Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
On 17/05/2014 2:00 PM, clay wrote: I have been dreaming up building a trailer out of a w114. It would have been a great addition to Gump, but no place to build or keep it. It would also be a good carrier project with Frosch. Take the trunk end of the sedan as the bed. The rear windshield overhangs a bit, so I thought the front end of the car welded to it would take care of that. Even pop the hood star on. The hang up is getting the front and rear fenders to flow together. clay Don't know if I can find photos, but I know a local fellow who made a trailer out of a Porshe 924. The car had been crashed and the front was damaged. He removed the front clip, engine etc and covered the firewall and the front windshield with aluminum and painted it to match the car. Removed the interior and installed a mattress. He goes to racing events all over North America and in the warmer weather tows this along to sleep in. He tows it with a matching 924 so it looks sort of interesting. It looks normal from the rear but is a bit blunt on the front. I believe he has the other windows blacked out as well but cannot recall if he applied some sort of film or just painted the inside to provide privacy. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
On 17/05/2014 3:15 PM, Dan Penoff wrote: I figured if I ever got ghetto I wanted to have a tristar to put on a chain around my neck. Dan Sent from my iPad On May 17, 2014, at 3:35 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: 'Think I'll put (glue) the trunk star from my '91 350SDL on front bulkhead of my trailer; 'don't wanta make it look gaudy, though, with too many stars. ;) Wilt Somewhere some *** is probably wearing the one he took from the hood on my car. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
'Realized later, you meant trailer. Wilt - Original Message - From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 11:14 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer On Sat, 17 May 2014 23:01:26 -0400 WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: T-7 and T-8? What's T? You mean O-7 and O-8? Yeah, I'm a measly O-5. BTW, one star on tailgate and one on each wheel cover; that's 3 stars - O-9. ;) I forgot, I thought you were an O-6. I also forgot about the stars on the wheel covers. As far as T, E-1 to E-9 Enlisted O-1 to O-11 Officer T-1 to T-9 Trailer :-) Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
I have been dreaming up building a trailer out of a w114. It would have been a great addition to Gump, but no place to build or keep it. It would also be a good carrier project with Frosch. Take the trunk end of the sedan as the bed. The rear windshield overhangs a bit, so I thought the front end of the car welded to it would take care of that. Even pop the hood star on. The hang up is getting the front and rear fenders to flow together. clay On May 16, 2014, at 9:14 AM, Randy Bennell wrote: I wish I had the room to park one at home. Despite having a truck, there are times when a trailer would be great. Lower would be better though as loading things into the truck is sometimes difficult. Newer trucks are too tall. On 15/05/2014 2:56 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Looks great. I'd love to have one like that, especially one like that with a dump bed for hauling rocks at camp... -Curt Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 13:53:58 -0400 From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com To: mercedes list mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer Message-ID: D5AC69336C3349D7A82132BC22B46A01@wiltonPC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; Format=flowed MB trailer photos attached. Actually, it's made from a mid-to-late '30's Ford pickup cargo bed. Haven't been able to pin down exact year. Bed is a heavy gauge steel (much heavier than modern). I replaced axle, springs and wheels about 15 years ago. I also added tri star and MB wheel covers then; they make it a great conversation piece. Its paint is beginning to be a bit embarrassing; for 35 years, I've painted it the color of the tow vehicle of the time: bronze in '79 to match top of '74 Plymouth van, blue in '89 for '87 Dodge Caravan, red in '96 for '95 Dodge Caravan, ivory in '04 for '81 300D and red (burgandy) again for interior and stripe on outside of '87 300D. Started to paint it white to match the '87 300D, but it sits outside in the weather and under trees all the time, and I thought white on it would look too grungy too fast - the ivory didn't work out very well for that - so I painted it same as the 124 interior. Some places in the red are flaking/spalling and beginning to show spots of the old colors. Wilton ___ ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
I have a trunk star off a W114 if someone wants it. The center stud is broken off, so it's more bling than functional. Dan cleaning out the den today On May 17, 2014, at 3:00 PM, clay wrote: I have been dreaming up building a trailer out of a w114. It would have been a great addition to Gump, but no place to build or keep it. It would also be a good carrier project with Frosch. Take the trunk end of the sedan as the bed. The rear windshield overhangs a bit, so I thought the front end of the car welded to it would take care of that. Even pop the hood star on. The hang up is getting the front and rear fenders to flow together. clay ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
