That 's right gentlemen my job is forcing me to relocate to the cold New England before august.
My time in Texas has been wonderful; most particularly the benz experience in Dallas. Jimmy, Shell, Dan, Sunny...
Now i have a terrible problem and decision to take. What to do with my benzes? I may have to move in dense urban setting where keeping 3 cars (one of them not-running) with prove to be bordering on impossible.
I am looking for good homes for at least 2 of these puppies.

note that i really would like to keep the 2 W123, so i am still looking for a 300TD engine.

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1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi

My advice is on your way to New England you stop by Indiana and give me some of your benzes But seriously would a long term storage be an option? If not then I would keep the ones you like the best and sell the others. Good luck

Where you moving to in the area? Even almost until you get into the city proper its possible to have cars around.

The good news - used engines are easier to come by up here. I know of at least two 617 wagon engines up here currently for sale, one turbo, one NA.

Of course the bad news is the whole salt thing. And you have the whole east coast everyone is in way too much of a hurry thing.

dd

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'85 300D, 'Lance',250k, ... winter beater (100k on franken-Frybrid 3 Valve Kit)
'82 300D, 'Tex', 228k body / 170k engine ... summer car
'83 300TD Cali Wagon 210k, wife's car

Fleeing Telecom perhaps?

The 123 doesn't survive salt very well. You'll need to decide whether to drive it until it rusts out, keep one garaged and undriven all winter, or sell all for something else. The 124 chassis seems to be one of the more rust resistant cars ever built, you might consider swapping into one of those.

Of course, as much as we all love these old cars, it's all secondary to staying employed.

- Jim

Wow Armando, I hate to hear that you're leaving our fair berg!! I'm glad the job situation appears strong for you though, especially in these times.
Your W116 Mafia Mobile will certainly have issues in a salty environment. Gotta keep the wifes little 240. That car is awesome. Is the other one the wagon that needs an engine?
Keep us posted on the plans and progress, and again, I just hate to see you go. After all, there is only one other forum member I've shared a hotel room with.......

Here is Armando

{with Tyler}


{with afore mentioned Mafia Mobile}

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'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

Well that sucks. Too bad the job has to control us in everything we do.

We have a job for food, clothing and shelter and to have some of the luxeries in life. such as our much loved old MB`s. then the Job dictates where to live, and get rid of things maybe because we have too much, or no where to put it. That is one reason public storages are so popular.

There is not enouigh money to get me to live on the east coast with all the salt, cold etc...
Bad enough living in komicalif.

Maybe this will be temporary for you and you will get back to sunny Texas when you have had enough freezer burn .

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

That's a shame. It would take an offer similar to what Manny Ramirez turned down to get me to move up there.

(I'm not a baseball fan, but shocked by that guy turning down a 45 million 2 year contract. No love of the game there, that's for sure)

*edit* At least you won't have to park the Mafia-mobile during the summer... Not much of an AC issue up there. Chad seems to be pretty good at rust proofing; perhaps you should get some tips from him.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Bummer about having to thin the herd. Depending on where you're headed it might not be an issue. That black 116 would look purty parked in my driveway... Where in N.E. will you be headed? Northern, southern?

We welcome you to the great whitish Northeast. You'll be stronger for it.

BTW there's a helluva market for rust free southern and western cars here. If you do have to liquidate it might be worth your while to get them all up here to sell.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

^^ that is the hickup here. The W116 has had rust issues even in Texas. So it would litterally fall apart in one winter up here.
The 240D is very nice and would hate to see it fall to the rust. The 300TD has the problem of not working right now, otherwise the body is sound. I really would like to take them with me but how much can a storage for 3 cars run in Boston? Worcester?

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1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi

You could probably find winter storage for your car in someone's free garage bay on craigslist for $100-150. Im lucky enough to put my summer car in a relatives garage. I have seen W116's in junkyards around here. Its not pretty, they rust so fast! There are none driving around, I never see them.

Your summer driving season here is about April 15th until Nov 15th ish, when they put the first dose of salt on the roads.

If you are super vigilant you can stay on top of the rust problem, or so im told, through frequent washes and yearly checks. Especially for a season or two on your 240D if this is a temporary situation.

On the bright side, you dont have to worry about A/C :-)

Let me know if I can be of any help. I know the Boston area well if you are trying to pick a place to stay from afar.

dd

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'85 300D, 'Lance',250k, ... winter beater (100k on franken-Frybrid 3 Valve Kit)
'82 300D, 'Tex', 228k body / 170k engine ... summer car
'83 300TD Cali Wagon 210k, wife's car

newburyport mass is such a pretty town
but i think the bylaws dont allow texans
I'll have to ask DAD

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commercial fisherman diesel in my blood in my boats trucks and Dear old Dad has had me drivin them since i got my first license in 1968
1986 300 SDL 427654
1999 Chevy Crew Cab Dually 225423
1986 300 SDL 287000 Dad's
1987 190 Turbo 158000 Mom's (my inheritance)

I feel your pain; 7+ years ago while un-employed; we moved to the Memphis area from sunny Orlando. While I have mostly adapted, I do still miss Orlando.

You know there's a 300TD engine sitting in the junkyard here --- car was in a wreck about 11 months ago. The odometer said 185K --- of course, we know that may or may not have been a working odometer.

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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