Look's to be tampered with.

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1981 300TD 4 speed manual
Euro bumpers, zender valance and skirts, H&R springs, billy HD's, leveled sls, real AMG Pentas 16x8 et11, vdo boost/egt gauges intergrated into ash tray, eurolights, led 3rd brake light

Looks decent to me. Maybe the engine has been swapped, so what? Its an old car. Green is not my color but I would buy it if I needed one.

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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.

The lower dash panels look like faded "olive" to me, so they're correct for the car.

I love a green interior (the main reason I bought my current wagon), but I can't say paisley goes with the spirit of a classic MB in my mind. Also a fan of this color combo, as you can see from my signature.

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Those seats remind me of something my great grand mother had in her car back when I was really young. Everything she owned came out of the 1970s. I doubt her car was from the 70s back in the mid 1990s but she had flowery seats like that.

Either way I could see some heads turning at a GTG with those seats in that car.

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-Typos courtesy of my mobile phone.

YES. This deal is real. I live 5 miles north of Pittsboro and I have seen and sat in the car!

The guy selling this is a professional mechanic. He works on MB and Jags.

He has had this car for sale since last summer (summer of 2009).

The interesting thing about this was the the interior had to be ordered from Germany as well as the rubber molding around the rear bumpers.

The car is legit. PM me if you want more details.

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

I remember sitting in the car last summer and noticed how 'taxi-cab' ugly the seat coverings were.

Apparently, that is period-correct.

I also remember the seats were very 'smooth'

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

Probably decided to sell because he couldn't sit on those seats anymore and concentrate to drive at this same time.

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too many w123's
84 280 SL 5 speed

Good to know. May be in for a road trip this weekend, if it's still for sale.

Somehow I would not be surprised if those seats are factory!

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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.

They remind me of the seats in my (now long gone) '72 Mercury Montego. I dig that car, but it's on the wrong side of the country for me.

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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.

Whats the big deal with adding a turbo to a non turbo engine? Callaway had a kit for the 240d back in the 80s to add a turbo to the non turbo engine.

Reminds me of old pics of have of a '66 Olds Toronado. Love that factory GM interior!!





A very cool car indeed!

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Jimmy, that 300D is all you, green on green? C'mon!

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

the seller sent me this response...
[quote]Dear vstech,

You are welcome to come see the car and drive it. You are the expert. Let me know what you think.
For an appointment call Dias 919-545-5554.

- e_dias

Did this answer your question? If not, let the seller know.


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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 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Well, if it is at all helpful to you, the posted price when he had it for sale outside his shop was $7500. That was last summer.

In my opinion, he made a special effort to make it period-correct. The interior is indeed olive and the seat covers are proper. Ugly as it is in my opinion.

Worth a look. The name of the shop is "Dias Automotive". It is in Pittsboro NC just 20 miles west of Raleigh.

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo