Gotchya. Good idea. Will make note of that and drop him a line. I do think this would make an intersting story. I'd enjoy reading about it. Wonder what it costs to have a custom grille badge made? Several hundred $ for the die and a little machining and some painting (wife could do the latter)...that would be very cool. Chris
Tom Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: True, but what I'm saying is (also) that maybe Frank could give you some advice on how to proceed, who to contact, etc. I mean, I don't *know* that he would, but as editor of the STAR I would think he'd be a good place to start, he's always looking for stories, etc. Or give him a call at Toad Hall Books, ask for the chief toad. Best, Tom At 07:05 AM 12/07/2005 -0800, you wrote: > >I think Chuck Landesburger (spelling?) could be of substantial assistance here too, considering his notoriety within MBCA. I just joined a few weeks ago, a more seasoned member would be better to contact - all can be discussed. I'd to it sponsorship/articles or not. > > Also, you need a semi-firm plan before you make a presentation like that - right now, we are just brainstorming. > > Chris > >Tom Reynolds wrote: Before you guys get visions of being written up in the STAR, you'd best >contact Frank Barrett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and talk to him about it, and >include your ideas of sponsorship, bounce them off Frank, he might have >some feedback or suggestions for you. Better to get the guidelines >straight first than have all arranged and find out maybe they're taking you >out of the ball game. >Best regards, >Tom Reynolds >Sand Springs, OK > >At 06:36 AM 12/07/2005 -0800, you wrote: >> >>I thought that VERY SAME thing as I lay awake last night thinking of >sponsorship or fundraising possibilities...let the ideas flow... >> >> Chris >> >>"Kaleb C. Striplin" wrote: Well if would have to be >a buymbparts/striplin.net thing, that way, if >>it did make it in the star we would get more exposure. Hmmmmmmmm.... >> >>Christopher McCann wrote: >> >>> will do. those are some great idea. At the very least, we would make it >into STAR magazine. >>> >>> I'm not much for camping either...where there are bears and your food >has to be 1/4 mile from your tent...even with a rifle. There ARE places to >stay along the way - not many though, but enought that you would not HAVE >to camp. There is always sleeping in the car/wagon/unimog (omagosh that >would be awesome)/G-wagen (even better...unimog is over-kill). >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> Again, video is a great idea. I am sure there would be NO shortage of >VERY memorable events to film - heck - Lt. Don got a flat in the Waffle >House parking lot...what would happen to him in Alaska? >>> >>> Bob Rentfro wrote: Chris offered: >>> >>> " I'll keep track of those interested." >>> >>> It's 4076 miles from my driveway to Deadhorse. >>> Any filmmaker among us could document the trip and make a DVD. I'm sure >the >>> clowns at MBCA would be interested in a posse of old MBs making that trip. >>> Who knows what could become of it. I'm thinking a good rendezvous point >>> would be the poit where we'd cross into Canada...we could have our >Northern >>> Bros (Jeff, Timothy, Randy etc) meet us there and welcome us to the other >>> side. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for a diesel MB RV thing...I'm not >>> much of a tent camper. >>> Keeptrack of me. I'm interested. >>> >>> Bob Rentfro >>> '77 300D 144K >>> Litchfield Park, AZ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >>> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri >>> -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" >>> -1987 300TD, 150K, "Rotkäppchen" >>> -1985 300SD, 210K, "Wulf" >>> -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) >>> -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent >>> -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" >>> >>> --------------------------------- >>> Yahoo! Shopping >>> Find Great Deals on Gifts at Yahoo! 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Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.13.12/193 - Release Date: 12/06/2005 _______________________________________ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1987 300TD, 150K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 210K, "Wulf" -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Yahoo! Personals Single? There's someone we'd like you to meet. Lots of someones, actually. Yahoo! Personals From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 07 15:27:45 2005 Received: from wsip-70-184-21-183.ok.ok.cox.net ([70.184.21.183] helo=[192.168.1.100]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1Ek1Cr-0003dZ-R9 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:27:45 +0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:27:48 -0600 From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] Recommended Tulsa area independents? X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes mailing list <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:27:46 -0000 Well it all depends on the price and what year it is. From what you describe it should be PRETTY cheap. If you get the vin we can run it for you. Tom Reynolds wrote: > Hi gang, > Found a 300E that might not be a total POS and reasonably priced. > But, said car has a few problems. And, it has a salvage title. Known > problems (so far) are that the cruise control, while for a time > intermittant, now seems to finally bit the bullet and died. Also, the > aircon doesn't work. The heater, on the other hand, does work, but current > owner says the fan never seems to go completely off. Are the problems with > the cc and the a/c-fan issue something that can be pretty easily (read > cheaply) fixed? And, if it passes a PPI (am thinking about Benzin, but > will consider other recommendations) should a salvage title concern me if I > plan to keep the car? (Current owner has no idea why it has a salvage > title, he bought it from his brother.) I should get the VIN and run a > Carfax, maybe? > > Thanks very much, > Tom Reynolds > Sand Springs, OK > > -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE, 85 300D, 84 250 LWB, 83 300TD, 81 300TD, 81 240D, 81 240D, 76 450SEL, 76 240D, 76 300D, 74 240D, 69 250 Okie Benz Auto parts-email for used parts
