Thursday, April 11, 2013

Junkyard Find: 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D

After finding a couple of Mercedes-Benz W123 coupes for this series, I decided to shoot the next four-door version of this legendary machine that I spotted. Here's one in solid, stolid brown.
It's pretty tough to beat the diesel W123 for sturdy construction and utter lack of corner-cutting in the build-quality department. These cars cost plenty, and their owners (usually) got their money's worth. The price tag for a new 300D in 1978 was $20,911. That's close to 75 grand in 2013 bucks, for a slow car that was reasonably luxurious but utterly bling-free.
This one made it to just 216,623 miles during its 35 years on the planet. Not bad, but a bit low for one of these cars.
Once it got a little battered and its interior was no longer so nice, this car's days were numbered. Most likely, something broke that would cost more than a couple hundred bucks to fix, and the owner just gave up on the car.
Here it is, the legendary OM617 five-cylinder diesel. Not a lot of power, but ready for Armageddon!
Some junkyard shopper thought about getting the grille, but then left it behind.

01 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 02 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 03 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 04 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 05 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 06 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 07 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 08 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 09 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 10 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 11 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 12 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 13 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 14 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 15 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 16 - 1978 Mercedes-Benz 300D Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin

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




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