I know someone on the forum has this info, but I cannot for the life of me find it!

I need to know how many w126 300SDs were imported in each year from 1980 to 1985. If possible, it would be a huge help to be able to sort them by port of entry or state of dealership, and even more helpful to be able to sort by color.

My nearly-restored 1983 blue-green metallic 300SD was rear-ended last Friday, and is surely totalled. God bless the Mercedes Benz of that era -- without that "the-crumple-zone-is-the-other-car" engineeering, I would not be typing this now.

Here in the south, in nearly 6 years of looking at Ds and SDs, I have only seen 3 in this color on the road (2 SDs -- mine included -- and one SEL) and two 300Ds in boneyards. The Dallas dealership parts desk guys tell me mine is one of two they ever see.

While I understand this shade of green is somewhat more comon in the north, the rust issue makes those less than desirable. I'm meeting with the other guy's insurance appraiser (he was careful to inform me that he's NOT an adjuster!), and would like to be able to demonstrate how unique this gorgeous car was.

Yes, I have all my receipts and records for the new front end, new AC system, new interior, etc., so I'm loaded for bear as far as that's concerned. However, there are a jillion silver and blue SDs (and a few gold) out there for sale for not much, so I'd like to add the color issue into the mix.

Thanks, guys --

Sunny

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Anthracite 1980 300D -- 64k original miles with a new engine, on the road again!
Silver 300D -- second owner, Sunny's old baby, Ilse, 210 miles,
Having to thin the herd….
Silver 1983 300SD -- second owner, 325k miles
Gold 1981 300D -- well-traveled, solid little car
Beige 1984 300D -- 292k miles, grease machine, parting out
Seafoam green 1981 300SD -- 250k, windshield frame damage
too many assorted w123 & w126 cars, parts cars, and extras

78,725 W126 300SD between 1980 and 1985.

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91 350SD
14 F150 Eco
19 Fusion Hybrid
11 GT500

Where'd you find that? Any idea how many in '83?

Sunny

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Anthracite 1980 300D -- 64k original miles with a new engine, on the road again!
Silver 300D -- second owner, Sunny's old baby, Ilse, 210 miles,
Having to thin the herd….
Silver 1983 300SD -- second owner, 325k miles
Gold 1981 300D -- well-traveled, solid little car
Beige 1984 300D -- 292k miles, grease machine, parting out
Seafoam green 1981 300SD -- 250k, windshield frame damage
too many assorted w123 & w126 cars, parts cars, and extras

Here you go:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W126#Production_figures


Not what you were looking for .... but I remember seeing this page before:
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/pines/6633/w123production.html

And I KNOW, I've seen this type of statistics for that included my 300SDL......but WHERE?

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

Contact MB Classic center or MB USA. They should be able to give you the exact figures.

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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

IIRC, all W126 300SDs made were destined for North America only.

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91 350SD
14 F150 Eco
19 Fusion Hybrid
11 GT500

Called there -- I may have gotten the token fool, but he told me they didn't keep that data. I was shocked. I can get a datacard for my car from Germany, but they can't tell me about these cars in general?

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Anthracite 1980 300D -- 64k original miles with a new engine, on the road again!
Silver 300D -- second owner, Sunny's old baby, Ilse, 210 miles,
Having to thin the herd….
Silver 1983 300SD -- second owner, 325k miles
Gold 1981 300D -- well-traveled, solid little car
Beige 1984 300D -- 292k miles, grease machine, parting out
Seafoam green 1981 300SD -- 250k, windshield frame damage
too many assorted w123 & w126 cars, parts cars, and extras