Junkyard Gem: 1980 Mercedes-Benz 300SD

Junkyard Gem: 1980 Mercedes-Benz 300SD

The Mercedes-Benz W116 S-Class, sold for the 1973 through 1980 model years, has a reputation as one of the most long-lived motor vehicles ever built, and the diesel-powered versions took that reliability to unimagined levels. An easy fix, but maybe that problem was sufficient to make the car's final owner just give up on it.