'Think I'll put (glue) the trunk star from my '91 350SDL on front bulkhead of my trailer; 'don't wanta make it look gaudy, though, with too many stars. ;) Wilt - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer I have a trunk star off a W114 if someone wants it. The center stud is broken off, so it's more bling than functional. Dan cleaning out the den today On May 17, 2014, at 3:00 PM, clay wrote: I have been dreaming up building a trailer out of a w114. It would have been a great addition to Gump, but no place to build or keep it. It would also be a good carrier project with Frosch. Take the trunk end of the sedan as the bed. The rear windshield overhangs a bit, so I thought the front end of the car welded to it would take care of that. Even pop the hood star on. The hang up is getting the front and rear fenders to flow together. clay ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
I figured if I ever got ghetto I wanted to have a tristar to put on a chain around my neck. Dan Sent from my iPad On May 17, 2014, at 3:35 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: 'Think I'll put (glue) the trunk star from my '91 350SDL on front bulkhead of my trailer; 'don't wanta make it look gaudy, though, with too many stars. ;) Wilt - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer I have a trunk star off a W114 if someone wants it. The center stud is broken off, so it's more bling than functional. Dan cleaning out the den today On May 17, 2014, at 3:00 PM, clay wrote: I have been dreaming up building a trailer out of a w114. It would have been a great addition to Gump, but no place to build or keep it. It would also be a good carrier project with Frosch. Take the trunk end of the sedan as the bed. The rear windshield overhangs a bit, so I thought the front end of the car welded to it would take care of that. Even pop the hood star on. The hang up is getting the front and rear fenders to flow together. clay ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
I have trisratr key chains. Is that borderline? On May 17, 2014 4:15 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I figured if I ever got ghetto I wanted to have a tristar to put on a chain around my neck. Dan Sent from my iPad On May 17, 2014, at 3:35 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: 'Think I'll put (glue) the trunk star from my '91 350SDL on front bulkhead of my trailer; 'don't wanta make it look gaudy, though, with too many stars. ;) Wilt - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer I have a trunk star off a W114 if someone wants it. The center stud is broken off, so it's more bling than functional. Dan cleaning out the den today On May 17, 2014, at 3:00 PM, clay wrote: I have been dreaming up building a trailer out of a w114. It would have been a great addition to Gump, but no place to build or keep it. It would also be a good carrier project with Frosch. Take the trunk end of the sedan as the bed. The rear windshield overhangs a bit, so I thought the front end of the car welded to it would take care of that. Even pop the hood star on. The hang up is getting the front and rear fenders to flow together. clay ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
Might be if ya let 'em hang from your belt. ;) Wilt - Original Message - From: Dwight Giles dwight.gi...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer I have trisratr key chains. Is that borderline? On May 17, 2014 4:15 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I figured if I ever got ghetto I wanted to have a tristar to put on a chain around my neck. Dan Sent from my iPad On May 17, 2014, at 3:35 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: 'Think I'll put (glue) the trunk star from my '91 350SDL on front bulkhead of my trailer; 'don't wanta make it look gaudy, though, with too many stars. ;) Wilt - Original Message - From: Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer I have a trunk star off a W114 if someone wants it. The center stud is broken off, so it's more bling than functional. Dan cleaning out the den today On May 17, 2014, at 3:00 PM, clay wrote: I have been dreaming up building a trailer out of a w114. It would have been a great addition to Gump, but no place to build or keep it. It would also be a good carrier project with Frosch. Take the trunk end of the sedan as the bed. The rear windshield overhangs a bit, so I thought the front end of the car welded to it would take care of that. Even pop the hood star on. The hang up is getting the front and rear fenders to flow together. clay ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
On Sat, 17 May 2014 15:35:05 -0400 WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: 'Think I'll put (glue) the trunk star from my '91 350SDL on front bulkhead of my trailer; 'don't wanta make it look gaudy, though, with too many stars. ;) Careful, you don't want your trailer to outrank you by too much. It's already a one-star trailer (T-7); if it had two stars, it would be a T-8. Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
Not unless it's about 4 in diameter. Dan On May 17, 2014, at 4:39 PM, Dwight Giles wrote: I have trisratr key chains. Is that borderline? On May 17, 2014 4:15 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: I figured if I ever got ghetto I wanted to have a tristar to put on a chain around my neck. Dan Sent from my iPad ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
T-7 and T-8? What's T? You mean O-7 and O-8? Yeah, I'm a measly O-5. BTW, one star on tailgate and one on each wheel cover; that's 3 stars - O-9. ;) Wilt - Original Message - From: Craig diese...@pisquared.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2014 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer On Sat, 17 May 2014 15:35:05 -0400 WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: 'Think I'll put (glue) the trunk star from my '91 350SDL on front bulkhead of my trailer; 'don't wanta make it look gaudy, though, with too many stars. ;) Careful, you don't want your trailer to outrank you by too much. It's already a one-star trailer (T-7); if it had two stars, it would be a T-8. Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
