> Where are you that W123/W126's are showing up in salvage yards?
I'm in the greater Washington, DC area, which is fairly affluent (overall, though there are still plenty of pockets of poverty) and supports multiple Mercedes-Benz dealers. There are a lot of MBs zooming around here, though older diesels have disappeared fast since about 2012, which was the peak of the greasecar/biodiesel fad around here. You still see a few for sale on Craigslist, but there used to be 10+ available at any given time. Prices for these cars have also dropped around here, but that could also be because the cars showing up for sale are really thrashed and/or rusted out.
The u-pull-it yard is part of a large conglomerate of 6+ yards. I think the best parts are stripped by the company before anything is ever put out for the scavengers, and only cars that are either (1) 10 years or older; or (2) severely damaged (i.e., fire, massive collision) get placed in the u-pull-it yard to begin with.
...and in all of that inventory, there were literally only 2 ironhead diesels, both of whom got placed on the u-pull-it lot in August 2018. I expect them to get hauled away and crushed most any day, which is why I'm considering a second rescue mission there to grab parts before they disappear for good.
--Conrad J.
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