CC Outtake: Help; There’s Something Very Wrong With My Mercedes!

MBZ W114 a 1200

No, this isn’t a Photoshop. I lost my camera a while back, and I’m about to transition to a new device, so I’ve been using Stephanie’s iPhone. And when she handed it to me, I saw a some kind of cursor on the screen, but didn’t know what it meant. Now I do.

Anyway, this cheerfully-colored 300D (W115) obviously did have some kind of problem. Probably the kind that my older brother, who 0nce made a living fixing up old dead Benz diesels and selling them at a good profit, would likely have been able to fix curbside. Some folks who have these cars know what it takes to keep them running; others buy them on their rep for being unstoppable, until they…stop.

MBZ W114 b 1200

Here’s how it looks in real life, unified and whole. And that goes for the tow truck driver too, who has been reunited with his legs.

There’s still a number of these W115s in town; this one is just a few blocks from my house. My hat’s off to them for keeping them going. Or not, as the case may be.