Just found this on "Bring a Trailer".

Samba's Daddy: 1958 Mercedes Benz 319 Fensterbus For Sale

Cool looking ride.

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

Cool. Though I'm not sure I would want to spend long hours sitting in those school bus seats.

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Theres one like that over here by me...and I would love love to have it....though I can't justify spending 5k on it...

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Yeah I hear you. I saw three of them the other day and the seller wanted 600 euros a piece...


(Here's the ebay link => http://www.ebay.de/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160736679416&clk_rvr_id=317635311832)

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Like visiting a museum, they are cool to look at and romanticize about what you could do....but when it comes down to brass tacks.....

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

Yep, I told my friend who looked at it. That it would be cheaper to buy one in Germany and have it imported

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Adjusting the valves is a bit tricky:

They have those funky intake manifolds to fit in the doghouse. I believe the standard Australian phrase to describe them is: "So gutless they can't pull a skin off a rice pudding."

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Seems like doing anything to the engine would be a bit tricky.

I bet it's damn near impossible to find parts for at least in the US.

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the classic center supports them. -CTH

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Technically, I don't think that is a Mercedes. It is a Hanomag.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

This is true, the classic center can get parts for just about anything, but it's going to come with a big price tag too.

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Sorry to disagree but I think the contemporary hanomags were front wheel drive and used mb diesels.

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The above is a link to a picture of a hanomag dinky toy. That is how I remember the hanomags looking. Not nearly as nice looking as the (relatively) graceful mercedes fensterbus.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Looks like a VW Bus on Steroids.

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

Probably has about as much get up and go as a VW bus too.

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