Howdy all,
My name Is James , live in Land O' Lakes Fl. and I just decied to jump into this crazy world of the Mercedes Diesel.
I have to say that I am thourougly impressed with the Mercedes automobile.
I now know why they are considered the standard that all other cars are compared to.
Anyway, I've attached a few pics of the car.
It's a 1978 300D N/A
I got it from a fellow member on this very board.
I have learned much from this message board and finally have a reason to join, I'll probably have a bunch of questions as this is my first diesel powered vehicle.

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Congrats and welcome. Nice car, what is the medallion on the grille? This board has a tremendous amount of information and a good search function so you don't have to wait for answers.

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

I think the grille badge is the 250,000 km badge.
Thanks for the warm welcome

No matter what you paid for your car, you got a good deal! It's beautiful!

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Don't Chrome them; polish them

Welcome Bierjager,

You'll make many friends here and get an incredible knowledge of these old beasts!

Bert - NH

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1979 300SD 83k miles Astro Silver Metallic/Black leather #3447
1990 350SDL 202k miles (3L engine from an 87 300D)Black/Grey leather
2006 Pleasure-Way Class B MoHo (Sprinter chassis) 134k miles
2005 E320CDI 270k (car is sooo fast - I can't believe it's a diesel!!!)

My name Is James , live in Land O' Lakes Fl.

I get my butter there...seriously, very nice looking 300D, welcome.

I saw that car for sale and I wanted it, but had to put a tranny in my SEC so i didn't bid. I had enough faith in the seller and what he said about the car that I was thinking of flying in an driving it back to So Cal. Just as that auction closed a friend gave me a 300SD, not as nice as that one, but was a two owner car(one family since new, son.stepfather.) so I'm a happy camper. Got the tranny rebuilt and got a diesel MB.Life IS good.

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1986 Euro 500SEC "RUF" 9:1CR, "Rose"
1985 Euro 500SEC Cabriolet AMG Widebody
1982 Euro 500SEL "Blue"
2001 Texas Heeler (Aussie/Queensland X) "Sulphie",
2012 Queensland Red Heeler "Squeak"
Best dogs I've ever had.

Welcome and congrats on a beautiful car. I especially like the color!

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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

I really like the color. Looks like a solid vehicle. Be prepared to only purchase Mercedes Benz from now on. I've owned 80+ cars, the last three and every future one will be a Mercedes. Welcome to the best resource for Mercedes information on the internet.

Also seeing as that is a 1978 I'd like to extend the email address James@vintagebenz.org, or something else if you like. Shoot me a PM or an email to bryan@vintagebenz.org and I can get you all setup.

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W210 1996 E300 - Daily
W126 1981 300SD - Nice weather
W111 1966 230S - Weddingmobile
AVPCAR 1999 Honda Si - Drag/Showcar
W111 1968 230S - Parts car

Did you notice the hub caps?? I've got a set like that .....sitting in a box in storage.

NICE car!!!

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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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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

I am sure that you wil have a lot of fun driving, tinkering and just communing with your diesel.
Political discussions and good natured ribbing aside, the people on this board are excellent and have a lot of great information on how to keep your car running the way it was meant to.

You should also join the Mercedes Benz Club of America at mbca.org, go to your local chapter meets and learn from your local people.

One word of warning -- if you are not careful you can become obsessed with these cars and start collectinng a bunch of them

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"I have no convictions ... I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy"

Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

very nice.
Welcome to the forum!
my 78 is in MUCH worse shape... PA car. passed PA rust inspection... with a bit of welding... blew a head gasket when PO changed the DREADED SERVO... I suppose he did not burp properly, and left air in the head... he wondered why the temp gauge never read warm after the repair
if the seller has not put a fuse in the water circ aux pump, get one in. also keep that cooling system in top shape. the servo's are quite pricey, and problematic.
mostly though ENJOY your MB!

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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!

Nice!

Welcome to the group. I think you'll find lots of kind knowlegdeable folks here.

Thanks again for the warm welcome guys.
I absolutely love the way the thing drives, it handles way better than I thought it would.