From: tom tomscat <tomsc...@hotmail.com>
Subject: [MBZ] 1984 230E
To: "mercedes diesel" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 7:58 AM
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>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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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