Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
I don't think a wrecker could have negotiated the slippery slope to pull it out, that Georgia clay is really greasy when wet, esp with a bunch of wet leaves on top of it. Maybe when it dries out some I will talk to the kid about doing that. The kid lives an hour away from where the car is at his step-grandmother's place so it is a PITA for him to deal with it all. I'll keep in touch with him about it, maybe he can figure it out from his end. I don't think he realized how hard it would be, wasn't his thing dealing with cars, he was just facilitating getting rid of them. The kid was really nice so no issues on that aspect, he said he will try to figure something out. It was an interesting area where the car was. Lots looked like 2-3acres, a lot of fancy houses in the area. It was a pretty area. This place had a 60s house with like 2 additions on it, the lot was nice esp with the creek, but the house looked like a tear-down, just sorta run down and the additions were sorta half-assed. Maybe some serious renovations would help. Whoever lives there also rescues cats and dogs, there were several dog pens and cats all over the place, it was just kinda redneck in amongst a fairly upscale-looking area. Whatever, not my place... As far as winching the thing, there was really no good way to do that. The issue was getting the truck on a stable place to do it, both vehicles would just have been sliding around. I had a come-along, I guess I could have used various trees as anchors but that would have been a LOT of work, and I am not even sure how I would have gotten it to where I could have loaded it. It was just not a very good situation. The other cars were pulled out before the rain, I could have done that too with the truck too if dry but not with it being so wet. I have thought about a winch for the truck and trailer, one of these days maybe... I went over to the tire shop this morning to swap out the wrong spare they gave me, the guy couldn't find mine, I guess someone else will discover the error at some point. He ordered a new tire/wheel which will be in tomorrow and he will give me that so that will sort out the issue. So, the cheep old Benz bottom feeder adventures continue... --FT On 12/2/20 7:19 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Probably could have paid a wrecker $100 to winch it out so you can load it. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 2, 2020, at 6:06 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: At that point, for the time and trouble already invested, not worth it to call a local recovery service who can come with a winch and a long cable to drag it out? Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: Yea. Mistake was not diving into the location and accessibility with the seller before making the trip Sent from my iPhone On Dec 2, 2020, at 4:29 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: OK kids, I went to get this thing yesterday. 5hr drive that turned into 8. Blew out a trailer tire on I-20, fortunately I had got a new spare on Monday. Jacked up the trailer, took off the old (shredded) tire and go to put on the new one. Doesn't fit. Apparently the tire shop gave me someone else's wheel/tire, the wheel looked just like mine but the bolt pattern was bigger. H. So there is an exit a mile down, the 3-wheeled trailer looked like the missing hub/drum won't drag, so I go on down there and get off. Nowhere GA. I look on my maps app and there is a tire shop a few miles down some country road, so I head there. I get there and there is an old garage in ruins, I guess that ain't no tar shop no mo. So then the next nearest one is another 6 or 7 miles away, so I head there on back country roads (rural Georgia is interesting). I come to a sizable town and find the tar shop, get that tire replaced and another that is looking a bit iffy while I am at it. Nice guys at the place so that was a positive. Then hit a Tractor Supply to buy an actual spare wheel/tire so I have one in case of another mishap. An adventure! I get to where the car is, 3hr later than I had figured, sort of semi-rural area, nice properties and houses around. I get in there, park the truck and trailer, no car anywhere. So I get out and look around, it is sitting down about 20ft below where I am parked, the back of the lot slopes down to a creek and the car is down there. Kinda wooded around it, there is sort of a path through the woods down the hill to get down there. How the hell is that thing going to come out of there? The guy I had been dealing with, this young guy who is really nice, tells me this long story about how the previous owner of the property like 4yr ago was a mechanic and he had dragged a bunch of cars from his shop, people had left them there or something, and parked them down there. His step somethingorotherz lived there now and wanted the cars gone. He had sold a bunch of them but this SEC was left. We discuss how to get it
Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
