Best of Breed 1987 Mercedes 300SDL

Description for Mercedes-Benz 300-Series 1987

I am a retired Mercedes mechanic and have a truly unigue and awesome car for sale...my 1987 SDL with a 1985 OM 617 engine and 1990 leather interior. In my opinion as well as the general consensus, his 5 cylinder OM617 diesel engine is the very best that Mercedes ever made. A client of mine had this car, ut the 6 cylinder OM603 had an issue with a warped head, ommon with that engine, ue to an aluminum head and the emission set up Mercedes had designed. (see wikipedia.Mercedes-Benz_OM603) She didn't want to go through the expense or trouble with the repair so I purchased the car to make it in to my daily driver (rust free and other wise in excellent condition). I replaced the engine with a strong OM 617 engine from a 1985 300 SD along with the SD's transmission ( which had been recently rebuild by Transmission By Ron of Atlanta Ga., well know transmission shop referenced in many Mercedes forums). The donor car had only 142,00 miles with all cylinders putting out 325 psi + or - . I stripped the car of all exterior trim, ights, nd glass and had it resprayed its original color of Smoke Silver Metallic, n base coat and 4 coats of clear by Wilson Body Works of Richmond Virginia. New windshield was installed after the painting and a new rear glass weatherstrip seal. Also all new window bottoms seal were installed. I replaced all front end components with OEM Mercedes parts including tie rods, pper and lower control arm bushing, adial arm bushings etc. I installed 4 new Bilstien shock absorbers as well  Michelin tires. I put new pads and rotors on all four corners which now have only about 8,000 miles on them. The interior came from a 1990 560 SEL and is new looking in cream. I refinished all the wood and it looks superb. It also has a new hood pad. The car has its original owners manuals, ool kit and first aid kit . I am a stickler for details and have made sure that everything works on this car as it did when new...seats, indow, ocks, larm, VAC, unroof, auges, ights, ruise control, uto antenna, adio and 6 coaxial speakers ( radio is Pioneer DEH 2000mp, peakers are from original from the 1990 560 SEL). This car cost  $60,000 when new in 1987, nd now has a better, trong more long lived engine as well as a newer interior in excellent shape. It rides like a dream and you will not be disappointed. I am selling it to make room for future projects. Thanking all of you for your interes, Peter.