Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits
I've lusted after one of these for years - would install a SBC . . . https://westfield-sportscars.co.uk/showroom-brochures/westfield-xi-kits/ I saw a real Lotus 11 sitting behind an auto parts store back in the early '70s with a Saab 3 cyl., two stroke engine. Unfortunately, the guy wouldn't sell it - was having too much fun racing it. A Suoer 7 look-a-like would be a close second. https://westfield-sportscars.co.uk/showroom-brochures/westfield-xi-kits/ On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I dunno, maybe if you super charged it. ;) > Sitting basically over the rear wheels must make for an interesting ride... > -Curt > > > From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Mitch Haley > Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 11:21 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits > > Gazelles and MG-TDs are too common. > Get a Cheetah, especially one that's missing its roof, and you'll be the > only kid on the block with one. > And with a 8.2L big block Chevy in a 1700lb car with rear weight bias, > acceleration is exhilarating... > http://www.atlasmusclecars.com/amc/cheetah-502-kit-car/210/ > > ___ > 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 > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 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] I hate these kits
I dunno, maybe if you super charged it. ;) Sitting basically over the rear wheels must make for an interesting ride... -Curt From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Mitch Haley Sent: Monday, June 5, 2017 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits Gazelles and MG-TDs are too common. Get a Cheetah, especially one that's missing its roof, and you'll be the only kid on the block with one. And with a 8.2L big block Chevy in a 1700lb car with rear weight bias, acceleration is exhilarating... http://www.atlasmusclecars.com/amc/cheetah-502-kit-car/210/ ___ 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] I hate these kits
Gazelles and MG-TDs are too common. Get a Cheetah, especially one that's missing its roof, and you'll be the only kid on the block with one. And with a 8.2L big block Chevy in a 1700lb car with rear weight bias, acceleration is exhilarating... http://www.atlasmusclecars.com/amc/cheetah-502-kit-car/210/ ___ 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] I hate these kits
Turns out I mis-remembered - he has an MG-TD replicar kit for a pinto or something chassis, not the faintly resembling a Mercedes kit. On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 3:33 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 3:03 PM, OK Don via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > IIRC, a neighbor has one of those kits and the chassis to put it on that > he > > bought as an abandoned project. He's trying to clean up and reduce the > > number of cars he has to focus more on airplanes. I can ask if he wants > to > > get rid of it cheep if you're really interested in creating Maxwell . . . > > > > Can't hurt to ask. Keep me posted. Thanks! :D > > -MMM- > ___ > 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 *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 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] I hate these kits
Looks like modern owners aren’t that caught up in the details as I continue to be amazed at the number of these that are on the market. I think I counted nearly 30 individual listings on my morning national Craigslist search. Many are half done, poorly done, and cheap. So MMM, the entry point for these looks pretty darned low… -D > On Jun 5, 2017, at 9:55 AM, Ed Booher via Mercedes > wrote: > > If memory serves, the SSK was technically only a chassis ala Cord and > Duesenberg. The manufacturer partnered with a carriage maker and sold > completed vehicles, but they were hand built, not mass produced, so they > weren't all exactly identical. They were sport / race cars, so the bodies > were usually race specific ala today's NASCAR. There were only 40-ish SSK's > ever actually built, and there were a couple of different over all looks. > Most of them were crashed. *None* of which the "Gazelle" actually > effectively "replicates." Realistically the "Studebaker" Excalibur comes > *far* closer to being an SSK replicar than the Gazelle ever did, and the > Excalibur didn't need a hood star as it was built in tribute of the SSK but > as a fully modern new car. Was kind of the first "retro styled" cars, > really, that everything is now trying to be. > > EdB > ___ 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] I hate these kits
If memory serves, the SSK was technically only a chassis ala Cord and Duesenberg. The manufacturer partnered with a carriage maker and sold completed vehicles, but they were hand built, not mass produced, so they weren't all exactly identical. They were sport / race cars, so the bodies were usually race specific ala today's NASCAR. There were only 40-ish SSK's ever actually built, and there were a couple of different over all looks. Most of them were crashed. *None* of which the "Gazelle" actually effectively "replicates." Realistically the "Studebaker" Excalibur comes *far* closer to being an SSK replicar than the Gazelle ever did, and the Excalibur didn't need a hood star as it was built in tribute of the SSK but as a fully modern new car. Was kind of the first "retro styled" cars, really, that everything is now trying to be. EdB On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 5:06 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Mercedes replicars. > > Typically advertised as replicas of a 1930 something SSK or something like > that… > > -D > > > > On May 31, 2017, at 5:01 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Rather odd that they advertise them as being Mercedes. Not much about > them is Mercedes. A hoodstar maybe if someone springs for it but nothing > else. > > > > RB > > > > > > On 31/05/2017 3:41 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: > >> Mercedes SSK.Gazelle kit cars on CL today: > >> > >> > >> https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/6115653997.html > >> > >> https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/6146852020.html > >> > >> https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/6119363483.html > >> > >> https://modesto.craigslist.org/cto/6114162292.html > >> > >> https://redding.craigslist.org/cto/6135798994.html > >> > >> https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/6128136008.html > >> > >> https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/cto/6116796326.html > >> > >> https://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/6150893754.html > >> > >> https://desmoines.craigslist.org/cto/6151654540.html > >> > >> https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/6148456687.html > >> > >> https://evansville.craigslist.org/cto/6151365735.html > >> > >> https://joplin.craigslist.org/cto/6151432279.html > >> > >> https://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/6147938738.html > >> > >> https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6128462106.html > >> > >> https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6138182866.html > >> > >> https://limaohio.craigslist.org/cto/6146000526.html > >> > >> https://medford.craigslist.org/cto/6150113199.html > >> > >> https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/6140388814.html > >> > >> https://austin.craigslist.org/cto/6111041799.html > >> > >> https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/6147723809.html > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > > -- "Das beste oder nichts." - *Gottlieb Daimler* ___ 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] I hate these kits
Yeah, but the $1,000 one is more what I had in mind, budgetwise... On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I thought the brand new one (the first one Dan linked) looked interesting > for $3500...which I think is less than the kit sold for in 1985 without the > drivetrain. > > ___ > 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
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I thought the brand new one (the first one Dan linked) looked interesting for $3500...which I think is less than the kit sold for in 1985 without the drivetrain. ___ 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] I hate these kits
Sommat like this one is what I have in mind. https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6128462106.html Pity it's halfway across the nation, tho. On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Wed, 31 May 2017 16:30:40 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" > wrote: > > > I use an app on my phone called cPro or something like that. > > I was using > > www.searchtempest.com > > to search for cars and that site suggested > > www.autotempest.com > > > 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 > > ___ 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] I hate these kits
On Wed, 31 May 2017 16:30:40 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > I use an app on my phone called cPro or something like that. I was using www.searchtempest.com to search for cars and that site suggested www.autotempest.com 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
Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits
I use an app on my phone called cPro or something like that. Sent from my iPhone > On May 31, 2017, at 3:05 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > Hey - what's the national CL search site? The old Crazedlist.com no longer > exists. > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 4:03 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > >> IIRC, a neighbor has one of those kits and the chassis to put it on that he >> bought as an abandoned project. He's trying to clean up and reduce the >> number of cars he has to focus more on airplanes. I can ask if he wants to >> get rid of it cheep if you're really interested in creating Maxwell . . . >> >> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:27 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> Yes, but how many of them are Maxwells? ;) >>> >>> -MMM- >>> >>> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> wrote: >>> Mitch, I just looked at my national Craigslist search at lunch. And out of >> maybe 300 ads for a Mercedes between 1959 and 1967 I got over 20 of the >>> Gazelles in the results. -D > On May 31, 2017, at 3:17 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I'm halfway tempted to get a Gazelle, get rid of the Mercedes emblems >>> and > put "Maxwell" on it instead in honor of Jack Benny... > > -MMM- > ___ > 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 >>> ___ >>> 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 >> >> *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of >> our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain >> >> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who >> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence >> for themselves." >> >> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* >> 2013 F150, 18 mpg >> 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 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 > ___ 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] I hate these kits
Not even much of a replica if you have a look at photos of the real 1929 Mercedes SSK. RB On 31/05/2017 4:06 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Mercedes replicars. Typically advertised as replicas of a 1930 something SSK or something like that… -D ___ 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
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OK - I just sent him an inquiry - if he does have one to sell, I'll put you two in contact and get out of the middle. On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 3:33 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 3:03 PM, OK Don via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > IIRC, a neighbor has one of those kits and the chassis to put it on that > he > > bought as an abandoned project. He's trying to clean up and reduce the > > number of cars he has to focus more on airplanes. I can ask if he wants > to > > get rid of it cheep if you're really interested in creating Maxwell . . . > > > > Can't hurt to ask. Keep me posted. Thanks! :D > > -MMM- > ___ > 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 *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 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] I hate these kits