Mount the winch on a receiver hitch, mount a receiver on the trailer. Dual use winch... -Curt On Thursday, December 3, 2020, 10:49:18 AM EST, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Or both - one to pull the car onto the trailer, the other to pull the truck out of the mud once the trailer is loaded. On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 6:56 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Well now you have an excuse to put a power winch on either your truck or > your trailer! > - > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 5:29 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > I get to where the car is, 3hr later than I had figured, sort of > > semi-rural area, nice properties and houses around. I get in there, > > park the truck and trailer, no car anywhere. So I get out and look > > around, it is sitting down about 20ft below where I am parked, the back > > of the lot slopes down to a creek and the car is down there. Kinda > > wooded around it, there is sort of a path through the woods down the > > hill to get down there. How the hell is that thing going to come out of > > there? > > > > > > > ___ > 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
On 2020-12-03 11:01, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: or, you can likely set it up so that you can move the winch from the truck to the trailer and vice versa. The fun part is powering the winch. A friend of mine has an equipment trailer with hydraulic tilt, and the trailer has its own battery. So he just hooked up to that when he put a winch on it. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
or, you can likely set it up so that you can move the winch from the truck to the trailer and vice versa. RB On 03/12/2020 9:48 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: Or both - one to pull the car onto the trailer, the other to pull the truck out of the mud once the trailer is loaded. On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 6:56 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Well now you have an excuse to put a power winch on either your truck or your trailer! - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 5:29 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I get to where the car is, 3hr later than I had figured, sort of semi-rural area, nice properties and houses around. I get in there, park the truck and trailer, no car anywhere. So I get out and look around, it is sitting down about 20ft below where I am parked, the back of the lot slopes down to a creek and the car is down there. Kinda wooded around it, there is sort of a path through the woods down the hill to get down there. How the hell is that thing going to come out of there? ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
Or both - one to pull the car onto the trailer, the other to pull the truck out of the mud once the trailer is loaded. On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 6:56 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Well now you have an excuse to put a power winch on either your truck or > your trailer! > - > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 5:29 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > I get to where the car is, 3hr later than I had figured, sort of > > semi-rural area, nice properties and houses around. I get in there, > > park the truck and trailer, no car anywhere. So I get out and look > > around, it is sitting down about 20ft below where I am parked, the back > > of the lot slopes down to a creek and the car is down there. Kinda > > wooded around it, there is sort of a path through the woods down the > > hill to get down there. How the hell is that thing going to come out of > > there? > > > > > > > ___ > 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
Well now you have an excuse to put a power winch on either your truck or your trailer! - Max Charleston SC On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 5:29 PM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I get to where the car is, 3hr later than I had figured, sort of > semi-rural area, nice properties and houses around. I get in there, > park the truck and trailer, no car anywhere. So I get out and look > around, it is sitting down about 20ft below where I am parked, the back > of the lot slopes down to a creek and the car is down there. Kinda > wooded around it, there is sort of a path through the woods down the > hill to get down there. How the hell is that thing going to come out of > there? > > > ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
Probably could have paid a wrecker $100 to winch it out so you can load it. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 2, 2020, at 6:06 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > At that point, for the time and trouble already invested, not worth it > to call a local recovery service who can come with a winch and a long > cable to drag it out? > > > Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: > >> Yea. Mistake was not diving into the location and accessibility with the >> seller before making the trip >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> On Dec 2, 2020, at 4:29 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>> OK kids, I went to get this thing yesterday. 