Here is one way to ruin a 300D that otherwise would probably have been perfect...

That's one neat looking 300D, I wonder if they have a device that will make the diesel clatter and exhaust. That car makes a total sleeper, and probally beat a lot of people.

A friend of a friend of a friend has old 250C, with a 302 Ford in it. It's a nice looking car, and I think the guy is wanting $6,000 for it.

That is just WRONG!! Cool, but Wrong!!

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Michael Roth

1982 300TDT Wagon
1982 240D Euro!, 4spd manual-Parts car now, dead engine
88 Jeep Grand Wagoneer-fixing up for offroading
1989 Ford F150 (rust bucket) For Sale!
1953 Dodge B-4F, 1 1/2 ton Stake Bed (new restoration project)

C'mon Warden,
The motor likely went south and faced with the cost of a MB they through in the easiest and cheapest to work on engine in the world-the smallblock chevy! Looks like they retained the ACC..... You might even be able to sneak by emissions testing as it says diesel on the title and the rear deck! Motor needs to be bigger though. Like a 383 stroker with 425hp on tap. That'll get the attention of the Hondaboys laughing at the diesels!
RT

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84' Mercedes Benz 300D Anthracite/black, 171K
03' Volkswagen Jetta TDI blue/black, 93K
93' Chevrolet C2500HD ExCab 6.5TD, Two-tone blue, 252K

OH GOD;

The next thing we will see is mercedes with Hemis.

Gunny

Hummmmmmmm

Horrible stuff. Those engine compartment pictures will haunt me for quite some time.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

Hey. at least its not an Olds 350 diesel!

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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

Yikes! It just ain't right. A 350 diesel would be at least a foundational improvement over the gas chevy. Excuse me, I need some air!

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'96 C220 138,000mi, '95 E300D 239,000 mi., '87 300TD 214,000mi '88 6.2 Turbo Diesel Chevy Conversion Van 253,000 mi.

C'mon guys!! Ain't ya got no sense of humor?? How funny would it be to put this thing on the bottle, get it to hook up and go embarass the crap out of every "Not-so-fast and the Delerious" wannabe out there? Ya'll ain't no fun..... RT

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When all else fails, vote from the rooftops!
84' Mercedes Benz 300D Anthracite/black, 171K
03' Volkswagen Jetta TDI blue/black, 93K
93' Chevrolet C2500HD ExCab 6.5TD, Two-tone blue, 252K

I'd love to see the look on the face of the local MB shop mechanics when they pop up the hood to work on it.

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Frank
84 500SEL EURO 101K ( JUST LIKE MY 1ST WIFE. GLAD TO GET RID OF HER! )
85 300D 310K (sold)
90 350SDL 184K sold
83 300D 118K (sold)
88 300E 153k (sold)
93 400E 105K (sold)

...I think I like it....I mean, not in the way I like my diesel(s)...but oh man, with some work and a few tricks, maybe a big 'ol lumpy cam and some big pipes and oh, I don't know, a great big bottle of nitrous with a big-a__ red button on the console......you could smoke a whole lot of unsuspecting toy cars with something other than soot! Hey, for the right price, I could park that next to the other one.... Could always part it out later... f

It would be worse if the interior looked like this:

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1984 300D---Sold
1995 E420 - 106K - Brilliant Silver Metallic/Orion Gray --- Sold
1984 300SD - 151K Manganese Brown Metallic/Mostly Black --- Sold
1982 240D - 79K - Manila Beige/Palomino---Sold

Great, so they got rid of the best, most lasting part of the car (diesel engine) and kept the absolute WORST, most unreliable part (the Automatic Climate Control crap)! That doesn't strike me as the smartest thing to do...or am I nuts? :p

I don't see how it would make a good "sleeper" at the stoplights either...the distinct lack of the diesel's KLATTA KLATTA KLATTA coming from under the hood is a dead giveaway to diesel-haters that something strange is going on!

Mike

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1982 300D-gone---sold to a buddy
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1985 300TD
270,000 miles
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1994 E320
not my favorite, but the wife wanted it

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Hahaha...I just read the seller's description...

He says it's a Mercedes with the power and RELIABILITY of a Chevrolet! Does this crack anyone else up? I'm LMAO!! Removing a Mercedes 5-cyl. diesel for the "reliability" of a Chevy!

It also says the mileage on the odo. is 127,000-ish...Which is very LOW for a diesel engine, which means either they were COMPLETELY insane when they removed a perfectly young and good-running diesel engine, or it was abused and neglected, which makes it likely that the rest of the car is going to be junk.

Humor and nose-in-the-air indignation aside...It still would probably be fun to drive for a little while! Now if he had put a MANUAL TRANSMISSION in there too! Woohoo! THAT would be something to talk about!

Mike

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1979 300 SD
350,000 miles
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1982 300D-gone---sold to a buddy
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1985 300TD
270,000 miles
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1994 E320
not my favorite, but the wife wanted it

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www.myspace.com/openskystudio
www.myspace.com/speedxband
www.myspace.com/openskyseparators
www.myspace.com/doubledrivemusic

Given that I'm a Ford/Dodge guy with a strong distate for g@$$ers, my reaction was little different...

And yes, the 300D would be a decent sleeper, although I can think of other methods (I want a '59 Cadillac wagon with a Hemi only g@$$er that I'm readily willing to own) that wouldn't require the sacrifice of a diesel.

1sttimer, the sad thing there is that the armrest in that picture is in considerably better shape than the one in my car. WHen time and $$ allow, I need to redo all of the upholstry...preferably in cloth