You mean this car that is currently for sale? http://okiebenz.com/sale/1990%20300D/
Sent from my iPhone > On May 31, 2017, at 12:20 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I remember that house - it was more impressive than the 300D 2.5T I was > there to look at/buy. I was really surprised to hear that you'd moved, > though I can understand that it was built for little people, not you. > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Donald Snook via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> My former house was built in 1929 and had amazing wood details and lots of >> craftsmanship. Of course, being an old house, it had very little >> insulation, weird wiring, nothing was standard like today, and I loved it. >> When we remodeled the kitchen we also took down a small wall that lead to >> a breakfast nook. The contractor wore out several sawzall blades trying to >> cut through the studs. The wood was super dense and hard. The difficult >> things about the house were dealing with lath and plaster, wiring that had >> been updated 3-4 times over 80 years, and small rooms. It wasn't a huge >> house. But, it was good size, but back then they built houses with small >> rooms. I did love all the character of an old house. >> >> Don Snook >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kaleb C. Striplin [mailto:ka...@striplin.net] >> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 6:26 PM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Old house projects >> >> I love old and big, I really love the wood work and details in this house. >> It's amazing how well built old houses are. Do you think a house built >> today will be standing in 70 years? 100 years? Hell a little wind blows >> such as a baby f0 tornado and they are toast. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 30, 2017, at 2:33 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Old and big. Likely not well insulated. Old Windows as noted by Kaleb. >> Expensive to heat and cool which may be why it has been abandoned by its >> owners. >>> >>> RB >>> >>>> On 30/05/2017 2:29 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote: >>>> Could be a fantastic beautiful home or a moneypit. One thing I'm >> sure you know is houses of this age used REAL WOOD. Slow growth trees that >> are as hard as iron. The bones of the house are probably still good. A >> foundation issue would scare me a little. It would definitely be a long >> term project. Would you try to restore and flip? Or turn it into a rental? >> Or several apartments? >>>> >>>> Don Snook >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Kaleb C. Striplin [mailto:ka...@striplin.net] >>>> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2017 6:06 PM >>>> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>>> Subject: [MBZ] OT Old house projects >>>> >>>> I was scrolling thru local listings the other day out of curiosity on >> the wifes MLS login. Anyway, I saw this house in town and it looked >> interesting. I had her show it to me today. It is going to need a LOT of >> work but it has a lot of potential. It is really a neat old house with >> impressive wood work and detail you do not see anymore. Alot or most of >> the wood along the edge of the roof which attaches to the ends of the roof >> studs (not sure what you call it) as well as sofet (sp) is rotted and will >> require replacement. Floors are uneven in some spots as you would expect >> in an old house and that does not really concern me much. All of the >> windows in the house are the old original wood framed windows and have >> storm windows installed on the outside. These are these big old windows >> you dont see in houses anymore. Wife says they all need to be replaced but >> I told her these unlike new windows can be repaired, or so I think. Just >> need to to have all the old paint scraped out, remove the old putty that >> holds the glass in and replace. No they are probably not as efficient as >> new windows. On one side of the house they have 2 or 3 huge concrete >> pillars/supports of some sort which butt up against the foundation, almost >> sort of like buttresses on a cathedral. The only thing I can figure is the >> foundation started pushing out like it does on old houses and these were >> installed to hold it in. I have seen other old houses where they have >> drilled holes in the header plate or foundation with cables stretched >> across from one side of the house to the other attached to metal plates on >> the outside of the house which can then be tightened as needed to adjust >> the foundation. The other side of the house looks like its going to need >> attention as there is a section above the concrete/brick foundation that is >> starting to move out. Obviously will need a lot of cosmetics as well. >> Since its a forclosure in need of a lot of work I thought about offering no >> more than $15k, and turning it into a long term project. >>>> Crazy probably but interesting yes. >>>> >>>> https://www.zillow.com/homes/350-s-cedar-nowata-ok_rb/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