On Sat, 17 May 2014 23:01:26 -0400 WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: T-7 and T-8? What's T? You mean O-7 and O-8? Yeah, I'm a measly O-5. BTW, one star on tailgate and one on each wheel cover; that's 3 stars - O-9. ;) I forgot, I thought you were an O-6. I also forgot about the stars on the wheel covers. As far as T, E-1 to E-9 Enlisted O-1 to O-11 Officer T-1 to T-9 Trailer :-) Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
I wish I had the room to park one at home. Despite having a truck, there are times when a trailer would be great. Lower would be better though as loading things into the truck is sometimes difficult. Newer trucks are too tall. On 15/05/2014 2:56 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: Looks great. I'd love to have one like that, especially one like that with a dump bed for hauling rocks at camp... -Curt Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 13:53:58 -0400 From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com To: mercedes list mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer Message-ID: D5AC69336C3349D7A82132BC22B46A01@wiltonPC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; Format=flowed MB trailer photos attached. Actually, it's made from a mid-to-late '30's Ford pickup cargo bed. Haven't been able to pin down exact year. Bed is a heavy gauge steel (much heavier than modern). I replaced axle, springs and wheels about 15 years ago. I also added tri star and MB wheel covers then; they make it a great conversation piece. Its paint is beginning to be a bit embarrassing; for 35 years, I've painted it the color of the tow vehicle of the time: bronze in '79 to match top of '74 Plymouth van, blue in '89 for '87 Dodge Caravan, red in '96 for '95 Dodge Caravan, ivory in '04 for '81 300D and red (burgandy) again for interior and stripe on outside of '87 300D. Started to paint it white to match the '87 300D, but it sits outside in the weather and under trees all the time, and I thought white on it would look too grungy too fast - the ivory didn't work out very well for that - so I painted it same as the 124 interior. Some places in the red are flaking/spalling and beginning to show spots of the old colors. Wilton ___ ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
On Fri, 16 May 2014 11:14:18 -0500 Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Despite having a truck, there are times when a trailer would be great. Lower would be better though as loading things into the truck is sometimes difficult. Newer trucks are too tall. I have noticed that, though I hadn't put my finger on it as clearly as you said. Our utility trailer bed is about knee height, which makes hauling off concrete pieces easier than putting them in a pickup. Craig ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
On 16/05/2014 12:20 PM, Craig wrote: On Fri, 16 May 2014 11:14:18 -0500 Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Despite having a truck, there are times when a trailer would be great. Lower would be better though as loading things into the truck is sometimes difficult. Newer trucks are too tall. I have noticed that, though I hadn't put my finger on it as clearly as you said. Our utility trailer bed is about knee height, which makes hauling off concrete pieces easier than putting them in a pickup. Craig ___ Yes, I have hauled a couple of items in recent times that were heavy and tall and would have been difficult to put into the truck and to get back out. One was an 80 gallon air compressor with the vertical tank. I was able to use the portable engine crane to lift it off of a trailer but would not have been able to do so with the truck as the crane will not extend high enough. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
Looks great. I'd love to have one like that, especially one like that with a dump bed for hauling rocks at camp... -Curt Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 13:53:58 -0400 From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com To: mercedes list mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer Message-ID: D5AC69336C3349D7A82132BC22B46A01@wiltonPC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; Format=flowed MB trailer photos attached. Actually, it's made from a mid-to-late '30's Ford pickup cargo bed. Haven't been able to pin down exact year. Bed is a heavy gauge steel (much heavier than modern). I replaced axle, springs and wheels about 15 years ago. I also added tri star and MB wheel covers then; they make it a great conversation piece. Its paint is beginning to be a bit embarrassing; for 35 years, I've painted it the color of the tow vehicle of the time: bronze in '79 to match top of '74 Plymouth van, blue in '89 for '87 Dodge Caravan, red in '96 for '95 Dodge Caravan, ivory in '04 for '81 300D and red (burgandy) again for interior and stripe on outside of '87 300D. Started to paint it white to match the '87 300D, but it sits outside in the weather and under trees all the time, and I thought white on it would look too grungy too fast - the ivory didn't work out very well for that - so I painted it same as the 124 interior. Some places in the red are flaking/spalling and beginning to show spots of the old colors. Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
