Rare 4-speed transmission. PS/PDB, cold AC, power windows, power sunroof. Low original miles (144,000 actual) with a clean car fax report. Fabulous rust free body, floors, trunk, etc. No sign of accident or rust repair. Paint appears to be original, with signs of some minor repairs to scratches and dings only. Always has been garaged. Floors and under carriage are rock solid. Chrome, trim, exhaust, suspension, window glass are all excellent. 4 excellent tires with correct spare tire all mounted on excellent correct alloy wheels. Comes with a jack and original tool kit as well as owners manual. Excellent tan MB tex interior with beautiful seat upholstery, carpets, door panels, etc. Pleasure to drive, shifts easily through the gears, performs and handles terrific. Great miles per gallon with fabulous 4-speed transmission that shifts so easy it is a pleasure to drive. 1983 is the last year of this great series. These 4-speed cars with low original miles and in excellent condition are sought after by people who demand performance, longevity, classic styling, and economy from their Mercedes-Benz diesels cars. These great cars seem to increase in value with time as more and more people world wide appreciate and understand them!

This Benz has just had a major service (2010) with new brake system including brake pads, calipers, rotors, and even master cylinder. Front end, suspension (new tie rod ends, etc), new AC system, clutch and transmission have all been serviced, and over $1,400 has been spent in April, 2010. Many new parts have been installed. Florida titled in family name. Was purchased from family who had owned it for many years. Manual/4 speed 240D’s are very difficult to find in good original condition and low original miles.

AC……..cold/new system
Power sunroof works properly
Power windows work properly
Am fm becker/cassette with electric antennae……work correctly
Lights, signals, flashers instruments gauges, clock, all working
Spare tire, jack, tool kit
Owners manual
4 very good tires on excellent correct alloy wheels plus good spare on correct alloy wheel..
Fabulous MB tex interior and dash that are incredible.
Cruise control not working

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93,000 miles. Original gray exterior, nice original MB TEX Black interior. No sign of damage. No rust anywhere, rock solid body with all original paint. Rock solid floors, rockers, sills, doors, bottoms trunk all solid. Nice original paint and interior. Receipts March, 2010, for recent service worth $1,700. Bills and receipts available. Just serviced with full lube, oil, oil filter. New Brake pads, brake hoses, power steering belt, AC belt, alternator belt, sway bar links, Schrader valve, transmission filter kit, new AC compressor, AC drier, air filter mount, valve cover gasket expansion valve, valve adjustment, four wheel alignment, and complete tie rod assembly. This was a very extensive, expensive service by a local certified Benz mechanic who specializes in this period of Benz diesel. Very road worthy. Very reliable. OFFERS Runs great! Call Stanley 386 447 6925

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Dating to the 2008 Paris debut of its ConceptFascination show car, whose styling presaged the current E-Class, Mercedes-Benz has demonstrated a keen interest in the brake body style, which in strictest terms is a coupe with a squared-off back.

At the Beijing auto show, which opens to the news media later this week, Mercedes will unveil its Concept Shooting Break, a car that owes little to its Paris predecessor and even less to its nominal inspiration.

Aside from the spelling tweak, which is consistent with French convention versus the more common, British “brake,” the Beijing car did not start life as a traditional two-door coupe, as is typical of the body style. Instead the Concept Shooting Break expands on the Mercedes CLS, a four-door whose signature swept roofline has flaunted facile sedan-coupe labeling since 2004. That car’s D.N.A. is readily apparent in the Concept Shooting Break’s dramatic greenhouse arc and wraparound taillight array. The chopped greenhouse makes the beltline below the passenger windows appear remarkably high, creating a sinister if somewhat beefy profile stance.

What will likely inspire more debate, however, are the concept’s nose and tail, which also pick liberally from the Daimler family tree. The grille references the $200,000 2011 SLS AMG supercar, which in turn paid homage to the legendary SL gullwing racers of the early 1950s. The ample rear’s pedigree is less evocative, harking back to the R-Class crossover conceived under Daimler’s star-crossed partnership with Chrysler.

Motivating the concept is a forerunner of Mercedes-Benz’s new line of BlueEfficiency engines. The show car has a 3.5-liter, gas-burning V-6 rated at 308 horsepower.

While brand reps are tight-lipped about the concept’s production prospects, timing the debut for Beijing rather than the New York auto show a few weeks ago is significant.

“We sell an extended-wheelbase E-Class in China that’s very popular,” says Larkin Hill, a Mercedes-Benz spokeswoman, also noting that the automaker’s Chinese customers tend to be chauffeured. A luxury shooting brake with four doors, unencumbered by a high-zoot S.U.V.’s public-image baggage or a luxo-barge’s stuffy anonymity, could consequently be a marquee player in a big market.

Source (article): NYTIMES

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