Totally love your CD. Many years ago I had the opportunity to buy a lighter shade of blue 300D Turbo Diesel. I passed on the deal and have always regretted it. As years passed I found a 1984 E320 sedan in Spruce Green with a tobacco brownish leather interior. I quickly bought it and it proved to be one of the best cars I have ever bought. I have owned various Mercedes ever since.

i daily drive a 85 300cd, best car ever made. 600,000 miles and i plan to rebuild anything that breaks on it.

@MrRjnr

Жыл бұрын

which engine oil do you use?

@thomascarver8045

Жыл бұрын

@@MrRjnr shell rotella 15w40 non synthetic

@dannanddave

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a beautiful car!! I have a '85 300D. They're awesome!

"The greatest achievement in human history." How right you are. The people I have met who have been influenced by experiencing a W123 has been an experience itself. It is a cult seeing greatness in what is minimal, but properly executed. I have said that if someone drives a W123 chassis for 200 miles they will understand its humble greatness.

Great video and nice find!

Bro, this is a gorgeous car, great job!

Benz in Blue. What a great car to cruise around.

great car; good job!

I rarely see the coupe versions of these 1970s MB. My neighbor has a 4 door. When I see a 2 door C123 at the MB shop next time, I will park by to see it.

Nice. Greetings from Brazil.

Wow I love that Mercedes!

Gratuliere

Love my 1982 123 300 cd to bro

Had one that barely shifted and loved it.

@lbowsk

Ай бұрын

What is barley shifting? Some kind of malt thing?

@0mgapie

Ай бұрын

@@lbowsk what are you talking about?

@lbowsk

Ай бұрын

@@0mgapie Your initial post. Barley shifting. Pre-edit.

@0mgapie

Ай бұрын

@@lbowsk Ahhhh i see :-)

Mark I want one! Ryan

Nice! Love the color and looks to be in great condition. I have sedans, a 240D and a 300D. One day maybe I'll find a nice coupe. Are you in the Jax area by chance?

@bravehearty1385

Жыл бұрын

No Pensacola

Sehr schönes Auto!

@lbowsk

Ай бұрын

Very nice car.

I have the non turbo, just imagine how slow it would be

My family had owned several old BMWs over the years.wonder how hard (Or easy) an ls swap would be? Had a 350 swapped jaguar that just wouldn't quit. Seems every Mercedes I've considered buying over the years has had some tweeker ruin the wiring or it was just beat by some kid owning it.

Lovely! Have an 84 ;-)

I have 3 W124 CE-s. I like the lines (interior and exterior) of W124 CE more than the CE123. But in general I understand why you have it.

@martinsvensson6884

Жыл бұрын

I like that the w123 is wider by 5cm/2". Feels roomier inside.

I rode in hundreds of these across North Africa.

Great

Elegantissima

I want that.

My father had the 280 ce beautiful car

@MrRjnr

Жыл бұрын

I love the M110 engine!

I owned new a 1981 300cd same color. Car would still be with me if it did not rust out in 13 Chicago winters.

Nice and shame they didn’t bring the turbo version to the UK. Weird that it was only sold in US ehere diesel thanks to (then) cheap fuel never took off.

@alexmercer8042

5 ай бұрын

Not quite true. In USA MB was strictly a luxury brand, not a taxi car. They sold massive amounts of diesels enough to justify the W115 300D, W123 300TD, W116 300SD and the W126 300SD which were North America only

This is an excellent & reliable Coupe, what do you mean by rare? It’s been in the USA market in three different versions, 280CE, 300CD 5 cyl. diesel & 300CD 5 cyl. Turbo Diesel.

@bravehearty1385

Жыл бұрын

Because is a low production number vehicle, and it’s 40 years later

@lbowsk

Ай бұрын

Less than 16K imported in 8 yrs. Very low production car.

How much for it?

The us bumpers and lights are not pretty I must say 😅

What makes this so rare? They were all over the USA in the late 70s to mid 80s.

@bravehearty1385

Жыл бұрын

I don’t remember now, did I mention production numbers for diesel coupes, very very low. Maybe I don’t understand the question though as that statement is true of almost any rare car made in the 70s and 80s, they were new cars. Even new, there were times where only a thousand CDs were produced for a whole year, and now it’s 40 years later.

@saveyourhero3307

Жыл бұрын

Some are junked/totaled, while others that are still running. Not that many left.

@jaye2865

Жыл бұрын

IIRC, there were over 2.5 million 123s built. Of that, only about 8,000 were 300CD turbo diesels. I'd consider a survivor pretty rare.

@johnwalters878

6 ай бұрын

My 83 CD has factory leather and heated seats. Super rare option, and they still work.

@lbowsk

Ай бұрын

Four door sedans were ubiquitous. The two door coupe is very rare.

Leider nur für den Us Markt, in Deutschland nur als Reimport!

Had a 68 BMW Bavaria. Wish I had kept it.the interior in those cars is mostly aspen.eww....awesome for my backroad rally fun but the wifey no likey...

Those US Bumpers don't match the esthetics of this car.

@bravehearty1385

Жыл бұрын

I’m fine with it though, I actually use it as a park bench now and then 😂

Beautiful car but I don't think it's rare at all..

@bravehearty1385

Жыл бұрын

It was a low production number car when it was new, it’s 40 years later. But okay 🤷🏻

@lbowsk

Ай бұрын

Then you are either confusing it with the 4-door sedan or you have been doing far too many bong hits. Only about 15K of these were imported to NA from 1977-1985.