Beautiful 1991 Mercedes Benz 350sd Turbo Diesel With Rebuilt 3.0 Litre Engine on 2040-cars

Looking for one of the very best Mercedes Diesel cars ever?  Read on!  I am selling my very special 1991 Mercedes S-class, W126 short wheel base 350SD.  Let's start with the most important thing- the engine.  If you are familiar with this model Mercedes, you know the original 3.5 litre engine had a bad reputation for bending connecting rods and causing headaches for their owners.  To eliminate that problem, I built a 3.0 litre, OM603 engine from a 1987 model year M-B.  This engine was completely taken down and the best of everything was used to build this engine.  It has a brand new #22 cylinder head, rebuilt turbocharger, Bosch certified rebuilt fuel injection pump, all new Beru glow plugs, in short, everything!  This engine runs beautifully, starts instantly down to 10F with no block heater. I have 20k miles on the rebuild.  I have all the receipts, and photo documentation on the rebuild.  This Mercedes always gets a solid 30mpg combined driving, and incredible number for such an impressive car. 

All new OEM hoses, fuel lines, Behr radiator, engine and trans mounts.  New Lemfoerder flex discs, new drive shaft carrier bearings, new trans cooler lines, parking brake cables, sway bar links, all new tires, the list goes on.  The transmission was rebuilt 50k miles back and shifts flawlessly.  I completely serviced the transmission 20k miles ago, at the same time I did the engine.  This car does not leak oil, and is the mechanically the very best there is.

Now for the car.  The 1991 350SD was the lowest production (rarest) of the W126 series Mercedes Benz (only 618 built), and what I think is one of the best automobiles ever built.  1991 was the last year for the 126, and it is considered to be the last of the big Benz cars that can be easily and well maintained without going broke.  Note that this is an SD, not an SDL.  Most of the 126 diesels were the long wheel base cars, which look and feel ponderous compared to the SD short wheel base version.  This car is in excellent condition, and has no rust!  It is as solid as the day it was built.  It is finished in the original Arctic White, and has had some touch up in a couple spots to keep it looking its best.  I also installed a set of original Bosch European headlights, far better in appearance and lighting than the original U.S. units.  Euro taillights installed too.

The car does need its air conditioning repaired, new rear shocks and the bolster on the driver's seat back needs to be repaired.  I found a used blue leather seat cover from a passenger side seat will fit, and not have the bolster wear.  Of course, new leather seat upholstery is available too.  The sunroof works in both modes, the cruise control works, the vacuum locks work fine (oh yeah, I installed a brand new Pierburg vacuum pump during the rebuild).

The navy blue interior is really very nice, the carpeting in excellent condition and there is a new set of OEM Mercedes blue floor mats that I have never put in the car.  The blue dashboard is in perfect condition, with no cracks anywhere.  The wood is in nice condition, and I have refreshed all the console switches.  If you have looked at these cars before, you know the switches come loose from the console wood and "sink" away.  I have repaired this and everything is nice and tight, looks and feels as it should. This car is equipped with dual airbags, and also has a Kenwood stereo with a CD player and remote.  The stereo has an Alpine amplifier, all 8 new cabin mounted Boston Acoustics speakers and a Boston trunk mounted sub-woofer.  Needless to say, the stereo is awesome!

Please contact me with your questions, this is a special car.  I built it to keep, but my plans have changed.  This car was nearly $70,000 when new, and equal to if not better than anything Rolls or Bentley had to offer, and got 30 mpg too!