1978 Classy Mercy for $1978

1978 silver Mercedes-Benz 300CD for sale, but only to a classic enthusiast

This picture of "Mercy" was taken in San Diego, but
we're in the Yuma, Arizona area, now. 
(The girl, Mercy's owner, is sitting through the sunroof.)

You may contact us 
at [email protected] to make a deal, or for more info.

We have a wonderful, rust-free, silver Mercedes 300CD (Coupe-Diesel), which we have enjoyed driving around San Diego, Yuma, and the deserts. We love to travel, and "Mercy" is very comfortable on the road, gets good gas mileage, and uses the less expensive diesel instead of unleaded.

As much as we’d like to keep driving Mercy, it seems silly to drive a classic car into the ground. What Mercy needs now is an owner who cares about her, restores her to her former grandeur, babies her, and treats her like she deserves to be treated. Right now we don’t have the means to take care of a classic, properly. So we are offering to sell Mercy to somebody who can.

If you think you can knock us down on price a lot, for a car just to drive your friends back and forth to work, forget it! Unless you care about classic cars, please keep looking. Sorry, the magnetic LP signs on the sides stay with us! We will be available for questions and sharing any information we have, before and after you have her clear title.

Quote from someone else's online ad: "The Krause Publications 'Old Cars Price Guide' indicates a restored 1978 Mercedes 300 CD Coupe to be worth $17,000. However, we are selling this vehicle for only a fraction of that price to give our buyers plenty of room to bring it up to restored condition." That's what we're doing too for our -- one -- buyer. We don't believe it will take anything close to that much money to restore Mercy to grandeur -- and she's fully useable in the meantime.

Why are we willing to give up Mercy? We have recently been fortunate enough to obtain full use of a company vehicle. We also have our own truck. Three vehicles for 2 people is just not necessary for us. And we don't have covered spaces for 3 vehicles. Why give her up? Because a cool classic such as Mercy should have better care than we can give her. We know we can get more than $1978 for her. But we're looking for someone who wants to fix her up and create a real masterpiece. Mercy deserves it. 

Doesn't Mercy look good with desert mountains?

Sorry, the magnetic Libertarian signs stay with us!

• Front emblem and grill are classic Mercedes-Benz
• Being a typical diesel, Mercy has lots of power, yet is slow to accelerate. She's not going to be your race car, but she's driven us through many mountains and desert terrain
• We'll give you our "Engine/Chassis/Units" Mercedes-Benz manual, which seems to show every single car part down to each individual washer, and how they all fit together. We've never had a regular owner's manual but have heard they're still available from the company for $25 or so
• We're non-smokers and haven't allowed smoke in Mercy since we've owned her
• Black interior
• Mercy is registered in Arizona

TWO proud, but not TOO proud.
(The guy, Mercy's other owner, is gazing across the border into Mexico.)