I'm hoping to put new metal in the floors of my 240 sometime soon. I have it patched up with aluminum flashing, sheet metal, lots of screws and epoxy and POR-15 to hold it together for the time being. Note to self: not all California cars are "rust free."

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current vehicles:
'82 240D - 125k - daily driver
'85 380SE - 299k - on dry dock
'87 Vanagon - 183k - sold

The most difficult part of pulling the interior is wrestling the center console out. The seats are heavy so they will give you a bit of a battle but not bad really. I stow all the carpet and other interior bits in the trunk and that helps me keep track of everything.

I really need to replace the vacuum pods in the dash while I have everything apart so I'll probably give that a go this weekend.

Here is a pic of the floor with some of the peel and stick in place. I need to remove the passenger seat tomorrow so I can have better access to the center tunnel to apply more peel and stick.

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Joe

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1980 300SD - 495k miles - 'The Ambassador'
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Former Family Members
95 C280
73 280SEL
90 300D
87 300SDL (X2)
86 560SEL
84 300D
80 300SD

Yes, I have a 300cd that resembles that....

Only I paid a transporter to schlepp it across the continent to find out.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

“Let's take a drive into the middle of nowhere with a packet of Marlboro lights and talk about our lives.” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

Looks good so far! I think it will be worth it.

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My occupational hazard bein'
my occupation's just not around...
1980 300SD
1980 300SD

Getting there. Work on the floor pan is just about done. Need to put some POR-15 on the underside where the holes were then probably some spray on under coating.

Carpet cleaning this weekend and then put it all back together.

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Joe

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1980 300SD - 495k miles - 'The Ambassador'
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Former Family Members
95 C280
73 280SEL
90 300D
87 300SDL (X2)
86 560SEL
84 300D
80 300SD

Good work, I remember this car from about 3 or 4 years ago in Orlando, i was shocked at the amount of miles, in relation to how great it looked! Im glad you decided to keep it going.

How do those floor patches look from underneath the car?

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1985 300TD Turbo Euro-wagon
1979 280CE 225,200 miles
1985 300D Turbo 264,000 miles
1976 240D 190,000 miles
1979 300TD 220,000

GONE but not forgotten
1976 300D 195,300 miles
1983 300D Turbo 175,000 miles

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...e485-1-2-1.jpg

I got most of the interior back together today and took it for a spin. Still need to button up a few things but it's nice to have it back on the road.

79Mercy, of course in my hurry to get the work done I neglected to get any in progress photos from below. It did look pretty funky with the shiny new sheet metal sticking out like a sore thumb but I covered that up with some 3M spray on undercoat. I'll get a photo of that up soon.

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Joe

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1980 300SD - 495k miles - 'The Ambassador'
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Former Family Members
95 C280
73 280SEL
90 300D
87 300SDL (X2)
86 560SEL
84 300D
80 300SD