$18750? Holy cow. I like 123s ok, I would not mind having an 83-85 turbo. I see them every now and then for $2-3k but I can never bring myself to spend that on a 123 when you can get a 210 for less
Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 11, 2019, at 10:44 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > This is a good example of needle painting gone wrong: > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1984-mercedes-benz-300td-turbo-12/ > > Its also a good example of crazy pricing on BaT. I did work on this car > and didn't think it was that nice. Lots of stuff pointed to someone who > didn't know what they were doing working on the car. Poorly restuffed > seat, cheap shocks, painted needles... oh and that rocker arm shaft that > came loose. Lots of good intentions that were probably better left > original. > > And it sold for $18,750.... so what do I know?! > > Jaime > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 11:33 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> No biggie. If you’re looking for patina, sure, I understand. I’ve done it >> on a couple of cars and was really pleased with the result. None of them >> were older models, I don’t believe. I think the last one I did was the 400E. >> >> -D >> >> >>> On Jun 11, 2019, at 11:05 AM, Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Oh Dan... something I disagree with you on! I can't encourage this >> behavior. Back in the day Dickarde posted about some hobby paint that was >> a perfect match and that still lives on on the internet today. I've seen >> cars people have painted the needles florescent orange as a result and they >> look terrible. Even new old start gauges didn't have very bright needles. >> They do fade, but not as badly as most people think. >>> >>> Again, I say embrace the fact that they're old cars and leave them alone. >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 11:02 AM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >>> I also like to paint the gauge needles. I bought a bottle of the paint a >> while back and it’s a lifetime supply. It’s easy to do (just slide a note >> card under the needle) and give it a couple of coats over a few hours. >> Really makes the gauges “pop” with new paint on the needles. >>> >>> -D >>> >>> >>>> On Jun 11, 2019, at 10:55 AM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Your effort is much better spent just cleaning up the cluster and the >>>> rheostat to ensure you're getting all you can out of the original >> setup. >>>> Embrace the originality of dim instruments! Other efforts will just >> result >>>> in reduction in value of the car, and indirectly shortening its overall >>>> life. >>>> >>>> Jaime >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 9:58 AM MG via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com >> <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Just came across this item on Ebay. He has >>>>> others also. Thinking about it but then where >>>>> does one get the glow pointers to go with the >>>>> gauges? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-W123-design-2-glow-gauges-dials-plasma-dials-kit-tacho-glow-dash-shift/123103511547?hash=item1ca98a83fb:g:cjEAAOSw8e5a4zRb&vxp=mtr >> < >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-W123-design-2-glow-gauges-dials-plasma-dials-kit-tacho-glow-dash-shift/123103511547?hash=item1ca98a83fb:g:cjEAAOSw8e5a4zRb&vxp=mtr >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> MG >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ < >> http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com < >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Jaime Kopchinski >>>> http://www.jaimekop.com/ <http://www.jaimekop.com/> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ < >> http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com < >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ < >> http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com < >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jaime Kopchinski >>> http://www.jaimekop.com/ <http://www.jaimekop.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 >> >> > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.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 > _______________________________________ 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