5hr drive that turned into 8. >>> Blew out a trailer tire on I-20, fortunately I had got a new spare on >>> Monday. Jacked up the trailer, took off the old (shredded) tire and go to >>> put on the new one. Doesn't fit. Apparently the tire shop gave me someone >>> else's wheel/tire, the wheel looked just like mine but the bolt pattern was >>> bigger. H. >>> >>> So there is an exit a mile down, the 3-wheeled trailer looked like the >>> missing hub/drum won't drag, so I go on down there and get off. Nowhere >>> GA. I look on my maps app and there is a tire shop a few miles down some >>> country road, so I head there. I get there and there is an old garage in >>> ruins, I guess that ain't no tar shop no mo. So then the next nearest one >>> is another 6 or 7 miles away, so I head there on back country roads (rural >>> Georgia is interesting). I come to a sizable town and find the tar >>> shop, get that tire replaced and another that is looking a bit iffy while I >>> am at it. Nice guys at the place so that was a positive. Then hit a >>> Tractor Supply to buy an actual spare wheel/tire so I have one in case of >>> another mishap. An adventure! >>> >>> I get to where the car is, 3hr later than I had figured, sort of semi-rural >>> area, nice properties and houses around. I get in there, park the truck >>> and trailer, no car anywhere. So I get out and look around, it is sitting >>> down about 20ft below where I am parked, the back of the lot slopes down to >>> a creek and the car is down there. Kinda wooded around it, there is sort >>> of a path through the woods down the hill to get down there. How the hell >>> is that thing going to come out of there? >>> >>> The guy I had been dealing with, this young guy who is really nice, tells >>> me this long story about how the previous owner of the property like 4yr >>> ago was a mechanic and he had dragged a bunch of cars from his shop, people >>> had left them there or something, and parked them down there. His step >>> somethingorotherz lived there now and wanted the cars gone. He had sold a >>> bunch of them but this SEC was left. We discuss how to get it out of >>> there, he says some guys had come with tow trucks and what not and dragged >>> the others out. >>> >>> This was before massive rains a coupla days ago. So the whole area is wet >>> and soggy and muddy, wet leaves and grass and whatnot all around. I figure >>> I will back the truck down there, get some air in the tires of the car that >>> will hold air, and I brought some old 126 wheel/tires along to bolt onto >>> the car if I needed something to roll it with as in the pics it looked like >>> one or more were off the rims. I have this little 12V compressor to plug >>> into the truck, got air into 2 tires so that was promising, was going to >>> try one of the fronts. Tired to move the truck closer to the front and it >>> just started sliding. OK then maybe I will just hook a chain to the car >>> and the truck and see if I can drag it a bit. >>> >>> Get in the truck and move it a bit, the wheels immediately start spinning >>> on the mud. Well that is not suggesting I am going to be able to drag the >>> car when the truck can barely move. I manage to get back up the hill, talk >>> to the kid and decide to forget about it for now unless he can find a >>> tractor or something to drag it up the hill out of the mud pit. Or maybe >>> if things dry out it might be easier to do something with it. He says he >>> will work on it, try to get me my $100 back (I had sent him $100 to hold >>> it, would pay the other $100 when I got there) which he has already sent to >>> the guy who "owned" the cars, and who was apparently quite a hard case. So >>> maybe... Anyway he was fed up with dealing with all these cars, I >>> sympathized, tried to figure something out. Oh well... >>> >>> The car actually did not look too bad, it had been sitting for 4 years but >>> generally decent condition. The interior (velour???) was nasty but I saw >>> that in the pics. Everything else looked decent, considering, one small >>> rust spot behind the RR wheel. It was actually quite surprising it was not >>> nastier or more beat up. The engine room was not too bad either, >>> surprising. For $200 it
Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
At that point, for the time and trouble already invested, not worth it to call a local recovery service who can come with a winch and a long cable to drag it out? Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes writes: > Yea. Mistake was not diving into the location and accessibility with the > seller before making the trip > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 2, 2020, at 4:29 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> OK kids, I went to get this thing yesterday. 