Want to pay less (or possibly nothing) and help the environment with carbonneutral fuel? This classic has been modified to run on straight vegetable oil,filtered waste vegetable oil, diesel, bio-diesel or all of these mixed at thesame time. professionally installed Elsbett vegetable oil single tank kitfrom Germany that has special inserts for the injectors, hotter glow plugs andextra filter with heating jacket has been running great for years now. If youwant to read up on the system, checkout: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_svo.html#1tankMost minor rust spots have been repairedand it still has original paint. One surface rust spot noticed recently on bottom front corner of rear door panel driver side. slight dent from foul baseball on hood (see picture). It was loud impact when the ball hit but there was only minor dent, quality metal on these vehicles compared to the sheet metal used on today's vehicles. Only 163,242 miles on the bulletproof OM617turbo diesel known to go 500K plus miles with no problem. Always professionallymaintained with rebuilt front and rear suspension (including entireself-leveling system). Work since purchased it in 2006 includes enginemounts, ball joints and steering linkages, rear control arms/bushings, new rearcoil springs, upper and lower front control arms, shocks, new steering box, newfuel advance pump, new battery, new radiator and new fan clutch pulleyassembly, new trans oil cooler, new turbo oil drain seal, new auto climatecontrol system modules and the AC blows ice cold as entire system (including hoses)was replaced. The transmission was also rebuilt along with new rear half axlesand the rear differential was replaced as well. It also has custom 150ampalternator to handle the vegetable oil heating system.It has the rare fold down rear facing seatoption in the back to seat passengers in total. Rear hatch struts have beenreplaced as well as rear rubber hatch guides, weather stripping and doorcatches. Rides with no noises or rattles, steering and shifting is very tight.Loves highway speeds.I have two full sets of authentic rims withsummer tires on one and ice/snow tires on the other. Runs like dream. wasslowly restoring to top mechanical condition and it is pretty much there.Everything works and have all receipts (over20K) to show the incredible value any buyer will be receiving. good paint job and minor interiorrefurbishing is all that is left for top-notch restored classic. have theoriginal stereo installed now since was considering collector status to payminimal insurance. would like to see this baby go to agood home with someone who appreciates the SVO system that it has. amonly selling because have too many project vehicles, 2009 Mercedes GL 320BlueTec diesel and no space left in my garage. have to say good-bye to one ofthem. have not driven this car regularly (just start it every few months) forabout two years now. Someone should be enjoying it, it has lots of life left.
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