88F150 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Some of you seen this car, but for others, here’s the spill on it. 1981 Mercedes Benz 240D diesel 4 cylinder, 72 horsepower 0-60: yes, maybe under 30 seconds 30mpg on the Highway hauling ass at 65mph Was and automatic car, but the flex disk on the driveshaft at the transmission said “YEET!” and caused some damage. Swapped the car over to manual transmission late last year. Simple swap on these cars. No fabrication required. Using it as my daily box driver from New Albany to Olive Branch. I park it in Hot Rod parking just to yank everyone’s chain. Starting to do small items to help with durability and appearance. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 I always loved the Benz diesels. Didn't they have one that got like nearly 100mpg? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley P Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Manual swap = teh like! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88F150 Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 On 2/21/2023 at 7:19 AM, JohnC said: I always loved the Benz diesels. Didn't they have one that got like nearly 100mpg? They did a test using one of the C111 chassis with a low drag body. It was more of engineering exercise to see what could be done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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