5hr drive that turned into 8. >> Blew out a trailer tire on I-20, fortunately I had got a new spare on >> Monday. Jacked up the trailer, took off the old (shredded) tire and go to >> put on the new one. Doesn't fit. Apparently the tire shop gave me someone >> else's wheel/tire, the wheel looked just like mine but the bolt pattern was >> bigger. H. >> >> So there is an exit a mile down, the 3-wheeled trailer looked like the >> missing hub/drum won't drag, so I go on down there and get off. Nowhere GA. >> I look on my maps app and there is a tire shop a few miles down some >> country road, so I head there. I get there and there is an old garage in >> ruins, I guess that ain't no tar shop no mo. So then the next nearest one >> is another 6 or 7 miles away, so I head there on back country roads (rural >> Georgia is interesting). I come to a sizable town and find the tar >> shop, get that tire replaced and another that is looking a bit iffy while I >> am at it. Nice guys at the place so that was a positive. Then hit a >> Tractor Supply to buy an actual spare wheel/tire so I have one in case of >> another mishap. An adventure! >> >> I get to where the car is, 3hr later than I had figured, sort of semi-rural >> area, nice properties and houses around. I get in there, park the truck and >> trailer, no car anywhere. So I get out and look around, it is sitting down >> about 20ft below where I am parked, the back of the lot slopes down to a >> creek and the car is down there. Kinda wooded around it, there is sort of a >> path through the woods down the hill to get down there. How the hell is >> that thing going to come out of there? >> >> The guy I had been dealing with, this young guy who is really nice, tells me >> this long story about how the previous owner of the property like 4yr ago >> was a mechanic and he had dragged a bunch of cars from his shop, people had >> left them there or something, and parked them down there. His step >> somethingorotherz lived there now and wanted the cars gone. He had sold a >> bunch of them but this SEC was left. We discuss how to get it out of there, >> he says some guys had come with tow trucks and what not and dragged the >> others out. >> >> This was before massive rains a coupla days ago. So the whole area is wet >> and soggy and muddy, wet leaves and grass and whatnot all around. I figure >> I will back the truck down there, get some air in the tires of the car that >> will hold air, and I brought some old 126 wheel/tires along to bolt onto the >> car if I needed something to roll it with as in the pics it looked like one >> or more were off the rims. I have this little 12V compressor to plug into >> the truck, got air into 2 tires so that was promising, was going to try one >> of the fronts. Tired to move the truck closer to the front and it just >> started sliding. OK then maybe I will just hook a chain to the car and the >> truck and see if I can drag it a bit. >> >> Get in the truck and move it a bit, the wheels immediately start spinning on >> the mud. Well that is not suggesting I am going to be able to drag the car >> when the truck can barely move. I manage to get back up the hill, talk to >> the kid and decide to forget about it for now unless he can find a tractor >> or something to drag it up the hill out of the mud pit. Or maybe if things >> dry out it might be easier to do something with it. He says he will work on >> it, try to get me my $100 back (I had sent him $100 to hold it, would pay >> the other $100 when I got there) which he has already sent to the guy who >> "owned" the cars, and who was apparently quite a hard case. So maybe... >> Anyway he was fed up with dealing with all these cars, I sympathized, tried >> to figure something out. Oh well... >> >> The car actually did not look too bad, it had been sitting for 4 years but >> generally decent condition. The interior (velour???) was nasty but I saw >> that in the pics. Everything else looked decent, considering, one small >> rust spot behind the RR wheel. It was actually quite surprising it was not >> nastier or more beat up. The engine room was not too bad either, surprising. >> For $200 it was more than worthwhile. >> >> So after all that I decided to head back home, told the kid to let me know >> what might sort, if he could get it out of there I would come back and get >> it at some point. I might be out $100, I guess the cost of an
Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
Yea. Mistake was not diving into the location and accessibility with the seller before making the trip Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 2, 2020, at 4:29 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > OK kids, I went to get this thing yesterday. 5hr drive that turned into 8. > Blew out a trailer tire on I-20, fortunately I had got a new spare on Monday. > Jacked up the trailer, took off the old (shredded) tire and go to put on > the new one. Doesn't fit. Apparently the tire shop gave me someone else's > wheel/tire, the wheel looked just like mine but the bolt pattern was bigger. > H. > > So there is an exit a mile down, the 3-wheeled trailer looked like the > missing hub/drum won't drag, so I go on down there and get off. Nowhere GA. > I look on my maps app and there is a tire shop a few miles down some country > road, so I head there. I get there and there is an old garage in ruins, I > guess that ain't no tar shop no mo. So then the next nearest one is another > 6 or 7 miles away, so I head there on back country roads (rural Georgia > is interesting). I come to a sizable town and find the tar shop, get > that tire replaced and another that is looking a bit iffy while I am at it. > Nice guys at the place so that was a positive. Then hit a Tractor Supply to > buy an actual spare wheel/tire so I have one in case of another mishap. An > adventure! > > I get to where