Mercedes Benz 300d on 2040-cars
Livingston, New Jersey, United States
Vehicle Title:Clear
Engine:3.0 L OM617a I5 Diesel
Fuel Type:Diesel
For Sale By:Owner
Transmission:280E
Make: Mercedes-Benz
Model: 300-Series
Options: Leather Seats
Trim: 4 Door Turbo
Safety Features: Anti-Lock Brakes, Driver Airbag
Power Options: Air Conditioning, Cruise Control, Power Locks, Power Windows, Power Seats
Drive Type: Automatic
Mileage: 116,500
Exterior Color: Beige
Disability Equipped: No
Interior Color: Amber
Number of Doors: 4
Number of Cylinders: 4
Warranty: no warranty
Please see description of vehicle below. This Benz is a one owner cream puff. 116,500 original miles, all original, all work done by Mercedes Benz dealership, everything works as it should, highly desirable vehicle for gas milage and easy conversion to Bio-fuel (I.E. runs on vegetable oil) if converted, a big movement out west and now coming east. This car has a few very small minor rust spots as seen in the pictures but the original paint looks just like it came off the lot as does the interior. This classic also has the benefits of very low insurance costs, as it's considered a classic car, companies like Hagarty Insurance, you'll be paying more or less $300.00 per year in insurance for this car. Smooth ride, plenty of room and just a MINT condition vehicle, it has been fitted with a brand new alternator, new brakes, hoses, belts, tires have 85% life left, the tranny has been thoroughly checked and in great shape as well as the engine, the interior is MINT, no rips, tears, stains, nothing could be right off the showroom floor, headliner is perfect. Also, the car qualifies for QQ Historic Plates so no need to ever get it inspected. Just an awesome car, there aren't many left on the road and in this condition nearly impossible to find, this car has been known to go for 500K++ miles. Fixes are easy as there's no computers to deal with. I'm also interested in TRADES, something classic would be great, car or truck. Also willing to Ship at buyers expense. I found some great websites, just google 'name your own price vehicle shipping', lots a great shipping options and for your price. I know these cars are vey desirable across the country, especially out west. I noticed a few ebay1980 300D's going for 7-9K bidding and I can tell you this car is every bit of those cars folks were bidding on, so here's another one in case you lost out on the others!!
The 1980 300SD Turbodiesel is perhaps the most un-Diesel-like Diesel passenger car ever built. In wheelbase, in appearance, in its plush interior fittings, the 300SD Turbodiesel is all but indistinguishable from the most senior gasoline-powered Mercedes-Benz sedans-raising the once humble Diesel to virtual parity with some of the world's most elegant automobiles. But the 300SD Turbodiesel signifies in more ways than one that the Diesel has finally arrived. It is almost equally indistinguishable from its gasoline-powered counterparts in performance as well. The Turbodiesel's 5-cylinder engine is turbocharged-an engineering master-stroke that blends the most desirable traits of a gasoline and a Diesel engine into one, toppling the barrier that divided gasoline and Diesel advocates into opposing camps for decades. In reconciling the demands of both gasoline and Diesel engine advocates within one and the same automobile, the 300SD turbodiesel stands as the most significant Diesel passenger car of the modern era-not just a new kind of Diesel, but a timely new kind of car. The secret: turbocharging.. The basis of the Turbodiesel's vivid performance is that five-cylinder, 3-liter Diesel engine pioneered by the 300D sedan-now turbocharged and thus transformed. Turbocharging boosts maximum power by 45% and maximum torque by a stunning 42%. For 1980, these advances are further enhanced by a 9% increase in horsepower. The glorious result: acceleration, passing verve and cruising reserves that may put many gasoline-powered cars on the defensive. Yet the Turbodiesel, for all its performance gains, still clings to its Diesel heritage - still devoid of spark plugs to replace and carburetors to adjust, all but immune to conventional tune-ups. And not only does it still sip the cheapest automotive fuel sold in America(not anymore!), it actually sips it at a slower rate. This is pure engineering logic: so handily did turbocharging solve the Diesel need for power that it feed the engineers to specify a more economical rear axle ratio-in effect, gearing the car to go further on the power produced by a given gallon of fuel. The Diesel turbocharging trail blazed by Mercedes-Benz with the 300SD may some day be followed by others; precedent shows that what Mercedes-Benz pioneers, others often adopt eventually. But no Diesel engine will ever share the privilege of propelling a car quite like this. It is the unique combination of that engine and this automobile which truly sets the Turbodiesel apart. In this turbocharged Diesel as in no other, you glide over the road on a suspension that is neither spongy nor harsh but designed to provide both ride comfort and road holding, in equal measure. The keys is the independent suspension of all four wheels, allowing each wheel to individually react to the road surface. As befits the most