DrFraserCrane
09-28-2010, 07:45 AM
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For sale is my 1978 Mercedes Benz 240d. 4 speed manual. 250k+ miles.
PRICE DROP:
$4k with wheels and everything
$3k without wheels
$2600 without wheels and eurobumpers
car is located in Villanova, PA. Car has a clean MD title in my name.
IMs on here work best for contact.
Bought the car in the spring bone stock, it now sits as it is pictured below. Will come as it sits, plus the stock parts removed from the car that I can find/didn't trash (for sure the stock wheels with hubcaps and US bumpers, pictured in the picture marked as "what it looked like with stock wheels and US bumpers").
Car has only given me one real issue since I had it - alternator died. But it has a new alt as of July and has not given me an issues since then
Plus sides to the car:
-Diesel (get around 30 as my average with city driving and on the highway - highway isnt stellar because it weighs so much and only has the 4 speed, but around town it is a champ)
-4 speed manual - no grinding, no slop, good feeling clutch with no slip that I have ever felt/had reason to suspect
-engine is strong - starts every time, will start warm without waiting for the glow plugs to cycle. has NEVER not turned off for me either
-fairly minty interior - amazing for its age but not showroom new is how i would describe it - 1 small cut on the back of the rear seat but can be covered by the seatbelt when retracted, or just find a new back at a junkyard (my intention but never bothered me enough)
-Lowered on cut springs - still rides really well, I equate it to a mk2/3 on a cupkit. drove it all last weekend at h2o not a hint of back pain (which I do get when I drive my scirocco for that long)
-16x7/8 Rial mesh wheels, et 23/11, 205/45/16 tires with great tread left - no rubbing, scrubbing, or anything
-E-Code headlights with yellow fog bulbs and 4500k h4 bi-xenon drop in HIDs (the good kind with the shield to minimize scatter, but will give regular h4s if not wanted) - crack in one lens but does not affect light output. does fog up, but burns off quickly when lights turned on. if needed I can tell you where to get replacements but it never bothered me enough
-Euro bumpers - 3 piece/rubber endcap style - not perfect, got them off another vehicle and they show some wear. these have also been federalized and have steel reinforcement - if you hit something they wont bend like tinfoil, but they do weigh about the same as US bumpers
-roll down windows - I treat this as a benefit because less motors to go
-no passenger side mirror - OEM block off plate - never had a mirror on that side - base model 240d feature (or lack of)
Downs:
-a/c does not work - bought it without it working, never investigated it, no belt on the compressor
-sunroof is caulked shut - motor still gets power and sounds like it still works, but never investigated. does not leak at sunroof and drains dump at proper spots so it never bothered me enough
-2 rust spots, pictured below. nothing underneath the car looks rusty, just those 2 on the upper body of the car
-2 rear speakers not hooked up
-antenna motor is not hooked up
-odometer is finicky about recording miles
-standard dents/dings/scratches on paint - nothing huge but not showroom perfect. hard to photograph but there
if I left anything out, which is very possible, ask and I will respond/edit the post with info, I tried to be as honest as possible about it.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/53a5e388.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/0b90845e.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/f68ecdab.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/edd5c1c7.jpg
2 rust spots I know of
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/6e611979.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/fef8e4ff.jpg
what it looked like with stock wheels and US bumpers
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/f63353c5.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/ac372062.jpg
gone gone gone
gone gone gone
For sale is my 1978 Mercedes Benz 240d. 4 speed manual. 250k+ miles.
PRICE DROP:
$4k with wheels and everything
$3k without wheels
$2600 without wheels and eurobumpers
car is located in Villanova, PA. Car has a clean MD title in my name.
IMs on here work best for contact.
Bought the car in the spring bone stock, it now sits as it is pictured below. Will come as it sits, plus the stock parts removed from the car that I can find/didn't trash (for sure the stock wheels with hubcaps and US bumpers, pictured in the picture marked as "what it looked like with stock wheels and US bumpers").
Car has only given me one real issue since I had it - alternator died. But it has a new alt as of July and has not given me an issues since then
Plus sides to the car:
-Diesel (get around 30 as my average with city driving and on the highway - highway isnt stellar because it weighs so much and only has the 4 speed, but around town it is a champ)
-4 speed manual - no grinding, no slop, good feeling clutch with no slip that I have ever felt/had reason to suspect
-engine is strong - starts every time, will start warm without waiting for the glow plugs to cycle. has NEVER not turned off for me either
-fairly minty interior - amazing for its age but not showroom new is how i would describe it - 1 small cut on the back of the rear seat but can be covered by the seatbelt when retracted, or just find a new back at a junkyard (my intention but never bothered me enough)
-Lowered on cut springs - still rides really well, I equate it to a mk2/3 on a cupkit. drove it all last weekend at h2o not a hint of back pain (which I do get when I drive my scirocco for that long)
-16x7/8 Rial mesh wheels, et 23/11, 205/45/16 tires with great tread left - no rubbing, scrubbing, or anything
-E-Code headlights with yellow fog bulbs and 4500k h4 bi-xenon drop in HIDs (the good kind with the shield to minimize scatter, but will give regular h4s if not wanted) - crack in one lens but does not affect light output. does fog up, but burns off quickly when lights turned on. if needed I can tell you where to get replacements but it never bothered me enough
-Euro bumpers - 3 piece/rubber endcap style - not perfect, got them off another vehicle and they show some wear. these have also been federalized and have steel reinforcement - if you hit something they wont bend like tinfoil, but they do weigh about the same as US bumpers
-roll down windows - I treat this as a benefit because less motors to go
-no passenger side mirror - OEM block off plate - never had a mirror on that side - base model 240d feature (or lack of)
Downs:
-a/c does not work - bought it without it working, never investigated it, no belt on the compressor
-sunroof is caulked shut - motor still gets power and sounds like it still works, but never investigated. does not leak at sunroof and drains dump at proper spots so it never bothered me enough
-2 rust spots, pictured below. nothing underneath the car looks rusty, just those 2 on the upper body of the car
-2 rear speakers not hooked up
-antenna motor is not hooked up
-odometer is finicky about recording miles
-standard dents/dings/scratches on paint - nothing huge but not showroom perfect. hard to photograph but there
if I left anything out, which is very possible, ask and I will respond/edit the post with info, I tried to be as honest as possible about it.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/53a5e388.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/0b90845e.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/f68ecdab.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/edd5c1c7.jpg
2 rust spots I know of
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/6e611979.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/fef8e4ff.jpg
what it looked like with stock wheels and US bumpers
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/f63353c5.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x249/frd206/benz%20build/ac372062.jpg