That's Tom not Tim Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Thu, Sep 5, 2019, 4:31 PM Dwight Giles <dwight.gi...@gmail.com> wrote: > My brother rigged a wire shutoff for his 123 240D with hole through LF > inner fender. > > Tim still lives in CT. I see him on FB. He now collects BMW Baurs. I still > invite him every year. > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Thu, Sep 5, 2019, 4:25 PM Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> On 05/09/2019 9:25 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: >> > Ahh the early days when it rained every stinking year. >> > I remember that Tom always had to open the hood to shut the car off. I >> find the dedication to not fixing that kind of endearing which is why I >> don't pick on Randy for his. :) >> > I don't remember what was wrong with Tom's car that last year but it >> sure was leaking bad... >> > -Curt >> > >> > On Thursday, September 5, 2019, 10:20:03 AM EDT, Dwight Giles < >> dwight.gi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Remember Tom from CT in the,early dsys? We all had to give him oil >> so he could fill it up and make it home. I miss that. I think it both >> burned and leaked. >> > >> > Dwight Giles Jr. >> > Wickford RI >> > On Wed, Sep 4, 2019, 10:28 PM Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Someone really needs to bring a W114/115 to the Q! >> > >> So, what happened to Tom and his car? Did they both fade away? How old >> was Tom? >> >> My car might drip an odd drop but you wouldn't have to give me oil if I >> was able to come. >> >> One of you folks, maybe Curley, suggested a cable arrangement into the >> car so that I could just pull on the cable to shut off the fuel without >> opening the hood. >> >> If I hadn't already obtained the part, I might have gone for that. It >> seems very simple and basic. Use a choke cable or something similar. A >> knob under the dash would be unobtrusive. >> >> Why rely on vacuum when a simple cable would do the job. Maybe a bell >> crank so it could pull straight? >> >> And thanks for not picking on me Curt!! >> >> Randy >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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
