Re: [MBZ] Relisted, 1969 220D project
Have you guys watched Vice Grips Garage at all?This has got "stupid road trip" written all over it. Then a Rustoleum green paint job... If my stupid idea of living at the farm comes to be I need to be careful, I could park a lot of cars in the new barn. -Curt On Saturday, January 16, 2021, 1:46:48 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Not a lot. W114s don’t get a lot of love, although this one has some things going for it such as a manny tranny. By the time you invested the money to restore this car you would be well into upside down territory. -D > On Jan 16, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Don't recall the ask last time. What would a nice example be worth? > > https://peoria.craigslist.org/cto/d/peoria-1969-mercedes/7262612817.html > > Allan > > ___ > 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] Relisted, 1969 220D project
That’s kinda cool. Not entirely unreasonable --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jan 16, 2021, at 3:07 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > nice example ___ 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] Relisted, 1969 220D project
*When you drove through puddles of water, it would splash onto the windshield through the holes in the front fenders.* Aah, such nostalgia. On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 3:23 PM OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > YES they are - my first MB, a 1970 220D was from MN (my Grandfather bought > it new) - I sold it for parts when it started binding the doors when jacked > up on one side. When you drove through puddles of water, it would splash > onto the windshield through the holes in the front fenders. > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 2:07 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > They are rust-prone though? Means not really something you want to drive > > in the wintertime where road salt is used. > > > > > > > > -- > 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] Relisted, 1969 220D project
YES they are - my first MB, a 1970 220D was from MN (my Grandfather bought it new) - I sold it for parts when it started binding the doors when jacked up on one side. When you drove through puddles of water, it would splash onto the windshield through the holes in the front fenders. On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 2:07 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > They are rust-prone though? Means not really something you want to drive > in the wintertime where road salt is used. > > > -- 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] Relisted, 1969 220D project
They are rust-prone though? Means not really something you want to drive in the wintertime where road salt is used. Allan Bob Rentfro via Mercedes writes: > I’d get it and cover the seats (until I could source replacements) and drive > it whilst I sort it out. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 16, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Not a lot. W114s don’t get a lot of love, although this one has some things >> going for it such as a manny tranny. By the time you invested the money to >> restore this car you would be well into upside down territory. >> >> -D >> >>> On Jan 16, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >>> wrote: >>> >>> Don't recall the ask last time. What would a nice example be worth? >>> >>> https://peoria.craigslist.org/cto/d/peoria-1969-mercedes/7262612817.html >>> >>> Allan ___ 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] Relisted, 1969 220D project
It’s in my hometown, too. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 16, 2021, at 12:06 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > Check the heater fan --- > >> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 1:03 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> It’s pretty nice actually. Good color too. Good w115 do fetch decent money >> actually. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jan 16, 2021, at 1:59 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I’d get it and cover the seats (until I could source replacements) and >> drive it whilst I sort it out. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> On Jan 16, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Not a lot. W114s don’t get a lot of love, although this one has some >> things going for it such as a manny tranny. By the time you invested the >> money to restore this car you would be well into upside down territory. -D >> On Jan 16, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Don't recall the ask last time. What would a nice example be worth? > > >> https://peoria.craigslist.org/cto/d/peoria-1969-mercedes/7262612817.html > > Allan > > ___ > 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 >>> >> >> >> ___ >> 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] Relisted, 1969 220D project
Check the heater fan --- On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 1:03 PM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It’s pretty nice actually. Good color too. Good w115 do fetch decent money > actually. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 16, 2021, at 1:59 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I’d get it and cover the seats (until I could source replacements) and > drive it whilst I sort it out. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Jan 16, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> Not a lot. W114s don’t get a lot of love, although this one has some > things going for it such as a manny tranny. By the time you invested the > money to restore this car you would be well into upside down territory. > >> > >> -D > >> > On Jan 16, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Don't recall the ask last time. What would a nice example be worth? > >>> > >>> > https://peoria.craigslist.org/cto/d/peoria-1969-mercedes/7262612817.html > >>> > >>> Allan > >>> > >>> ___ > >>> 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 > > > > > ___ > 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] Relisted, 1969 220D project
It’s pretty nice actually. Good color too. Good w115 do fetch decent money actually. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 16, 2021, at 1:59 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > wrote: > > I’d get it and cover the seats (until I could source replacements) and drive > it whilst I sort it out. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 16, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Not a lot. W114s don’t get a lot of love, although this one has some things >> going for it such as a manny tranny. By the time you invested the money to >> restore this car you would be well into upside down territory. >> >> -D >> On Jan 16, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>> Don't recall the ask last time. What would a nice example be worth? >>> >>> https://peoria.craigslist.org/cto/d/peoria-1969-mercedes/7262612817.html >>> >>> Allan >>> >>> ___ >>> 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 > ___ 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] Relisted, 1969 220D project
I’d get it and cover the seats (until I could source replacements) and drive it whilst I sort it out. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 16, 2021, at 11:46 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Not a lot. W114s don’t get a lot of love, although this one has some things > going for it such as a manny tranny. By the time you invested the money to > restore this car you would be well into upside down territory. > > -D > >> On Jan 16, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> Don't recall the ask last time. What would a nice example be worth? >> >> https://peoria.craigslist.org/cto/d/peoria-1969-mercedes/7262612817.html >> >> Allan >> >> ___ >> 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] Relisted, 1969 220D project
Not a lot. W114s don’t get a lot of love, although this one has some things going for it such as a manny tranny. By the time you invested the money to restore this car you would be well into upside down territory. -D > On Jan 16, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Don't recall the ask last time. What would a nice example be worth? > > https://peoria.craigslist.org/cto/d/peoria-1969-mercedes/7262612817.html > > Allan > > ___ > 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