the car is, 3hr later than I had figured, sort of semi-rural > area, nice properties and houses around. I get in there, park the truck and > trailer, no car anywhere. So I get out and look around, it is sitting down > about 20ft below where I am parked, the back of the lot slopes down to a > creek and the car is down there. Kinda wooded around it, there is sort of a > path through the woods down the hill to get down there. How the hell is that > thing going to come out of there? > > The guy I had been dealing with, this young guy who is really nice, tells me > this long story about how the previous owner of the property like 4yr ago was > a mechanic and he had dragged a bunch of cars from his shop, people had left > them there or something, and parked them down there. His step > somethingorotherz lived there now and wanted the cars gone. He had sold a > bunch of them but this SEC was left. We discuss how to get it out of there, > he says some guys had come with tow trucks and what not and dragged the > others out. > > This was before massive rains a coupla days ago. So the whole area is wet > and soggy and muddy, wet leaves and grass and whatnot all around. I figure I > will back the truck down there, get some air in the tires of the car that > will hold air, and I brought some old 126 wheel/tires along to bolt onto the > car if I needed something to roll it with as in the pics it looked like one > or more were off the rims. I have this little 12V compressor to plug into > the truck, got air into 2 tires so that was promising, was going to try one > of the fronts. Tired to move the truck closer to the front and it just > started sliding. OK then maybe I will just hook a chain to the car and the > truck and see if I can drag it a bit. > > Get in the truck and move it a bit, the wheels immediately start spinning on > the mud. Well that is not suggesting I am going to be able to drag the car > when the truck can barely move. I manage to get back up the hill, talk to > the kid and decide to forget about it for now unless he can find a tractor or > something to drag it up the hill out of the mud pit. Or maybe if things dry > out it might be easier to do something with it. He says he will work on it, > try to get me my $100 back (I had sent him $100 to hold it, would pay the > other $100 when I got there) which he has already sent to the guy who "owned" > the cars, and who was apparently quite a hard case. So maybe... Anyway he > was fed up with dealing with all these cars, I sympathized, tried to figure > something out. Oh well... > > The car actually did not look too bad, it had been sitting for 4 years but > generally decent condition. The interior (velour???) was nasty but I saw > that in the pics. Everything else looked decent, considering, one small rust > spot behind the RR wheel. It was actually quite surprising it was not > nastier or more beat up. The engine room was not too bad either, surprising. > For $200 it was more than worthwhile. > > So after all that I decided to head back home, told the kid to let me know > what might sort, if he could get it out of there I would come back and get it > at some point. I might be out $100, I guess the cost of an adventure, if the > kid can't get it back from the curmudgeon or if we can't figure out how to > deal with it. (Plus the trailer tires and the aggravation, but hey it's a > journey...) > > >> On 11/23/20 12:48 PM, Buggered Benzmail wrote: >> >>> > -- > --FT > >
Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
OK kids, I went to get this thing yesterday. 5hr drive that turned into 8. Blew out a trailer tire on I-20, fortunately I had got a new spare on Monday. Jacked up the trailer, took off the old (shredded) tire and go to put on the new one. Doesn't fit. Apparently the tire shop gave me someone else's wheel/tire, the wheel looked just like mine but the bolt pattern was bigger. H. So there is an exit a mile down, the 3-wheeled trailer looked like the missing hub/drum won't drag, so I go on down there and get off. Nowhere GA. I look on my maps app and there is a tire shop a few miles down some country road, so I head there. I get there and there is an old garage in ruins, I guess that ain't no tar shop no mo. So then the next nearest one is another 6 or 7 miles away, so I head there on back country roads (rural Georgia is interesting). I come to a sizable town and find the tar shop, get that tire replaced and another that is looking a bit iffy while I am at it. Nice guys at the place so that was a positive. Then hit a Tractor Supply to buy an actual spare wheel/tire so I have one in case of another mishap. An adventure! I get to where the car is, 3hr later than I had figured, sort of semi-rural area, nice properties and houses around. I get in there, park the truck and trailer, no car anywhere. So I get out and look around, it is sitting down about 20ft below where I am parked, the back of the lot slopes down to a creek and the car is down there. Kinda wooded around it, there is sort of a path through the woods down the hill to get down there. How the hell is that thing going to come out of there? The guy I had been dealing with, this young guy who is really nice, tells me this long story about how the previous owner of