back it up with a Website and and realistic facts to spark a hunt all over NJ by amateur historians..
well it blew up in my face, because now i get a lot of PMs and emails asking if i have this part or that part, and i honestly don't. I am not a selfish person. and i am not a Businessman or a hoarder or stasher. For one thing i am so broke and the second thing is where would I store them? In my Managed Community's Office? They are already after me for my three colored pickup truck I am just your avg beer drinking fun loving guy who has more fun underneath his car or in junkyard than at a golf course or dinner party... |
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we need to do this in ca. Ill throw a w115 5cyl intake into the pot
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the ironic part
is that with the present oil shock many of these cars are going to the crusher and parts will be at a premium when the oil shock ends just like the last one in about two years...
then these cars will be a rarity |
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I look at this as a possible buying opportunity, why don't people with the newer diesels start selling them or donating to charity? they are still asking over $25K for a MB E320-CDI. sheesh we need them to come down to the 5000 buck level guys!
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'95 E320 Wagon my favorite road car. '99 E300D wolf in sheeps body, '87 300D Sportline suspension, '79 300TD w/ 617.952 engine at 367,750 and counting! |
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'80s Mercedes Diesels cost just as much as ever here. There is a '85 300CD on craigslist here for $10,000.
I think the value of these cars will shoot way up in the next 4-6 years as gas continues to rise in price with crude and diesel (bio) drops in price as algae biodiesel becomes available. Hopefully not too many get scrapped while diesel is expensive. It might be a good time to hoard parts. There are NONE in the junkyards in my area.
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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 |
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There are a lot of overpriced MB diesels on craigslist, and they usually sit there for months.
VW's clean diesel cars are going to be sold nation wide next year, and Honda should be over here soon too. I think when that happens, the demand for the MB's will go down a little. Otto '79 240D 4spd |
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Possibly, but the new clean diesels will be expensive. I'd rather have a used diesel Mercedes for $10,000 than a new VW diesel for $30,000.
Jeremy
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"Buster" in the '95 Our all-Diesel family 1996 E300D (W210) . .338,000 miles Wife's car 2005 E320 CDI . . 113,000 miles My car Santa Rosa population 176,762 (2022) Total. . . . . . . . . . . . 627,762 "Oh lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz." -- Janis Joplin, October 1, 1970 |
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hey carrameow... forward all the requests for parts to me... I got quite a few parts cars to scavange... and I am broke too!!!
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! |
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Need Parts?
I've got 14 customers waiting for me to pull things for them........Anybody need anything off of a 450? What about a 250?
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daw_two Germantown, TN Links: Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior Cluster Needles Paint New Old Stock (NOS) parts Past: 3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda" 04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben" & many more |
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oops i lied slightly
i have one extra injection pump, an aux water pump, 56 fuses, and 141 nuts, bolts and fasteners, a steering gear box i am rebuilding, and various sundry relays and wierd pieces of trim
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I know of atleast 200 mercedes diesels in local junkyards within 200 miles of me
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1981 300SD 512k OM603 |
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