So this is the one I brought home a week ago... should have taken the picture then when it was clean ...oh, well. 211k on the odometer... this is the one that had the oil pan skid plate on it.

I give the paint job an 8 (Champagne Metallic #473)... the lady I bought it from did it right... very clean, no scratches, no swirls, no fades, no runs, no orange peel and good clear coat. I found no bondo or rust... anywhere ...and, I looked a plenty (no, there is *no* rust under the battery tray).

*Very* strong engine, tight straight steering... brakes dead straight when you slam on the brakes @ 60mph.

Pinstripe it?

Three's a Charm... if, the wife can avoid the hazards that befell the vehicles below I'm all set!

Cheers

dennis

Oh! it was 3K...

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'84 300D (211k) *New*... (Wife's)
'85 300TD (174K) 10th Year... (Mine)
'96 F-350 7.3L Dually (149K) Since New
'85 300D (156K) ~~~Wrecked~~~ Damn it! (parts)
'84 300D (176k) ~~~Wrecked~~~ Damn it! (parts)

Nice car, great find. A pinstripe that matches the interior color would be great.

It's Palomino... so it probably wouldn't stand out well.

I know there are strong feelings about pinstripes or no pinstripes which I think was a dealer thing... I like the pinstripes.

My Smoke Silver '85TD has Blue and Red pinstripes (Blue Interior).

The smashed Smoke Silver '85D had 2 black pinstripes (Brown Leather interior/ Black Dash).

The newly smashed Orient Red '84D (Palomino/Black Dash interior) has two Gold pinstripes.

The re-painted Champagne Metallic '84D is the original color (Palomino With Black Dash interior)... I haven't seen a paint code #473 with pinstripes.

Thoughts...

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'84 300D (211k) *New*... (Wife's)
'85 300TD (174K) 10th Year... (Mine)
'96 F-350 7.3L Dually (149K) Since New
'85 300D (156K) ~~~Wrecked~~~ Damn it! (parts)
'84 300D (176k) ~~~Wrecked~~~ Damn it! (parts)

I like it!!

Looks good!

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'66 VW 1300 96K miles
'97 E300D 239K miles
'85 300D 203K miles (sold Sep 2012)

Our Orient Red car has tan stick on pin stripes that look to be from the 80's.

I like pin stripes, but stick on?

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1981 240D Four on the floor, Orient Red over Parchment, bought with 154,000 but it's a daily driver and up to 180,000 miles, mostly original paint and all original interior.

Nice car - don't pinstripe it if you want to have a Euro-look (!)

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Stick on pinstripes are actually pretty good. They are cheap to apply, last for several years
(When applied correctly and when you avoid brush type car washes) and can be removed easily if you change your mind or want something different. I have 3 W123 cars, a coupe (light ivory with Palomino -striped with Palomino), a TD wagon (white with Palomino- striped with Palomino, and a sedan (blue with dark blue- striped with blue).

Yo Army... Nice to see you again! I haven't been around in a while ...and, I haven't been on BezWorld since they did the security/password update. I always enjoyed being online @ 2-3 in the morning as I could almost always count on you to give me (and, everyone else) a hand early in the day!

Rock On!

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'84 300D (211k) *New*... (Wife's)
'85 300TD (174K) 10th Year... (Mine)
'96 F-350 7.3L Dually (149K) Since New
'85 300D (156K) ~~~Wrecked~~~ Damn it! (parts)
'84 300D (176k) ~~~Wrecked~~~ Damn it! (parts)

Looks nice! I vote for orange stripes.

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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.

You're a sick man.

But I'd go with the Orange as well, I think that would pop. We put Chocolate on these when they were new, it did nothing for the car IMO.

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1981 240D Four on the floor, Orient Red over Parchment, bought with 154,000 but it's a daily driver and up to 180,000 miles, mostly original paint and all original interior.

For chrrissakes, if you're going to **** the thing up with pinstripes at least use stick on ones so they can be removed in future without effing up the paint.

Never have been able to understand the bizzarre yank fascination with wrecking these things with that crap.

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S