I am sure I could have thrown a battery in it and I bet it would start
right up. Knowing the guy (who is Jewish BTW which may factor in, sorry
if I offended any of our Jewish friends) I figure it probably runs
good. I was make the offer as is trying to make it seem like it will
take a lot more to get it running that what I am betting it needs. On
the other hand, it may have zero compression and not run at all, or
maybe the tank is full of algae.
On 4/28/2020 5:38 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Not to rant, but if yours was worth $4200 at the time and it was running, what
would a comparably appointed car of the same mileage and vintage be worth if
it’s not running?
(I’m not ranting at you, just using your car as an example to make a point.)
The logic escapes me when people come up with this dreck.
-D
On Apr 28, 2020, at 6:35 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
Yes mine ran well when i bought it for 4200.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 6:23 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
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.
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