W123 Photo Gallery Lounge

[Al Cooper]

Bernhard; sophie looks super to me. Keep her even if she is smaller than a wagon. :) you could probably never find another one like her. I looked for a great low mileage 300CD in NE for a year or so & never found one. I finally went to a 560SL to keep my 240D company :rolleyes:

Al in Red Sox Nation :cool:

with Manfried the 240D & Marlene the 560SL

[Al Cooper]

Hi All; Keep those good looking 123 diesels, you can't hardly find one anymore especially the coupes & wagons. :)

Al in Red Sox Nation w/Manfried the silvr bulit 240D & marlene the white flash 560SL under cover waiting for the snow & SALT to go away :)

we just drive the civic & Montana now that snow & SALT are here but I did see a nice looking blue 300D at our workout club today COVERED WITH WHITE SALT!!!!
what a shame :(

[VLayton]

SA-10,

She definately looks like a euro model, the heater controls you have were not a US option on 300D and in my opinion are better that the set up of a US 79. Also, the metric speedometer is very rare. It seems it wasn't "federalized" or may have been switched back. The bumpers are Euro, it's curious that it doesn't euro lens headlamps, a 300D should have gotten them, even that year. Even my 200D had that option. Bit of a mystery. I don't see a lamp adjuster switch either. She may hold an unusual life story. What have you heard about it?

[Grey Ghost]

Greg: that's what I call CLEAN!

Car looks super in ivory...prefer that color to brown any day of the week (sorry, bwalke)

[bwalke]

Greg: that's what I call CLEAN!

Car looks super in ivory...prefer that color to brown any day of the week (sorry, bwalke)

I have to agree.

Color is the one thing we can't be picky about when we are in the used car market. The ivory is beautiful.

[Grey Ghost]

bwalke: I always liked the dark blue color for the wagons (and owned one once, but that's too long a story for now). The first silver wagon I saw was Grey Ghost and I must admit that I'm partial to the lighter colors now.

It's a handsome car no matter what color, however. I just love to see the well-kept examples humming around town or on the highway (and I always get the 'thumbs-up' sign from the bedraggled examples who see how nicely I've kept the Ghost)

[godowning]

Nice car! Even nicer price....

[Alex]

It's a fine picture of a beautiful car. Best of luck with her, mgburg.

Ditto for gatorblue.

[VLayton]

ooooof :(

Sad bummer, but I suppose she did her job admirably. (where's the respectful salute emoticron when you need one?)

May she

Ride on
In
Pieces

:o


http://mbca.cartama.net/showpost.php?p=63375&postcount=29



(Get it? :) Her spares will literally be along for the ride as part of another W123? Huh? Huh? Do ya? OK I guess you probably did...well then, I can't put nothin' past all you clever (censored) Holy cow is the the time? I gotta go, nice meeting you all, cheerio, good night)

[VLayton]

Bill,

I had no idea you had such young and cherry rides! Very nice.

Fall tour? What about the spring rally in two weeks from today? If you sent your application in, it did not make it. Look forward to your memebrship.

Cheers!

[Al Cooper]

Gerkebi: boy you have a priceless classic. :eek: Drive it when the weather is good (no salt or snow on the roads) & enjoy it. :D No one will ever find a better diesel with that kind of mileage :)

Al in Red Sox Nation With "Manfried" the silvr bulit 240D in slo moshun @ 129,450 :cool:

[Al Cooper]

Steve G; I thought I have a low mileage 240D @ 129,550 but yours is really a "NEW CAR" Keep it looking as good as it does now, you will never get another like it!!! :eek:

Al in Red Sox Nation w/ "Manfried" the 1982 silvr Bulit 240D :cool:

and

"Marlene" the 1988 white flash 560SL :)

[Al Cooper]

Highway Star; your 123 looks pretty good to me. :) You need to name him/her & let us know what it is. Also join the MBCA it's a bargain for all the data you will get ;)

Let us know when you got the car , mileage etc.

Al in Red Sox Nation w/"Manfried" the silvr bulit 240D in cool slo moshun & "Marlene" the white flash 560SL ready to go again :cool:

Seasoned statesman they say I are but I havn't got to the grammar patrol yet :eek:

[VLayton]

Highway Star; your 123 looks pretty good to me. :) You need to name him/her & let us know what it is. Also join the MBCA it's a bargain for all the data you will get ;)

Let us know when you got the car , mileage etc.

Al in Red Sox Nation w/"Manfried" the silvr bulit 240D in cool slo moshun & "Marlene" the white flash 560SL ready to go again :cool:

Seasoned statesman they say I are but I havn't got to the grammar patrol yet :eek:



Hey Al, Where's your photo of Manfried? I need to steal it for your registry photo! ;)

[Al Cooper]

hi vince; i dont have a real good picture of him by himself but will take one in a few days when it stops raining & get it to you. He is going in to have the rear window re sealed next Mon as it leaked into the trunk. I didn't find the leak till I had to have the left rear fendrer redone at the bottom as the water didn't drain out properly under the vinal fender liner. I got a super redo of the fender so the window seal is next so I should have him back next week :)

Al in wet Red Sox Nation :rolleyes:

[Grey Ghost]

HowardT, that is one HANDSOME car

LOVE those painted wheels

I could drive a non-turbo diesel 90% of the time, but the 10% of the time I need to get-up-and-go, I do like that turbo boost!

