1982 Mercedes-Benz 300GD Turbo 4-Speed

25 CommentsPosted as: ClearPOST COMMENT November 9th, 2022 at 8:25pm ESTthembmarket (691) 0@acborges64 Please kindly review the "NEW TO THE MB MARKET? LEARN HOW IT WORKS!" section of the website if you are unfamiliar with the clock. Like virtually every major online automotive auction platform, our timer resets to 2:00 minutes if there is a bid within the final two minute window. This prevents "sniping" and allows for a fair and transparent final bid price by giving all serious bidders the opportunity to bid...even in the last few minutes. This is the standard practice in the industry, designed to ensure fairness/transparency, and is clearly disclosed in detail on our website. I'm sorry you were not aware of this beforehand, so I'll strongly encourage you to read through the information beginning with "NEW TO THE MB MARKET? LEARN HOW IT WORKS!" link in orange at the very top of our homepage. That should resolve all of your questions about the clock and more. Thank you. November 9th, 2022 at 6:10pm ESTVeritas911 (2) 2@acborges64 bidding under two minutes resets the clock back to two minutes.November 9th, 2022 at 6:08pm ESTacborges64 (0) 0why did this auction continue past the published end time?November 9th, 2022 at 5:56pm EST$37,000 bid placed by @Veritas911November 9th, 2022 at 5:54pm EST$36,500 bid placed by @DowsUPNovember 9th, 2022 at 5:52pm EST$36,000 bid placed by @Veritas911November 9th, 2022 at 5:50pm EST$35,500 bid placed by @DowsUPNovember 9th, 2022 at 5:50pm EST$35,000 bid placed by @JohnrossericksonNovember 9th, 2022 at 5:49pm EST$33,500 bid placed by @Veritas911November 9th, 2022 at 5:48pm EST$33,000 bid placed by @DowsUPNovember 9th, 2022 at 5:48pm ESTmndmotorcars (4) Seller 0@Veritas911 don't have that info in front of me and won't be able to get you an answer prior to auction end. I can tell you it was done correctly. The shop that did it has done many of these conversions with no issues.November 9th, 2022 at 5:46pm EST$32,500 bid placed by @Veritas911November 9th, 2022 at 5:45pm EST$32,000 bid placed by @MHouserNovember 9th, 2022 at 5:43pm EST$31,000 bid placed by @JohnrossericksonNovember 9th, 2022 at 5:37pm ESTVeritas911 (2) 0What’s the compression ratio on the turbo? I know the NAs are not easy to turbo if done correctly. November 9th, 2022 at 5:31pm EST$30,000 bid placed by @DowsUPNovember 9th, 2022 at 4:52pm EST$28,500 bid placed by @Flycaster81November 9th, 2022 at 4:12pm ESTtedb (2) 2Thanks for the quick response, @mndmotorcars I had a feeling that the sun was doing the washing in the video. Incidentally, I think both shades of the red (pictures & video) look great. The vivid red is a real stunner. November 9th, 2022 at 4:07pm ESTmndmotorcars (4) Seller 1@tedb The "real world" color is what it looks like in the images. We tried taking the videos in different light but because of the sun (and the phone camera) we couldn't get it to come out as crispy as the images. It's definitely not a washed out red. It's more vivid as depicted in the images.November 9th, 2022 at 4:01pm ESTtedb (2) 0I'm curious if the "real world" color is more: a) Candy apple red— as it appears in the pictures b) A somewhat washed out red—as it appears in the video I know color can be subjective and difficult to convey digitally. Though I'm curious to hear the owner's objective thoughts on the color. November 9th, 2022 at 3:50pm EST$25,000 bid placed by @DowsUPNovember 9th, 2022 at 1:30pm ESTmndmotorcars (4) Seller 0@CarCrazy24 Correct!November 9th, 2022 at 12:40pm ESTCarCrazy24 (16) 0What would the original seats be colored, black fabric guessing? November 6th, 2022 at 2:06pm EST$20,250 bid placed by @Rebel32LNovember 4th, 2022 at 12:37pm ESTthembmarket (691) 0Underbody photos have been added to the gallery. Thank you. November 3rd, 2022 at 7:30pm ESTmndmotorcars (4) Seller 0@Qualules no worries!November 3rd, 2022 at 5:28pm ESTQualules (5) 0I'm so lame I can't even figure out how to include a picture in a message to you to show you what I'm referring to. Sorry again.November 3rd, 2022 at 5:27pm ESTQualules (5) 0@mndmotorcars I have to apologize. After doing an image search for THAT YEAR, I see there was no insert in that trim rail. Something still looks "off" though. It appears that not all, if any of the fastener holes have fasteners in them, which I know can't be the case. Most of the fastener holes appear to not be filled with a fastener head. The only way you could do that would be to chemically bond that rail to the body panels or weld them to the body, which I'm sure isn't the case. If you look at Picture #8, I believe, you see a silver fastener which looks out of place. I know... I'm being anal here. To ME, it just looks unfinished. And as well, I have an opinion, just like everyone does, and it's different than others or however the saying goes... ;) Nonetheless, it's a wonderful example of an '82 MB 300GD. I'm not trying to run your rig down or anything like that and I hope I haven't made such a big deal out of this that it detracts from the otherwise flawless example of your 300GD. I'd love to have it here in Big Sky Country... who knows? QNovember 3rd, 2022 at 4:45pm ESTmndmotorcars (4) Seller 0@Qualules not exactly sure what "rubber/vinyl inserts" you are referring to. If you are talking about the rubber rail inserts that came on the W463's, they did not come on the w460. If you are referring to something else, please attach a picture. Thanks!November 3rd, 2022 at 4:38pm ESTmndmotorcars (4) Seller 0@willem @Roverchef Pics have been uploaded. Should be on site shortly.November 3rd, 2022 at 2:50pm ESTQualules (5) 0Why aren't the rubber/vinyl inserts installed in the black horizontal "rub rails" that run both sides of the rig? You have the trim installed, but it's not a finished or a completed system. Doors that open onto the trim as you show, will dent the frame that the rubber/vinyl insert goes into and will render the trim piece inoperable from the standpoint of installing the rubbe