240D Resurrected!

Today I picked up the new 1983 240D from Ron Bohrer and it drives great!!!

I miss the old oxblood red color, but the bluegrey with blue interior is certainly liveable. For your information, we bought the old 1981 240 D in November 1994, keeping it until March 8, 2006. We put about 66,000 miles on it in all those years (mostly kid miles).

From the old "Chuckmobile," Ron brought the following into the new one:

engine and transmission
newer exhaust parts
newer front end parts
better brake pads
snow tires we bought last winter, with original rims

and who knows what else.

From the new 1983 he left us:
Original Becker radio with casette deck and an antenna that actually goes up and down when the radio turns on.
a newer battery (ours was six years old. He said they usually last only three years)

We have newer summer tires with modern rims
Ron supplied us with dark blue hub caps for the old tires which look pretty cool.

I drove it about fifteen miles today and I sure do like the old fart's 4 banger diesel.

It shifts smooth and boy is it quiet! Yes, QUIET. I can barely hear the diesel, even with the hood insulation gone. (Ron power washed away the insulation because it was falling off anyway. For $75 we can get new, but I don't think we'll need it.)

Anyway, Sorry kids...this is now Dad's car...you get the Bubble!

With Love and Excitement,

Dad