Mercedes replicars. Typically advertised as replicas of a 1930 something SSK or something like that… -D > On May 31, 2017, at 5:01 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > Rather odd that they advertise them as being Mercedes. Not much about them is > Mercedes. A hoodstar maybe if someone springs for it but nothing else. > > RB > > > On 31/05/2017 3:41 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> Mercedes SSK.Gazelle kit cars on CL today: >> >> >> https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/6115653997.html >> >> https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/6146852020.html >> >> https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/6119363483.html >> >> https://modesto.craigslist.org/cto/6114162292.html >> >> https://redding.craigslist.org/cto/6135798994.html >> >> https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/6128136008.html >> >> https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/cto/6116796326.html >> >> https://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/6150893754.html >> >> https://desmoines.craigslist.org/cto/6151654540.html >> >> https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/6148456687.html >> >> https://evansville.craigslist.org/cto/6151365735.html >> >> https://joplin.craigslist.org/cto/6151432279.html >> >> https://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/6147938738.html >> >> https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6128462106.html >> >> https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6138182866.html >> >> https://limaohio.craigslist.org/cto/6146000526.html >> >> https://medford.craigslist.org/cto/6150113199.html >> >> https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/6140388814.html >> >> https://austin.craigslist.org/cto/6111041799.html >> >> https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/6147723809.html >> >> >> >> >> > > > ___ > 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] I hate these kits
Rather odd that they advertise them as being Mercedes. Not much about them is Mercedes. A hoodstar maybe if someone springs for it but nothing else. RB On 31/05/2017 3:41 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Mercedes SSK.Gazelle kit cars on CL today: https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/6115653997.html https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/6146852020.html https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/6119363483.html https://modesto.craigslist.org/cto/6114162292.html https://redding.craigslist.org/cto/6135798994.html https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/6128136008.html https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/cto/6116796326.html https://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/6150893754.html https://desmoines.craigslist.org/cto/6151654540.html https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/6148456687.html https://evansville.craigslist.org/cto/6151365735.html https://joplin.craigslist.org/cto/6151432279.html https://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/6147938738.html https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6128462106.html https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6138182866.html https://limaohio.craigslist.org/cto/6146000526.html https://medford.craigslist.org/cto/6150113199.html https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/6140388814.html https://austin.craigslist.org/cto/6111041799.html https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/6147723809.html ___ 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] I hate these kits
Mercedes SSK.Gazelle kit cars on CL today: https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/6115653997.html https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/6146852020.html https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/6119363483.html https://modesto.craigslist.org/cto/6114162292.html https://redding.craigslist.org/cto/6135798994.html https://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/6128136008.html https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/cto/6116796326.html https://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/cto/6150893754.html https://desmoines.craigslist.org/cto/6151654540.html https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/cto/6148456687.html https://evansville.craigslist.org/cto/6151365735.html https://joplin.craigslist.org/cto/6151432279.html https://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/6147938738.html https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6128462106.html https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6138182866.html https://limaohio.craigslist.org/cto/6146000526.html https://medford.craigslist.org/cto/6150113199.html https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/6140388814.html https://austin.craigslist.org/cto/6111041799.html https://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/6147723809.html > On May 31, 2017, at 3:21 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes > wrote: > > Mitch, > > I just looked at my national Craigslist search at lunch. And out of maybe 300 > ads for a Mercedes between 1959 and 1967 I got over 20 of the Gazelles in the > results. > > -D > >> On May 31, 2017, at 3:17 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I'm halfway tempted to get a Gazelle, get rid of the Mercedes emblems and >> put "Maxwell" on it instead in honor of Jack Benny... >> >> -MMM- >> ___ >> 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 > > ___ 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] I hate these kits
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 3:03 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > IIRC, a neighbor has one of those kits and the chassis to put it on that he > bought as an abandoned project. He's trying to clean up and reduce the > number of cars he has to focus more on airplanes. I can ask if he wants to > get rid of it cheep if you're really interested in creating Maxwell . . . > Can't hurt to ask. Keep me posted. Thanks! :D -MMM- ___ 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] I hate these kits
I use a private subscription service specifically for cars on Craigslist called: https://makemodelsearch.com It’s $3.99/month, but they index CL roughly three times a day and have search filters for “newly listed” ads, too. I was a little leery of paying for this since there’s not a lot of information about them, but so far it’s been great! -D > On May 31, 2017, at 4:15 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes > wrote: > > Searchtempest.com > > Rick > Original Message > From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 3:06 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Reply To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Andrew Strasfogel > Subject: Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits > > Hey - what's the national CL search site? The old Crazedlist.com no longer > exists. > > ___ > 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