the property like 4yr ago was a mechanic and he had dragged a bunch of cars from his shop, people had left them there or something, and parked them down there. His step somethingorotherz lived there now and wanted the cars gone. He had sold a bunch of them but this SEC was left. We discuss how to get it out of there, he says some guys had come with tow trucks and what not and dragged the others out. This was before massive rains a coupla days ago. So the whole area is wet and soggy and muddy, wet leaves and grass and whatnot all around. I figure I will back the truck down there, get some air in the tires of the car that will hold air, and I brought some old 126 wheel/tires along to bolt onto the car if I needed something to roll it with as in the pics it looked like one or more were off the rims. I have this little 12V compressor to plug into the truck, got air into 2 tires so that was promising, was going to try one of the fronts. Tired to move the truck closer to the front and it just started sliding. OK then maybe I will just hook a chain to the car and the truck and see if I can drag it a bit. Get in the truck and move it a bit, the wheels immediately start spinning on the mud. Well that is not suggesting I am going to be able to drag the car when the truck can barely move. I manage to get back up the hill, talk to the kid and decide to forget about it for now unless he can find a tractor or something to drag it up the hill out of the mud pit. Or maybe if things dry out it might be easier to do something with it. He says he will work on it, try to get me my $100 back (I had sent him $100 to hold it, would pay the other $100 when I got there) which he has already sent to the guy who "owned" the cars, and who was apparently quite a hard case. So maybe... Anyway he was fed up with dealing with all these cars, I sympathized, tried to figure something out. Oh well... The car actually did not look too bad, it had been sitting for 4 years but generally decent condition. The interior (velour???) was nasty but I saw that in the pics. Everything else looked decent, considering, one small rust spot behind the RR wheel. It was actually quite surprising it was not nastier or more beat up. The engine room was not too bad either, surprising. For $200 it was more than worthwhile. So after all that I decided to head back home, told the kid to let me know what might sort, if he could get it out of there I would come back and get it at some point. I might be out $100, I guess the cost of an adventure, if the kid can't get it back from the curmudgeon or if we can't figure out how to deal with it. (Plus the trailer tires and the aggravation, but hey it's a journey...) On 11/23/20 12:48 PM, Buggered Benzmail wrote: -- --FT ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
What sorts of parts? It's a 380 with a trashed velour interior. On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 11:06 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > it's kinda out in the sticks, it's a 5hr drive so not a good one-day > road trip although I guess it would be doable. Yeah it is tempting. > > --FT > > On 11/23/20 10:57 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > > $200 for a SEC parts car? I can’t believe somebody has not snapped it up > yet. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Nov 23, 2020, at 9:45 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> Part it out, I need some SEC bits > >> > >> > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/427139262007782/?ref=product_details_code=undefined > >> > >> -- > >> --FT > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> 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 > > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > 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
Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
it's kinda out in the sticks, it's a 5hr drive so not a good one-day road trip although I guess it would be doable. Yeah it is tempting. --FT On 11/23/20 10:57 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: $200 for a SEC parts car? I can’t believe somebody has not snapped it up yet. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 23, 2020, at 9:45 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: Part it out, I need some SEC bits https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/427139262007782/?ref=product_details_code=undefined -- --FT ___ 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 -- --FT ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
$200 for a SEC parts car? I can’t believe somebody has not snapped it up yet. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 23, 2020, at 9:45 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > Part it out, I need some SEC bits > > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/427139262007782/?ref=product_details_code=undefined > > -- > --FT > > > ___ > 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
[MBZ] If this wasn't so far away I'd be all over it -- 380SEC $200
Part it out, I need some SEC bits https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/427139262007782/?ref=product_details_code=undefined -- --FT ___ 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
