Several years ago a friend of my sister bought a similar-vintage 300SD on Craigslist for US$2000. It had over 100,000 miles on it and was in decent shape – all it needed was a new set of glow plugs, which her husband installed himself. She calls it her “Tiger Tank” and uses ...
I have a fond memory of the 420SEL, as my brother and I both had plenty of seat time in a high mileage example my father bought used back in the early 90s. It was a tank of a car with the sort of interior volume that would keep two kids mostly quiet on long-drives, as each u...