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Seller Asking Price:
$44,900
Buyer’s Premium: 5% of final purchase price (up to $4,500 max) to be paid by Buyer only upon the successful purchase of the vehicle.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Why It’s Curated: This 1983 Mercedes 300GD for sale in the San Francisco Bay Area is a rare importation from a Santa Fe, New Mexico dealer in period that imported approximately 300 vehicles that came with a US VIN number. This vehicle has a clean California title and can easily be registered again in California, or in other locales. This example benefits from a replacement OM617 Turbo Diesel engine which increases the horsepower approximately 50% to 123 horsepower from stock. The extensive work done on this vehicle (engine, transmission, suspension, brakes, etc.) is all documented with a receipt binder inches thick, and 10’s of thousands of dollars spent.
Vehicle:
- Year: 1983
- Make: Mercedes
- Model: 300GD
- Drive: 4×4
- Miles: 80,123 (chassis)
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Transmission: 5-speed Manual
- Engine: Inline 5-cylinder Diesel
- Exterior Color: Gold Metallic
- Interior Color: Beige / Black
- VIN: 46033217032023
- Title: Clean (California)
Details & Upgrades:
- Vehicle History:
- Importation from a Santa Fe New Mexico dealer with a US VIN number, per the seller
- California registered for over 10 years with the current and prior owner
- Current owner an ex-Mercedes mechanic and has owned 20+ Mercedes of this similar type and vintage, and has owned the vehicle for ~10 years
- Engine:
- OM 617 Turbo Diesel, originally rated at 123 horsepower (replacement from non-turbo diesel the vehicle originally came with)
- Engine had 122k miles from the 300SD donor vehicle
- An approximate 10k miles have been added since the engine swap
- Transmission: Getrag 5-speed GL 275 transmission
- Brakes & Suspension:
- Replaced springs, shocks, tie-rods, wheel bearings all within current ownership period (~20k miles)
- Replaced brake pads and rotors (~10k miles)
- Locking center, front, and rear differentials
- Interior: Leather electric front seats from 2002 G500; otherwise all original
- Wheels: 5 matching 18” G-Wagen Ashtaroth wheels
- Body: Approximately 50% of the body is original with a few repainted sections, including:
- Right side (note clear coat peeling under window in the pictures)
- Front hood repainted due to a dent from prior ownership where the hood was dented from it hitting the roof when opened improperly
- Left rear pillar repainted when the spare tire and corresponding light hit the left rear pillar when opened
- Front brush guard from 2002 G500
- Stereo replaced under prior ownership
Needs:
- AC compressor missing; all plumbing hardware in place
Receipts:
- Copies of receipts available upon request
Buyer’s Premium: 5% of final purchase price (up to $4,500 max) to be paid by Buyer only upon the successful purchase of the vehicle.
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