elegant Diesel Mercedes-Benz has ever built, the 300sd Turbodiesel rests on the longest wheelbase of any Diesel car produced by the company in modern times. Yet its turning circle is a tight 38 feet. And its crisp steering lets you nip through city traffic. Few cars large or small can rival the precision of the Turbodiesel's controls. It is almost two tons of driving instrument-finely balanced, sharply tuned, deeply satisfying to thread through a series of hairpin bends or to pilot downtown on that familiar trip to the office. What makes this possible is very basic and very Mercedes-Benz-fastidious engineering. For example, each shock absorber is gas pressurized to help cushion even minor ripples. Zero-offset steering is meant to prevent even gaping potholes from deflecting the front wheels off a true forward line. The automatic transmission provides not three but four speeds - and the option of shifting for yourself if you prefer. And each brake is a fade-resistant disc 11 inches in diameter, front and rear. You and your fellow passengers in the Turbodiesel are a coddled minority. You are surrounded by deep padding and by
velour carpeting, carefully fitted underfoot. You feed cradled in firmly upholstered seats front and rear - with built-in arm rests, front and rear. Rear seat hip room is a mere half-inch shy of five full feet, and you can stretch out in more than three feet of front leg room. The trunk lid yawns open to reveal 14.96 cubic feet of useful luggage space - an old-fashioned virtue that this thoroughly advanced car has not overlooked. Standard interior fittings include an ingenious bi-level climate control system, electronic window lifts, AM/FM stereo radio, and automatic cruise control. Just as Mercedes-Benz doesn't take any handy engine and turn it into a Diesel, Mercedes-Benz didn't take just any Diesel engine and turn it into a Turbodiesel. They based this power plant on that three-liter, five-cylinder 300D design introduced in 1975 - and then so diligently revised it that fewer and half its working parts are interchangeable with the original. Relying on no power-draining mechanical drive, the 300SD's turbocharger harnesses the energy of the engine's own exhaust gases to power two vaned wheels-a turbine wheel and a compressor impeller-rotating on a common shaft that can revolve at over 100,000 revolutions per minute. Spinning around on that shaft, the compressor impeller draws in and compresses air and then feeds it through the intake manifold to the cylinders. The cylinders are supercharged with more air and simultaneously more fuel. Result: more power, more efficiently produced. No extra noise, no extra operating maintenance (Indeed, required turbocharger operating maintenance is nil.) Turbocharging boosts the Turbodiesel's horsepower rating well into three figures - no mean achievement fora n engine of only three liters or 183.0 cubic inches in displacement. But another number testifies even better to the incredible efficiency of this engine: it produces .656 horsepower per cubic inch of displacement-the best ratio of power to engine size of any Diesel passenger car engine in the world. This breakthrough has hardly been rush to the market. Mercedes-Benz placed the 300SD Turbodiesel engine in production only after 5 years of testing - and only after placing in in the reliability record books. Fitted with a modified version of this engine, a C-111-3 research car went out on April 30, 1978 and set nine world records, including one stint of 2,345 miles in twelve hours at an average speed of 195.39 MPH. For the entire record run, the engineers reported a fuel mileage figure of 14.7 mpg. Delving beneath the surface and learning about the inner car is a sure way to cement your confidence in the 300SD turbodiesel. For example, the body shell under that gleaming paintwork is a unitized structure of formidable strength. Its platform floor, side members and roof supports are welded together at over 6,000 points to form a rigid steel cage that surrounds the passenger area. Unsightly body seams are soldered in and smoothed to invisibility. The body and undercarriage are lavished with over 50 lbs of zinc phosphate, primer, and other coatings to help starve off corrosion before a drop of paint is applied. Special wax is sprayed into body recesses to help defy rust. Layers of bituminous foil help to insulate the interior of the car against noise. That rich-looking fillet of wood on the instrument panel and console is genuine wood veneer, hand rubbed to a satiny gloss. Aerodynamics were mobilized to help preserve the Turbodiesel driver's superb visibility - even in the rain and slush. Carefully angled and channeled moldings help divert the airsteam away from the side and rear windows, whisking rain and slush away in the process. The designers even considered the driver following along behind in foul weather. The Turbodiesel's taillights are aerodynamically devised to actually "whisk" themselves free of slush and mud as the car moves along - thus staying visible, longer. All told, there are 120 safety features built into the Turbodiesel. You may never need them all - but what reassurance, knowing they are there. (From MB 1980 brochure)
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