Hey guys, first post here. Been learning a ton from you guys. Thought I'd share this eBay listing I found.

ebay post removed... sale ended or removed...

Thinking about selling a kidney to buy it.

new members cannot post links in the first few posts, sorry.

any chance you saved some pics of the car in the ad? the posting is gone.

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My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
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This one ?
Mercedes-Benz : 300-Series Mercedes-Benz : 300-Series | eBay

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1985 300D 198K sold
1982 300D 202K
1989 300E 125K
1992 940T

"If you dont have time to do it safely, you dont have time to do it"

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

Sorry, still learning the rules.

Yeah! That one.

He did just about everything I would like to do to mine. Except maybe the Euro lights. . . .

... nothing mentioned in the ad about the flywheel... I bet it's got the 240 light one...

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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!

It is interesting but probably a bit too customized. I would think most buyers for low mileage W123's would be looking for originality. A bit high on the price, and on the second listing.

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X3 The rims are a red flag to me

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1985 Euro 240D 5 spd 140K
1979 240D 5 spd, 40K on engine rebuild
1994 Dodge/Cummins, 5 spd, 121K
1964 Allice Chalmers D15 tractor
2014 Kubota L3800 tractor
1964 VW bug

"Lifes too short to drive a boring car"

I really like it... the guy is dreaming on the price however

Its a nice car, but I smell bondo. Not worth 25K by any means in my opinion.

Look under the headlights, the factory seem has been filled in, as well as the screws that hold the metal piece under the bumper are covered over and there is no joint between the fenders and the center trim piece.

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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

Nice work there Eagle-eye

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1981 300TD "The Green Lantern"
1980 300TD
1983 300D Euro "China Cat"

But in the description he notes that it has been welded in for aesthetic reasons.

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1985 300D-189k The 'UD', Ivory and Pinkamino
1979 300D-211k Dark Gray, Parchment
A 1980 Harley-~166k and
A 1994 Ford diesel pickup-349k and
A 1990 gasser Volvo wagon-145k

In the description the seller mentions all of these details and specifies that he requested they be "filled in". But he also mentions that the seam and the fender has be welded.

So while the car may be worth $25k in parts, energy and time I wouldn't want to spend more than $7k on it. And then get it back to being a 1980s MB instead of a tinted window, rich idiot's toy.

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I recondition w123/w126/w124/w140/r107/r129/ steering boxes!


1984 300D "Elsa" odo reset 6/2011 147k
1983 300TD "Mitzi" ~268k OM603 powered
1995 E300 "Adelheid" 262k [Sold]

That seam welding is a pretty interesting idea, I think it looks great like that, surprised more people haven't done that.

Price is unrealisitic, bet you he can get 7-10 grand for it, but 25 is not gonna happen. The guy who spends that kind of money on a MB is a concours guy and won't like the cusomization, the guy who wants the cool car he has built would not spend that much money, and probably build it themselves instead for half the price.

Tough sale at that price.

From reading that description, it sounds like the guy deliberately went out of his way to spend the most amount of money he could, and then talks about how everything is MB original parts on what really is a custom car. Its a weird mix. I love custom cars, and im not interested in everything being MB original parts, hes trying to sell something that people who love custom cars would want at concours price, and advertised towards concours with all the MB parts, who would be turned off anyway because the factory did not produce that car.

Hes got two markets, and is shooting right down between them, missing both. Too expensive and too custom.

Beautiful car though!

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If I were going to have my car repainted, I too would give that some thought. The seams don't particularly bother me as they are now, but that really does look nice and clean.

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