That is a steal! Make sure you take your friend out for some drinks and great food in San Fran.



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1983 123.133 California
- GreaseCar Veg System

Will do! And I will bring it to the next GTG in SoCal.

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"Time's never wasted when you're wasted all the time"

I always loved slipping it into fifth gear and hearing the engine simmer down a few hundred rpm.

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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.

I had a 1977 (I think) 280E and got about 15 mpg with the automatic. Mine was FI and this looks carbed. Is that correct? It has been quite a while since I owned one of these.

If FI then watch out for the warm-up regulator. These are easy to replace but they run about $600 for a new one. However rebuilt ones are available now and I think there are a lot of DIY articles on rebuilding this little thing.

Adjusting the valves is a pain since there are so many of them and if you intend to do this yourself start shopping Ebay for a Hazet 17mm crowsfoot that is made just for this car. It will make the job far easier, and if you grind off a bit of the face of the wrench it will fit into the head easier.

Hazet makes two different types of 17mm crowsfoot wrenches. One is #4550 which is for injection lines. I don't know the number of the other but it is the one you need.

Beyond that it was fantastic.

Mike D is TOTALLY wrong.

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1975 350SE + 1992 300CE-24 SportLine 5-speed + 2002 SLK320 6-speed + 1974 W114 280
1986 190E 2.3-16 (Decomm rear self-leveling suspension; Euro-code headlamps) sold
2004 Audi S4 6-spd - sold
1969 (2) and 1980 Porsche 911T, S, and SC - alas gone
1987 300SDL - Graf Spee; Euro-code headlamps; 16-inch 8-hole wheels - sold
1994 E420+(E500 suspension/E-code headlamps/PAD chip) sold
1968 250SE 4-speed (NICE car) - long gone
1962 220S 4-speed/column mount - long gone

And then everything burst into flames.

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

Sweet ride.

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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 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

The op has had this car for sale for the last month on the car section,,,,,,,,,,, must be one o them flippers

I just glanced at the last two pages of that thread. Maybe I'll read the rest and try to figure out what went wrong later.

What's wrong with flipping cars, or flipping anything else for that matter?

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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 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

I can tell you this, if he does sell at his asking price, he'll be basically breaking even after all of his cost of acquiring the vehicle and making it legal to drive.



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1983 123.133 California
- GreaseCar Veg System