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Old 02-03-2013, 03:35 PM   #1 (permalink)
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1959 La Carrera-prepped Biodiesel 190D MB

Just bought this Saturday on EBay - it's gonnna' be a huge amount of fun a s a daily driver!

It was set up for and ran the 2000-mile 2008 La Carrera Panamerica rally in Mexico.

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Old 02-03-2013, 07:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
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That thing is so cooooool! Good score, and good luck with it!
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Awesome! Best of luck with it. I have a couple early 80's benz diesel engines set aside for bio diesel conversions into older cars. They will run on peanut butter! HA HA HA (well almost)
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Old 02-05-2013, 01:34 AM   #4 (permalink)
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That's great. These old-school Mercedes Diesels run nearly forever...

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