Craigslist Find of the Day: '67 Mercury Cougar with Mercedes diesel engine
Filed under: Biodiesel, Diesel, Vegetable Oil, Mercedes Benz, Mercury, Green Daily, USA
Click on the image for high-res shots of this diesel 1967 Mercury Cougar
Much of the vegetable oil and biodiesel movement centers around the classic Mercedes-Benz inline six cylinder engine, but fine examples of the genre are getting tougher to find. As is always the case with older machines, time and driving in general take their toll on the bodies and chassis of our favorite classics. But, these old Mercedes lumps can be rebuilt to fine running order. Wondering what to do with that good-running or rebuilt turbodiesel engine? How about dropping it into the engine bay of some classic Detroit iron? Many of these older American vehicles were built with engine-bays capable of accepting everything from a straight-six to a huge big block V8 engine. If that sounds like too much trouble, perhaps you should take a look at an example that's already been converted. Right now on Craigslist in L.A. is a cherry 1967 Mercury Cougar with a Mercedes OM617 cast iron turbodiesel engine from a Mercedes-Benz 300SD. Mated to a four-speed manual tranny, we'd imagine that many trouble-free miles of burbling diesel goodness are in store for this particular gem. Thanks for the tip, Geeky1!
[Source: Craigslist]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-20-2008 @ 5:40PM
MarkR said...
Thats just sad :( Almost as sad as a beauty like that getting crushed. I just don't understand why someone would want to drop a stinkin' rattle trap in to that beauty. There should be a law against that type of shade tree hackery. I can almost understand a electric conversion but a stinkn' smoky rattle trap?
Sad just sad.
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5-20-2008 @ 11:56PM
snakesausage said...
"Much of the vegetable oil and biodiesel movement centers around the classic Mercedes-Benz inline six cylinder engine"
It is a 5 cylinder engine (OM617) that is popular with the bio-diesel crowd.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_OM617_engine
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5-23-2008 @ 8:22PM
LUIS R. MORALES said...
all my life i had driven strictly gas engine vehicles, now for the last past six years im driving a a suv 4x4 hyundai galloper 11, diesel engine,four cylender, all i can say , i regret not switching earlier,indeed im extremely pleased to have done this choice, is very sad to see that still in our country, we still cling to the notion , that if is diesel it have to be stinky,yes in the past that may be true, but now with new advances in this field, that no longer held true.needless to say on account of our present price fuel crisis, the name of the game is getting more mpg and diesel have amply proven to be very efficient in reaching this goal,at the pace the fuel prices keep climbing up, im afraid in the not distant future, diesel will appear to be the right direction, its a matter of time, wake up america...
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6-02-2008 @ 10:18PM
NVSmith said...
-Any details on how it was done or how it turned out?
-How did the front/rear wieght distribution turn out?
-What rear end?
-Might be worth doing for one of the old boxy 48-64 Willys Jeep station wagons.
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