My info came from Mercedesclub.de. If the car was a 230CE, then by
definition, it was injected when it left the factory. Someone could
have swapped an older engine into it, or may have installed manifold
and carb off another engine. Your donation car is a mystery to me.
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)
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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:25:21 -0600
From: Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1984 230E
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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)
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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:50:31 -0500
From: Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] '84 230E
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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
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