Author: Murilee Martin

Automotive shoppers in america were capable of buy the proto-S-Class W126 Mercedes-Benz starting in 1980 and continuing through 1991, and I’ve documented quite a number of of those luxurious machines in forced retirement. Aside from a gray-market 280 SEL and a pair of beat-up 300 SDs with a half-million miles apiece, all of those discarded W126s have had gasoline-fueled V8 engines under their hoods. Today’s Junkyard Gem is a distinct form of boneyard W126: a (relatively) low-mile example with a turbodiesel under the hood and pretty decent body and interior. Bear in mind that “low-mile” means something different for an…