Hi Dieselhead,
I believe your info is incomplete. My info says that engine was available in a carburetor version until 1990. I am now at work, more or less, and I checked my records. The car I had (in March 2006) was a 1984 230CE and it was carbureted. Last 7 digits of the VIN were: AO95696. I distinctly remember the carburetor, because it backfired repeatedly thru the carburetor when we tried to start it, and I had to put out more than one minor flame-up. Which put the Fear of God into a couple of casual onlookers, btw. :) It was a great little collectible car, but it needed a lot of restoration. Thanks, Dwight, for the pics. That is definitely a different car than the one I briefly had custody of, from what I can tell from those lousy pics. Mine was a coupe. Sheesh, could he have taken a WORSE picture??? They reminded me of the pics Vinny Gambini had in MY COUSIN VINNY, taken through a filthy screen. :) God, I love that movie! Tom Schuch SE Connecticut 1975 W115 300D (may be going up for sale shortly to make some room) and a bunch of BMWs (adding a 6th today) Message: 2 Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:25:21 -0600 From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1984 230E Message-ID: <a0624081dc782db88f...@[192.168.1.112]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Carb engined 123 was only in 77 and 78 according to the info I found. All from 79 on were einspritz >Hi Curt, > > > >I run a residential facility here in CT. I have had a car donation >fundraising program for the past several years. A couple of years >ago someone donated a grey market 230E, cant remember if it was an >1983 or 1984. (I am gonna check my records at work tomorrow, it may >have been a 230CE.) It was a W123 chassis, however, in need of >restoration. I only had it on hand for a short time before selling >to some gearhead immigrants from western CT. Since it was an >unregistered vehicle, and badly in need of a tuneup, we had no real >idea of the power and economy. It was a neat car, though, with a >carbureted gasoline engine in the w123 chassis. > >FWIW, wikipedia has some info on it: > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_W123 > > > >I am curious if that is the same car that Dwight saw. The one I had >was white with a blue cloth interior. > > > >Tom Schuch > >1975 W115 300D > >and a bunch of BMWs > >(adding a Euro Baur Monday night) > > > > > > > > > > > >Message: 13 >Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:50:31 -0500 >From: Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> >To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >Subject: Re: [MBZ] '84 230E >Message-ID: ><8b0e7cce1001241750k3e210b4cvde21f7400c84f...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >same as a 190e 2.3. maybe a tad heavier but i will get out of its own way > >On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Anybody know anything about an '84 230E? >> Dwight's found one. Grey market car, 5spd (supposedly anyway) trans. >> >> Seller wants $1000 but says it needs ball joints ("Ball joints you say?" >> Sucks on teeth "Jeez, that could run into money. What do you think about >> $800 for this jalopy?") but has had other front end work done already. >> >> What kind of mileage could one expect? How much power? >> >> -Curt > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. >http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/ >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
