I've seen that car for sale before. Either someone dumped it or they've been trying to sell it for a looong time.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Yep, that car looked familiar to me too. And looky what I found in my "Random MB pics" folder. These are from Oct. of '08 so I'm guessing it was for sale then too.







Obviously this has to be the same car. Those seats certainly are one-of-a-kind!

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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

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.

sweet toro.i had a plum 66 tor with plum interior.buddies dad has a plum 66 with leopard skin interior and no a/c.

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.

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

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.

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

Is that plastic where the Wood trim would normally be? That is a great looking car in IMHO. If I were in the market for a unique ride, I would be all over that.

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This area is typically used to brag about one's current or former automobiles.

I don't remember about the plastic where the wood should be. But I do remember rowing through the gears and it felt good. It was Honda-smooth. That part was impressive.

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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