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Searchtempest.com Rick Original Message From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 3:06 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Reply To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Andrew Strasfogel Subject: Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits Hey - what's the national CL search site? The old Crazedlist.com no longer exists. ___ 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
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Hey - what's the national CL search site? The old Crazedlist.com no longer exists. On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 4:03 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > IIRC, a neighbor has one of those kits and the chassis to put it on that he > bought as an abandoned project. He's trying to clean up and reduce the > number of cars he has to focus more on airplanes. I can ask if he wants to > get rid of it cheep if you're really interested in creating Maxwell . . . > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:27 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Yes, but how many of them are Maxwells? ;) > > > > -MMM- > > > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Mitch, > > > > > > I just looked at my national Craigslist search at lunch. And out of > maybe > > > 300 ads for a Mercedes between 1959 and 1967 I got over 20 of the > > Gazelles > > > in the results. > > > > > > -D > > > > > > > On May 31, 2017, at 3:17 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm halfway tempted to get a Gazelle, get rid of the Mercedes emblems > > and > > > > put "Maxwell" on it instead in honor of Jack Benny... > > > > > > > > -MMM- > > > > ___ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 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] I hate these kits
IIRC, a neighbor has one of those kits and the chassis to put it on that he bought as an abandoned project. He's trying to clean up and reduce the number of cars he has to focus more on airplanes. I can ask if he wants to get rid of it cheep if you're really interested in creating Maxwell . . . On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:27 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Yes, but how many of them are Maxwells? ;) > > -MMM- > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > Mitch, > > > > I just looked at my national Craigslist search at lunch. And out of maybe > > 300 ads for a Mercedes between 1959 and 1967 I got over 20 of the > Gazelles > > in the results. > > > > -D > > > > > On May 31, 2017, at 3:17 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > I'm halfway tempted to get a Gazelle, get rid of the Mercedes emblems > and > > > put "Maxwell" on it instead in honor of Jack Benny... > > > > > > -MMM- > > > ___ > > > 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 > > > > > ___ > 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 *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 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
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Yes, but how many of them are Maxwells? ;) -MMM- On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > Mitch, > > I just looked at my national Craigslist search at lunch. And out of maybe > 300 ads for a Mercedes between 1959 and 1967 I got over 20 of the Gazelles > in the results. > > -D > > > On May 31, 2017, at 3:17 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I'm halfway tempted to get a Gazelle, get rid of the Mercedes emblems and > > put "Maxwell" on it instead in honor of Jack Benny... > > > > -MMM- > > ___ > > 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 > > ___ 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
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Mitch, I just looked at my national Craigslist search at lunch. And out of maybe 300 ads for a Mercedes between 1959 and 1967 I got over 20 of the Gazelles in the results. -D > On May 31, 2017, at 3:17 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes > wrote: > > I'm halfway tempted to get a Gazelle, get rid of the Mercedes emblems and > put "Maxwell" on it instead in honor of Jack Benny... > > -MMM- > ___ > 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
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I'm halfway tempted to get a Gazelle, get rid of the Mercedes emblems and put "Maxwell" on it instead in honor of Jack Benny... -MMM- ___ 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
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"Has been used in lots of parades to carry queens." Gay pride parades, etc. --FT On 5/30/17 5:43 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes wrote: These are the worst. AND its built on a Chevette body? https://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/6148904850.html Don Snook ___ 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 Winston Churchill: “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” ___ 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
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Chevette floorpan? Never heard of that, or any unibody chassis being used for that matter. I think the Fiberfab Gazelle was a custom chassis with a Pinto drivetrain and suspension. Mitch. > On May 30, 2017 at 5:43 PM Donald Snook via Mercedes > wrote: > > > These are the worst. AND its built on a Chevette body? > > https://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/6148904850.html > > Don Snook > ___ > 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
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You can’t imagine how many of these I see for sale on my daily national Craigslist search when I’m looking for finnies. Lots and lots, maybe 10-12 in a day’s search. -D > On May 30, 2017, at 5:43 PM, Donald Snook via Mercedes > wrote: > > These are the worst. AND its built on a Chevette body? > > https://wichita.craigslist.org/cto/6148904850.html > > Don Snook > ___ > 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
