Oh, yeah,
The vent rings were off a 1975 280 w114. Nice looking inline 6 under the hood.
standard torn up interior. It looked like it had been a good enough ride when
it got there, until I pulled up the carpet. Looking for the rubber stoppers
for the floor board. No floor at all. It had rusted completely away.
I would have pulled the body trim, but I had no desire to spend $5/lnft. Sadly
I had two sets of trim for Gump, but sold it last fall.
clay
On Jun 20, 2012, at 2:30 PM, clay monroe wrote:
> Frosch came to me minus her front plate holder. Plate up front was bolted
> straight to the bumper. Classic car does not need front plate in WA.
>
> Finally got a drier day, so hit the PnP. Place is now an overpriced dump.
> Price hike has resulted in massive shrinkage and vandalism to stock. One guy
> seems to have found a rattle can and decided to make "art" on a bunch of
> cars. Another has gone around smashing the glass. Prices increase and the
> idiots running the shop have no idea what the heck they are selling.
> Hundreds of thousands of parts could be in the computer, but they have a
> small fraction. So they decide to "guess" what a part is. Plate holder
> became battery tray. Lug bolts are head bolts and you get charged $1 ea.
> Dude says he pays $85 per bolt for his plane. THis is not a flying thing
> that FAA deals with, junk yard car. Still overcharge for all you have a need
> for. Washer pump rung up as bottle and pump. I should have made them give
> me the bottle. And the speakers, you know the ones that have the screen
> riveted on? They charge for the speaker and the screen. I told them they
> are raping the customers. Dude just laughs.
>
> Anyway, I pick up the front plate holder and sand, derust, and shot it in
> black. Goes on once the paint cures. I also got two of the silver vent
> rings that are missing on Frosch.
>
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> clay
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> 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green
> 1972 220D - Gump - She is green, simple and ran
> 1995 E300D - Cleo - Used by the Queen of Denial
> POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers
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