Looks great. I'd love to have one like that, especially one like that with a dump bed for hauling rocks at camp...
-Curt Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 13:53:58 -0400 From: "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> To: "mercedes list" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer Message-ID: <D5AC69336C3349D7A82132BC22B46A01@wiltonPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" "MB" trailer photos attached. Actually, it's made from a mid-to-late '30's Ford pickup cargo bed. Haven't been able to pin down exact year. Bed is a heavy gauge steel (much heavier than modern). I replaced axle, springs and wheels about 15 years ago. I also added tri star and MB wheel covers then; they make it a great conversation piece. Its paint is beginning to be a bit embarrassing; for 35 years, I've painted it the color of the tow vehicle of the time: bronze in '79 to match top of '74 Plymouth van, blue in '89 for '87 Dodge Caravan, red in '96 for '95 Dodge Caravan, ivory in '04 for '81 300D and red (burgandy) again for interior and stripe on outside of '87 300D. Started to paint it white to match the '87 300D, but it sits outside in the weather and under trees all the time, and I thought white on it would look too grungy too fast - the ivory didn't work out very well for that - so I painted it same as the 124 interior. Some places in the red are flaking/spalling and beginning to show spots of the old colors. Wilton _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
