Smokin' big killa, gettin' high in tha Benz
Well here she is. My first diesel and my first Mercedes. She is a W201 1984 Mercedes 190D 2.2. Yup, a Baby Benz.
The guy I bought if from really took care of the mechanical parts of the car. The engine has a lot of new parts, recent front end work, and new brake pads.
That's the good stuff, plus the fact it is a pretty solid car and it runs extremely well. 38mpg (so the guy said) isn't a bad thing either!
As you can tell, it needs a paint job really bad. It also needs that dent fixed in the back. The Explorer is going to the shop next week for some touch up work so I am hoping sometime after that I can get this in the shop to get the dent fixed at least. Then I can start putting it in primer. I'm going to try to find a taillight at the junkyard sometime this week. Since the headlights could use replacing, I plan to put in some Depo Euro headlights down the road. I also have a couple trim pieces I need to find.
I plan to start cleaning out the interior during this next week after work. It needs a few little things here and there inside but I think it will clean up very nicely after I detail it.
It is pretty dirty right now partly due to the fact I had it in the lawn when the guy who cuts our lawn came. Doh.
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Gotta have a place for a first aid kit
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Too bad its gone
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Dirty trunk.
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Dirty but strong engine! I love the sound of a diesel!
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