Nice G-Wagon for sale

[adventureduo]

A guy down the street is selling a 1980 G-wagon that i've been eyeing everytime i drive past it. Well it has a for sale sign on it now so i stopped in and talked to him.

He wants $13k for it. He bought it in 2006 for $17k.

Details: It was imported in 1982 by AMG back when they were in Santa Ana CA. It was first registered in 1985. He has all paper work from the original owner, including the importation papers ( i saw all of it).

Heres the interesting part. It has a diesel motor swap. He put in a 300D Sedan turbo diesel. I had him fire it up and it sounded fine. He has sedan motor mounts in it so the motor shakes a little at idle.

The truck has 66k on it. He has all the previous paperwork to prove it and the odometer shows 66. The engine has somewhere around 128k on it. Im remembering all of this off the top of my head.

There interior is in good shape. It has lockers and they work. There's a small bit of rust at the back left corner bottom. But nothing too gnarly.

The guys name is Josh. His phone number is 714-499-4706 if your interested. If you need me to take more pics for you i can. If you want to buy it and have me park it here at Caltape you can

Location is Anaheim CA 92806.


Here's the photos i took with my cellphone..

 

[dallasrover]

Very nice.

 

[1leglance]

always something cool when I can't buy anything..
My son would really like something like that but working at Startbucks while in college, it ain't gonna happen.

very cool rig and I hope he sells it quick so I don't have to think about it

 

[ChuckB]

always something cool when I can't buy anything..
My son would really like something like that but working at Startbucks while in college, it ain't gonna happen.

very cool rig and I hope he sells it quick so I don't have to think about it

x2!!

 

[haven]

Pretty nice for a cell phone camera!

"odometer shows 66. The engine has somewhere around 128k."
Could that be 166? 266? Does the G-wagen have a 7 digit odo?

 

[zimm]

Pretty nice for a cell phone camera!

"odometer shows 66. The engine has somewhere around 128k."
Could that be 166? 266? Does the G-wagen have a 7 digit odo?

at age 20, its all about the rust and maintenance.

 

[24HOURSOFNEVADA]

I sent him an e-mail with questions and requests about two weeks ago. It was unanswered. I followed it up and he replied saying he would get to it. Haven't heard from him since. Good luck with the sale.

Those look good by the way Dave. I wish I would have known you were in the area.

 

[adventureduo]

Pretty nice for a cell phone camera!

"odometer shows 66. The engine has somewhere around 128k."
Could that be 166? 266? Does the G-wagen have a 7 digit odo?

LOL, 4 year old Razor phone does the job sometimes.

I have no clue, i didn't bother to look. He was real specific about it only having 66,000 though.

24hours, if you need me to shoot more pics let me know.. i can go back with a real camera.

 

[Cackalak Han]

at age 20, its all about the rust and maintenance.

What about at age 30? :sombrero:

 

[24HOURSOFNEVADA]

LOL, 4 year old Razor phone does the job sometimes.

I have no clue, i didn't bother to look. He was real specific about it only having 66,000 though.

24hours, if you need me to shoot more pics let me know.. i can go back with a real camera.

Thanks for the offer, but I don't need to beg anyone to sell me their truck. I've found and bought a new replacement instead. Thanks again for the generous offer of your time.

 

[adventureduo]

No worries, someone else has a deposit on it apparently. Glad someone got it. Sorry he didn't get back to you in a timely manor. I don't know the guy personally.

 

[VermontOverland]

Locked and loaded to buy it. Josh, the Seller, is banging out a bunch of punch list items for me and I've got transport for the long journey home arranged. Dave has graciously agreed to inspect the final work for me prior to transport.

BTW, I'd like to note that the Seller, Josh Price, is not only the nicest vintage G-wagon seller I've come across (by far), he also appears to be very knowledgable about merc diesel conversions. He did the exceptionally tidy conversion in this G, drives two other merc sedans with conversions and is currently putting a 617 in an old Willys flatfender (can you say cat's ***?)