When my wife saw it last summer, she was first impressed that Wilton had a Mercedes trailer, but when I let her know the truth, she was a little outraged. You can't DO THAT!?! Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
Why? Is it blasphemous? For Ford or for Mercedes? ;) BTW, the Ford logo of the time is still stamped into the tailgate between the tri star and the license plate, and is not hidden. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Meade Dillon dillonm...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer When my wife saw it last summer, she was first impressed that Wilton had a Mercedes trailer, but when I let her know the truth, she was a little outraged. You can't DO THAT!?! Max Dillon, Charleston SC ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
I think because she was fooled... Max Dillon, Charleston SC On May 15, 2014 4:19 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: Why? Is it blasphemous? For Ford or for Mercedes? ;) BTW, the Ford logo of the time is still stamped into the tailgate between the tri star and the license plate, and is not hidden. ;) Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer
BTW, the original fenders have obviously been trimmed and cut off horizontally at front and rear at cargo bed level rather than protruding several inches down past that level the way they did originally. There is no evidence of other fenders having been installed or fenders having been switched/replaced. Wilton - Original Message - From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com To: mercedes list mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 1:53 PM Subject: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer MB trailer photos attached. Actually, it's made from a mid-to-late '30's Ford pickup cargo bed. Haven't been able to pin down exact year. Bed is a heavy gauge steel (much heavier than modern). I replaced axle, springs and wheels about 15 years ago. I also added tri star and MB wheel covers then; they make it a great conversation piece. Its paint is beginning to be a bit embarrassing; for 35 years, I've painted it the color of the tow vehicle of the time: bronze in '79 to match top of '74 Plymouth van, blue in '89 for '87 Dodge Caravan, red in '96 for '95 Dodge Caravan, ivory in '04 for '81 300D and red (burgandy) again for interior and stripe on outside of '87 300D. Started to paint it white to match the '87 300D, but it sits outside in the weather and under trees all the time, and I thought white on it would look too grungy too fast - the ivory didn't work out very well for that - so I painted it same as the 124 interior. Some places in the red are flaking/spalling and beginning to show spots of the old colors. Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer wheeling
Hmmnh, looks like there is plenty of room for some mighty big 22 wheels. Hendrik who has a trailer and car combo On 16/05/14 03:23, WILTON wrote: MB trailer photos attached. Actually, it's made from a mid-to-late '30's Ford pickup cargo bed. Haven't been able to pin down exact year. Bed is a heavy gauge steel (much heavier than modern). I replaced axle, springs and wheels about 15 years ago. I also added tri star and MB wheel covers then; they make it a great conversation piece. Its paint is beginning to be a bit embarrassing; for 35 years, I've painted it the color of the tow vehicle of the time: bronze in '79 to match top of '74 Plymouth van, blue in '89 for '87 Dodge Caravan, red in '96 for '95 Dodge Caravan, ivory in '04 for '81 300D and red (burgandy) again for interior and stripe on outside of '87 300D. Started to paint it white to match the '87 300D, but it sits outside in the weather and under trees all the time, and I thought white on it would look too grungy too fast - the ivory didn't work out very well for that - so I painted it same as the 124 interior. Some places in the red are flaking/spalling and beginning to show spots of the old colors. Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer wheeling
Yep, I've noticed that, too, but I'll leave those to you sports. ;) Wilton - Original Message - From: Hendrik and Fay heni...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 11:29 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fw: Trailer wheeling Hmmnh, looks like there is plenty of room for some mighty big 22 wheels. Hendrik who has a trailer and car combo On 16/05/14 03:23, WILTON wrote: MB trailer photos attached. Actually, it's made from a mid-to-late '30's Ford pickup cargo bed. Haven't been able to pin down exact year. Bed is a heavy gauge steel (much heavier than modern). I replaced axle, springs and wheels about 15 years ago. I also added tri star and MB wheel covers then; they make it a great conversation piece. Its paint is beginning to be a bit embarrassing; for 35 years, I've painted it the color of the tow vehicle of the time: bronze in '79 to match top of '74 Plymouth van, blue in '89 for '87 Dodge Caravan, red in '96 for '95 Dodge Caravan, ivory in '04 for '81 300D and red (burgandy) again for interior and stripe on outside of '87 300D. Started to paint it white to match the '87 300D, but it sits outside in the weather and under trees all the time, and I thought white on it would look too grungy too fast - the ivory didn't work out very well for that - so I painted it same as the 124 interior. Some places in the red are flaking/spalling and beginning to show spots of the old colors. Wilton ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. ___ 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 All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
