Nice-looking 1959 190D for sale in Montreal for $5500. Looks like a very nice car at the price. Looks pretty well original, including original Becker radio and speakers! Owner claims it cost him $12,000 in 2005, and it was appraised earlier this year at $7500.

I have no connection with the seller, just thought the ad may interest someone looking for an earlier 190D.

1959 Mercedes-Benz 190-Series Sedan FERME 1ier ARRIVE 1ier SERVI - Laval / Rive-Nord voitures d'époque à vendre - Kijiji Laval / Rive-Nord

Interestingly, a very similar 190D won a trans-Africa race in 1959, as I earlier indicated on here:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/270187-190d-across-africa-1959-a.html

Video link above is gone, here is the same on on youtube:
The 190 diesel on safari in Africa - YouTube

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1983 300TD 240K - 1982 240D 215K - 1996 Dodge Cummins 70K

There was one for sale a few year back here but it had so much rust I coulda been a flinstone. Parts are hard to find and no one knows how to fix them. I passed even at $800.

Interesting, hadn't thought about the parts issue, but I assumed those older diesel cars were even simpler to repair than the later models... Better stick with my good old W123 240D!! Plus I have at least another 20 ponies under the hood (!) compared to that 190D. Would have been something to drive a brand new 190D across Africa though!

Yeah, I can imagine these late 50's 190D's must have rust as bad if not worse than the W116's that came after. I remember seeing a W116 gas sedan for sale cheap, came with a big stainless steel chest of parts, owned by a retired gentleman who had painstakingly replaced the entire floor himself, in the trunk as well, with steel, that he had RIVETED on (didn't know how to weld). The car looked lovely inside and out, but that riveted floor made it unappealing in spite of the low price. I could imagine that old gentleman meticulously fixing this car, collecting and storing parts carefully, and now in spite of his labor of love, his son in law was stuck with an unsellable yet lovely looking car.
Darn that rust!

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1983 300TD 240K - 1982 240D 215K - 1996 Dodge Cummins 70K

Rust is a problem, but parts aren't that hard to find. We've got a ponton group with over 900 owners and parts are readily available.

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Len
'59 220S Cabriolet-SOLD and living happily in Malta
'83 240D 351,500 miles original owner-SOLD
'88 560SL 41,000 miles - totaled and parted out
https://sites.google.com/site/mercedesstuff/home
'99 E300 turbo 227,500 miles
'03 SLK320 40,000 miles - gave to my daughter
'14 Smart electric coupe 28,500 miles
'14 Smart electric cabriolet 28,500 miles
'15 Smart electric coupe 28,000 miles

would love the derby style, but I really want a fintail.

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Current Diesels:
1981 240D (73K)
1982 300CD (169k)
1985 190D (169k)
1991 350SD (113k)
1991 350SD (206k)
1991 300D (228k)
1993 300SD (291k)
1993 300D 2.5T (338k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (442k)
1996 Dodge Ram CTD (265k)

Past Diesels:
1983 300D (228K)
1985 300D (233K)

For some reason the ponton style just doesn't do it for me. I like the exterior look of the fintail, but I think the weird vertical speedometer would drive me nuts. I would love a W136 170D (but probably adulterate it with a turbo 617 if I could make it fit).

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

I've just bought a 190DB - picked it up at auction in Arizona....a no rust Arizona & So California car it's entire life.

I looked in the social groups section, but didn't notice a Ponton group or club -- Enlighten me please.

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71Inka02

62 W121 190DB - Original CA/AZ Car - Excellent Example
99 E300 Turbo Diesel - 362,000...Awesome Daily Driver
01 E320 Wagon - 297,xxx (wife's work car)
01 E320 Wagon - 131,000
02 Land Rover Disco SE- 110,000
87 BMW 325is (E30) Full Restore - Son's
06 Mini Cooper 'S' - Son's
87 Toyota FJ60 Land Cruiser - Showroom Condition - 152,000

84 300D - 142,xxx :cool - "Sold"
83 300D-"Sold" - 211,456
85 300SD-"Sold" - 213,789

Mercedes-Benz Pontons (1953-1962) © www.mbzponton.org

You can spend months reading there. On that page is also a link to our discussion group, IPOG.

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Len
'59 220S Cabriolet-SOLD and living happily in Malta
'83 240D 351,500 miles original owner-SOLD
'88 560SL 41,000 miles - totaled and parted out
https://sites.google.com/site/mercedesstuff/home
'99 E300 turbo 227,500 miles
'03 SLK320 40,000 miles - gave to my daughter
'14 Smart electric coupe 28,500 miles
'14 Smart electric cabriolet 28,500 miles
'15 Smart electric coupe 28,000 miles

I owned two fintails back in the day.....both pretty rusty in the floor pan.

A friend had a ponton for a while. I think its possible that the pontons might be a little better on rust.

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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.