Never seen a wagon with original leather seats. The door panels and front carpet haven't seemed to fade like the seats though. Makes me worry about my front seats, which are leather but not original.

Nice car. Nice find. How many miles? Do you plan on putting some money/tlc in fixing it up?

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1982 240 D, 308,000 - 321,127 miles (sold)
1982 300 TD,166,500 - 226,000 miles
1998 E 320, 120,000 - 144,000 miles
2005 C 230 K, 26,000 - 77,000 miles (sold)

I bet it's fast. Nice buy. You get a beer toast from all of us!

Cough... gasser.... cough..

the 'TE' stands for 'tax exempt'... admission pending.

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The Carfax showed 49,000 miles in 1998 and 55,000 in 2001 - California car. I've found the original owner, but I haven't heard back from her yet. Between the carfax and my ability to check out a car, yep, I think the mileage checks out. The switches are firm, the car drives "tight", there's not a lot of wear on the brake/accelerator pads, the shifter isn't worn, etc.

My theory is that the car was used often, but not far. That's why the switches are worn out and the driver's seat is a bit squished; the photos make it look worse than it feels, but it still needs to be re-springed and re-padded. The PO said when she got it, it looked brand new, but they left it outside in Austin, Texas for the past six/seven years, so the pinkamino affect took place somewhat recently.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

WOW! Beautiful wagon

Hi,
what kind of milage can you expect to get. My 83 300 td gets about 24-26 mpg.

I expect 19 highway, but I didn't buy it to daily drive or get good mpg. I bought it to work on and drive around Houston in it. Gotta love old wagons and Hagerty insurance - $3500 agreed value, full coverage, all for $54.00 a year...a YEAR!

This is by far the cheapest car I've ever owned - for now.

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- Brian


1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

Careful, in a few months you're actually gonna own a car with over 100K miles.....

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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