So last week, because I have a 'Toolkit' card, it was half-price weekend for me at the Virginia Beach Pick-N-Pull. I scored an aftermarket brass & copper radiator out of a non-turbo 1980 300CD for $25. A bonus - that price included the factory engine oil-cooler.
It's going to be a spare for my '84 Euro 300TD, since the original-style non-turbo plastic/aluminum radiators are non-repairable, NLA, and there are still some radiator shops around that can fix the brass ones.

Happy Motoring, MarK

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I had one of those once. Nice piece!

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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.

A CD, a TD, or a brass radiator for one?

Several years ago, I also picked up a brass radiator for my '82 240D.
(Maybe that's why I haven't needed to replace it yet!)

Now if only I could find a good group-49 battery for $25...

Happy Motoring, Mark

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I grabbed a spare radiator w/ oil cooler for my 300D's at PickNPull on 1/2-off day (~$25). My purpose was to swap to solve a slight over-heating (didn't help). I flushed both 300D's w/ citric acid and changed to Evans Waterless Coolant so no more internal corrosion concerns, but the nylon reservoirs still get brittle w/ heat and age so won't last forever. There are many after-market aluminum radiators for classic muscle cars, but few are the proper dimensions for our cars. One for a 1940-50's car might fit (tall and narrow).

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1984 & 1985 CA 300D's
1964 & 65 Mopar's - Valiant, Dart, Newport
1996 & 2002 Chrysler minivans

You can also order custom radiators for less than you'd expect.

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$60 OM617 Blank Exhaust Flanges
$110 OM606 Blank Exhaust Flanges
No merc at the moment

All three though the radiator is the most unlikely.

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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.

At least mine don't have the nylon reservoirs to worry about!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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Jealous! All of the yards near me are bereft of any useless w123s or early 80s Benzs. I used to go to Pick a part near me in the valley.

Now I have to road trip to other yards that are farther out. I hate paying money to get into a yard and have only 1 or 2 relevant cars picked clean.

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-Typos courtesy of my mobile phone.

I get to Virginia Beach about once a month and the P-N-P is fairly near my place there. So I pay the $2 every month, since I also own a few Asian vehicles, and sometimes get requests from customers.
But the frequency of W123s has dwindled to about once or twice a year.
I might have been tempted to get more off that CD, but it was a miserably chilly, wet, blustery day, and I don't own a coupe, or enough space to start a W123 parts warehouse!

Several years ago, some neighborhood brats smashed a friend's 300CD driver's window. He had to pay way too much on E-bay for a replacement.
I hope somebody needy is able to score a bunch of CD parts soon, before it goes to the crusher!

Happy Motoring, Mark

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