I wouldn’t offer jack until you can drop a battery in it and take it for a drive. Cosmetics might be nice but it if you can’t check the mechanicals it leaves a LOT of questions unanswered.
-D > On Apr 28, 2020, at 6:19 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Maybe I should up my offer to $3k > > On 4/28/2020 5:15 PM, Dwight Giles wrote: >> Some sell on BAT for 15K. In 2013 a tree came down on my 82 during >> a,blizzard. I was ready to kiss good by but ins co said,worth 13,400 so body >> shop restored & painted it for about 6500. >> I think they are the ultimate,123 diesel. If i had room & permission i would >> have several. >> >> Dwight Giles Jr. >> Wickford RI >> >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 5:56 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >> >> There is this old guy I know who has this 85 300CD. He has owned it >> about 25 years and bought it in CA. He has asked me about it in >> the past >> looking for parts etc. The other day he said he might be >> interested in >> selling it so I went and looked at it today. Car has been sitting >> about >> 5 years, he just parked it under a carport and quit driving it. >> All the >> tires were flat although tires themselves looked good. Zero rust. >> Paint is pretty good but has some light fading in a couple of >> spots on >> the hood. Might clean up, not sure. It is a smoke silver with tan >> leather. Leather is in great shape, even the back of the back seat. >> Had around 250k miles on it. Needs a new rear bumper as the >> chrome is >> peeling off. Wheels are chromed and peeling. Battery is very dead. >> Guy says the front end has been rebuilt, new radiator, new ac >> compressor. I have seen the car around town but this is the first >> time >> seeing it up close. Being that it was a CA model I was expecting >> to see >> that funky CA air cleaner but it had a regular air cleaner. It was >> probably swapped out would be my guess. He said he was either >> going to >> sell it or put about $3k in it and get it going again. I asked >> him want >> he wanted for it and of course he did not have an amount in mind. I >> threw out a $2k offer which I thought was very fair but he did not >> take >> it. Just said he would think about it. He has a figure of $7500 >> thru >> $12k for these in really nice shape. I agree maybe these are >> listed for >> that but not sure if they actually sell for that. Needless to say a >> deal was not made but I sure would like to have this car. This now >> has >> me wanting a 300D turbo, would not mind a CD. >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
