Monday, November 26, 2012

Junkyard Find: 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300CD

Mercedes-Benz W123 coupes aren't so easy to find these days, though I was able to spot this Crusher-bound '78 280CE last year. Last week, in a different Denver-area yard, I ran across today's find: an oil-burning '78 300CD.
With the 3-liter OM617 five-cylinder diesel engine, a strong contender for the Most Reliable Car Engine of All Time Award, these things usually get scrapped only when they get too ugly to be worth fixing. 236,529 miles isn't much for one of these cars.
The W123 coupes were sort of frivolous purchases at the time— if you wanted just two doors in your German luxury car, you were expected to get a BMW 6 Series and maybe a gold razor-blade medallion to get tangled in your exposed chest hair.
This one isn't rusty and the body is pretty straight, but fixing the trashed interior wasn't worth the cost to its final owner.

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from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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