[Al Cooper]

Howard; Your car looks super :eek: . I really like the painted wheels & they are much easier to keep up than my alloys. keep it going :)

Al in Red Sox Nation w/"Manfried" the silvr bulit in cool slo moshun :cool:

[VLayton]

Two days now, in my possession. Not real exciting, but it's all mine.


Congrats, you deserve to be proud. :)

However, I'm confused about the bumpers and caps.

US bumpers, on a euro? But a US 1983 300D wouldn't have come with hubcaps...

Is it turbo?

:confused:

[Al Cooper]

Skip; like I said about 10 posts ago I ain't no PC geek, no PC geek, No PC geek, so I casually pushed a button last night & lo & behold my email showed up 2 times. We are all lucky I only pushed it once not 10 times. :o Vince has the pictures to go with the post as they were too big to get directly into the forum. He allowed as how he would get them attached to my post, post, post oops :eek:
Somehow he will do this thru a procedure I can't fathom now now will I ever figure it out at my age :confused:

Al in Red Sox Nation(in mourning for this year) w/Manfried the silvr bulit 240D in cool slo moshun & Marlene the white flash 560SL ready to go again. :cool:

PS; I noticed the the 107 forum has a picture area also so when I get a decent picture of Marlene I'll try to get it in there w/o an echo, an echo, an echo :p

[VLayton]

Al, you see I got Manfried up here?

Cheers

[Al Cooper]

Vince; I see you got him up on the screen. He looks as good in the picture as he does outside in the driveway. Thanks for your efforts, these PC's are about 2-3 generations after me. I worked with the IBM cards in 56-58 & haven't progressed a whole of a lot since then other than to read email. :confused: Thanks for all your efforts & work :D

Al in a really dispirited Red Sox Nation (they never learn rule 1 "good pitching beats good hitting most every time") :(

But Manfried & Marlene are happy & Marlene goes to the Minuteman Section concours tomarrow at the Larz Anderson in Brookline, MA :)

[Al Cooper]

Marlene won the Daily Driver class at the Minuteman Section concours at the Larz Anderson in Brookline for the 2nd year running & is ready for the Farberallye in the Northeast Kingdom of VT on Oct 8-9. ;)

Al in a happy Red sox Nation (we took the Evil Empire Yankees 3 of 4 this last weekend) :)

with:

Manfried the 240D @130,650
Marlene the 560SL @ 80,750

[Brandon_SLC]

All I can say is: You guys have great imaginations! :rolleyes:

Maybe it should be called the 123 "non picture lounge" ;)

[VLayton]

All I can say is: You guys have great imaginations! :rolleyes:

Maybe it should be called the 123 "non picture lounge" ;)


Sorry, it's you!

There is a "Photo Gallery" Sticky in this forum, it's always in the top three.

It's set up to be one post per picture/car featured. But since folks like to chat about them in reply, this thread is provided as a "lounge" to the gallery.

Too see the pictures, click here:

http://mbca.cartama.net/showthread.php?t=8538

Enjoy! :)

[Brandon_SLC]

:o oh!!!

Seems "over-engineered"

:D

[VLayton]

Nice additions, guys, thanks. I was hankering for some new entries, it was quiet for a couple months there. :)

[VLayton]

http://mbca.cartama.net/showpost.php?p=86982&postcount=43

Rodger Wilco! ;) Do you work for Scumsoft? :cool:

http://mbca.cartama.net/showpost.php?p=87064&postcount=44

You should debate whether or not the veg oil is good for the car.... :(

http://mbca.cartama.net/showpost.php?p=90212&postcount=45

That's a lot of work planned for a car you will likely damage with improper fuel. (veg oil)

"Conversions" are simply unecessary to run these cars on even the unsuitible petroleum fuel substitutes, don't believe the hype.

[dawette]

Hi guys, On post 34 and 35 the 123 from France has Amber Euro fog lights. It looks like the reflector is amber. I have Bosch euros on my 85' 300D (converted) and I love the performance and the look, but I miss the amber fog lights it used to have. I could just buy amber H3 bulbs but I like the look of the French fog lights. Does anyone know how to get such lights or just the reflectors if that's what they are?

Thanks,

Dave

[denver123]

I'd like to know the same thing. I have an 85 300TDT with Bosch euros i purchased way back. I always liked the look of the amber fog lights on the us version but much prefer the performance of the Bosch's. I agree with the previous poster that the French version looks great and would love to know how to achieve this look. We never have fog where I live anyway (Denver). Thanks !