Tag: Diesel
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VERY Green 1981 Mercedes 300SD
In case you haven’t been paying attention, converting old diesel vehicles to run on veggie oil – basically waste product from fried food – is a counterculture trend right now. I find the whole thing interesting because it appeals to gearheads who want to engineer a way around ‘the system’ as much as to those…
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Another Custom Something-or-Other
Let’s see, this has a rear trailing arm (with diff!) from a Honda Goldwing, transaxle from a VW Beetle and a three-cylinder diesel engine from Caterpillar, which means some sort of construction equipment. How can you NOT buy this beauty? Yes, this beast is in my home state and is claimed to be “drivable, but…
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Oil Burning MkI Jetta
No, this one doesn’t necessarily have bad rings, this one is an oil-burner in the sense that it’s diesel-equipped. Here in California, that means no smog testing ever, although it also means this accelerates like a school bus. Could that be cured with a swap? We’re big fans of the original Jetta, and this one…
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Are you Considering a WWII Reenactment?
If the answer is yes, then you might just need this 1942 White half track! The seller claims this truck saw action in WWII and Korea and has lived in Northern California for quite some time. You NEED this in your collection! Click for Craigslist ad Studio City, CA $8,000 Here’s the front view. It…
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Cars & Coffee Sighting: Kubota Powered S-10
So what does a Kubota tractor and a late 90’s Chevrolet S-10 have in common? Nothing, other than with some determination the Kubota engine can be made to fit in the S-10. Yes, you are seeing that right. A Kubota tractor diesel engine swapped in an S-10. The owner put in a lot of work…
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AMC Body on a Mercedes Chassis? Why not?
Here you get not one, but two titles! Yes, the seller decided to take body panels from an AMC Javelin and put them onto a Mercedes “SD”, which, we assume, means a 300SD. Given neither is of body on frame construction, it seems this means the body panels were grafted onto the Mercedes unibody, but…
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Quickie: Off-Road Mercedes?
Any ad starting with those words is bound to be good. This is a 1984 300SD with suspension lift. I suppose it has some ground clearance now, but I don’t imagine it was 4WD. So, you can interpret off-road however, you want. Either way, it’s rather odd. As with 99.9% of sellers of diesel-powered vehicles…
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I Might Have Van Envy
Here we have a German Camper by Westfalia NOT made by Volkswagen, but named after a famous explorer and cartographer. These James Cook campers seem to have quite the following on the interwebs, but it’s not clear whether any officially made it to the US. It’s definitely a cool rig, though the extra height and…
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Homebrew I-Mark turbo diesel
We’ve featured an I-Mark diesel before, but this one has some sort of turbo added on. This might sounds interesting, but the seller provides no useful information about the modifications, nor any useful pictures. Quick research revealed the seller’s Cardomain page. There we found a picture of a scary turbo setup hanging below the car.…