Vehicle Description
1975 Mercedes-Benz 300D Sedan
Three-box design is a broad automotive styling term describing a
coupe, sedan, notchback or hatchback where, when viewed in profile,
principal volumes are articulated into three separate compartments
or boxes: engine, passenger and cargo. Designed by Paul Bracq, a
Frenchman and noted automotive designer, this classic design would
be the standard at Mercedes-Benz for the 60's and 70's.
For consignment, German clacker with 137,932 title verified actual
miles and a known history for this very original car in 300D form
right out of 1975. Owned by the same family since 2021, this car is
a runner and a gunner, although acceleration is not its strong
suit, longevity is and diesel Mercedes owners can back up that
statement. Some wear, tear and rust on the exterior paint and the
interior in saddle is in overall good condition. An upgraded stereo
unit has been installed, and a wonderful driver with lots of miles
left in her.
Exterior
Bathed in a respray of Maple Yellow, we note a few runs in the
paint along with surface rust, invasive rust, haphazardly done
repairs in the lower sections of the body and some cracking of the
finish. Chrome trimmings are all good, as are the bumpers, front
grille, window surrounds and side trimmings. These models are
beautiful in their designs with the vertical headlights and signals
directly below surrounded in a chromed bezel, all within a thin
side fender up front. Fog lights are on atop the black rubber
trimmed chrome front bumper as well. The lines continue rearward
with the 4 doors, all closing with the factory Mercedes-Benz thud,
and moving rearward to the ribbed tail lights on matching thin
design rear quarters. Those ribs are there for a reason...they help
keep the tail lights clean in dirty conditions. Matching body color
Maple Yellow wheel covers are all around on polishedsteel wheels
and are wrapped by good rubber. A nicely preserved presentation of
high quality German engineering,but still in need of some TLC.
Interior
Shake hands with the original Saddle German MB-Tex and leather
styled buckets are up front, and an original Saddle MB-Tex and
leather bench is in the rear all in nice condition with only some
light dirt and smudges. The buckets sport a central armrest which
louvers up and down for convenience and this repeats on the
sprawling rear bench. The simple but effective German design dash
houses dual round gauges and a central round clock. Just below,
facing both the driver and passenger are highly lacquered German
walnut inserts, adding an air of class to the very machine age
dash. Various pulls and knobs are below, and the original good
condition steering wheel is fronting this dash. Clean looped pile
plush Saddle colored carpet floods the floors, and above is a nice
perforated vinyl headliner in tan. In the center within the low
profile console is the gear shift for the 4-speed automatic
transmission and rocker switches for the power windows.
Drivetrain
A 3.0 liter OM617 inline 5 cylinder diesel shows itself within an
unrestored engine bay. Overall the engine shows patina on the metal
surfaces but runs like a German intricate Cuckoo clock from the
same Black Forest this car was made. A Daimler Benz 4-speed
automatic transmission is on back sending power to a 3.46 geared
axle that cantake you down the road efficiently and smoothly.
Undercarriage
Patinaed black surfaces, all put together like a Panzer tank for
this underside Not unlike the top...there is some wear and tear
along with amateur repairs on the trunk drops and some seepage
noted on the drivetrain. We note independentcoil spring suspension
for both the front and rear and 4 wheel power disc brakes with all
4 dual piston calipers bringing this German skate to an efficient
and effective stop.
Drive-Ability
A turn of the key and a brief wait for the glow plugs to do their
thing and the "clacker" came tolife and I was off to the test
track. Here it was a buttoned up pleasurable drive with diesel
acceleration, smooth shifting, and easy steering. All functions
were working as they should with the exception of the clock not
keeping time and the AC blowing warm. The interior offered up
plenty of room and imagined myself on a winding road through the
German Black Forest. Ahhhhhh.
A fairly well preserved example of a mid-70's Mercedes Benz, in
diesel format. A 4-speed for better acceleration, a known history
with long term family ownership and ready for an additional 300
thousand miles! Schnell! (well sort of...it's a diesel!)
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There is no guarantee of mileage. A $299 Dealer Administrative fee
is not included in the advertised price.
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