andrew strasfogel wrote:
These cars simply do not last like those from the 50s. ;)
The cars from the fifties required 2-5X the maintenance that today's cars do. On a W180 220S there were more than 30 grease fitting that had to be greased every 3kmi (and that didn't include the grease fittings on the door hinges that were to be lubed at every service)! The starters and generators routinely failed within 60kmi. When Mercedes introduced "lubricated for life" fittings in 1968, many owners and mechanics felt they would not deliver the service that the fittings that required greasing would deliver. In fact, the permanent fittings lasted on average twice as long.
Marshall -- Marshall Booth Ph.D. Ass't Prof. (ret.) Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
