From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Thu May 6 20:11:41 2004 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Friday, May 7 2004 Volume 01 : Number 1448 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: [db] OT: '64 Cadillac Sedan de Ville [db] Re: 1979 300SD for sale [db] 1979 240D Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 12:29:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Jerome Kaidor Subject: Re: [db] OT: '64 Cadillac Sedan de Ville I used to have a '68. Neat car, once I'd gone through the front end. BTW, that 429 was the *small* engine. - Jerry Kaidor ( jerry-at-tr2.com ) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 09:53:29 -0400 From: "Mike Froedge" Subject: [db] Re: 1979 300SD for sale No, I'm not selling MY car! Actually, I'm helping my girlfriend's mother sell hers (which is pretty much just like mine, with better paint!), and I'm hoping doing so will make life easier for me when she's my mother-in-law in a year or so! hahaha.... OK, here's everything I know about it: It has a palomino-color interior, which is in great shape. There is the usual tear in the left-hip bolster of the driver's seat, but otherwise the upholstery is excellent. A couple of small cracks in the top of the dashpad, but it's better than usual. The wood is also much better than usual. The paint and body are VERY smooth. Nice shine to the paint...It must have been repainted a few years ago, but there's no documentation of that. I seriously doubt it's the original paint...it looks too good. I believe it's still the original color, though. There is a little rust in the lower portion of both quarter panels, from the usual spot where water accumilates in the trunk, but it's not out of control yet...a good body shop could easily fix it. When standing and looking at the car, it's barely visible on one side, and almost not visible at all on the other side, unless you bend over and look behind the wheel. I do not see any rust in the floorpans. Those of you familiar with the servo-controlled ACC systems will be shocked to hear that the climate controls all WORK flawlessly! I know, it's hard to believe!....hahaha....Cold AC, and good heat! I'm pretty sure it's already been converted to 134. It has good glow plugs, fairly new starter, strong battery, and it fires right up. Those of you from up north will be happy to know that it has a block heater, but I don't think it would need it unless it was VERY cold out...I know that they have never had to use it. The sunroof is a little slow....probably just needs to be cleaned and greased. Power antenna works, but doesn't go all the way down. All the windows work. The vacuum locks worked until recently.... a dried-out and leaking vacuum diaphragm in one of the doors is the usual culprit...an easy fix. All other buttons and gadgets seem to be in working order. Has an aftermarket stereo....an old Kenwood tape deck. Not glamorous, but it works. Transmission shifts solidly, and the front suspension is tight....must have had ball joints, etc. done in recent years. Again, there's no documentation of this, but looking at and driving the car, it obviously has been well cared for by the current owners, and previously. It has been garage kept the entire time that my girlfiend's mom has owned it. Even the tachometer works, which you all know is rare. And the clock works. Don't know about the cruise control. The odometer says approx. 337,000. It is my belief that either the car does not have the original engine, or it has been rebuilt, or the instrument cluster is not the original, because the engine runs like it has much lower mileage. It pulls stronger in 1st gear than my SD does, and there's very litte smoke....less than my own SD, which has about 60,000 fewer miles on it! Leaks a couple of drops of oil when sitting, but not a large amount by any means. I think it is a very straight, well-maintained SD....I'd love to have it myself, but I don't have the extra $$ right now. They bought it a year or two ago, on my recommendation, and they've enjoyed it, but now they have the "new Mercedes itch", so they want to sell the SD and use the $$ as a downpayment on a new car. They have a clear title for it. They are asking $3,900, slightly less than they paid for it....I think it's well worth it. Like I said, wish I had the extra $$ right now.... The car can be seen and driven in Marietta, GA (a few miles north of Atlanta). Anyone who's interested e-mail me at mikemover-at-mindspring.com, and I can answer questions, and/or get you in touch with the owners. I have pictures I can e-mail you also. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 20:44:42 -0500 From: "Roger Conlon" Subject: [db] 1979 240D Any reason why a 79 240D wouldn't make a good first time car for my 16yr old daughter? No rust around 190,000mi. Everything works. Asking 2,200. Thanks Roger _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar ^V get it now! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #1448 **********************************