Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-18 Thread Hendrik Riessen
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:53 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist? Yes - PersonnenKraftWagen...kraft means strength...maybe it means something else too...? But PKW would include ALL passenger cars, but not trucks or busses. minivans...don't know. Chris

Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-18 Thread Dave M.
-- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:15:25 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist? ah, good to know, thanks. W126, S124I think I can keep that straight. Chris Zeitgeist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-18 Thread Marshall Booth
Dave M. wrote: The letters differ depending on if you are referring to them as a model number suffix (300TE is a gasser wagon), or as a chassis prefix (S124 is a wagon). Here's the list of chassis prefixes that I know of: W = sedan (W124, 300E) S = wagon (S124, 300TE) C = coupe (C124, 300CE) A

Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-18 Thread OK Don
ROTFLMAO ! A 126 300TD would have been great. oh well. A 300STD? -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, '87 300SDL 290K, '81 240D 173K, '78 450SLC 67K, '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K

Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-18 Thread John Berryman
On Jan 17, 2006, at 5:38 PM, Christopher McCann wrote: ALSO, I had enough of my oozing (in summer) and crustaceous (in winter) rear view mirror and replaced it. You had mentioned you'd never seen one (I think), so if you want this one for experimentation/dissection/curio/whatever,

[MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-17 Thread Christopher McCann
subject line says it all. Thanks Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, Rose -1992 Volkswagen Golf, diesel, 185K km, Nanook -1987 300TD, 151K, Rotkäppchen -1985 300SD, 211K, Wulf -1976 240D, ?K, AKP-Wagen (Alternativen Kraftstoffs

Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-17 Thread Marshall Booth
Christopher McCann wrote: subject line says it all. The W stands for sedan/coupe. R for roadster, T for transporter (wagon) in the old notation system (starting in the early '90s everything went CRAZY). The is NO such thing as W123/124 wagon! It would be a 123/124 T, not a W123/124 T. I

Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-17 Thread Christopher McCann
interesting, I thought W just automatically preceded every chassis number. So, to get this straight, my 300SD is a W126, but my 87 300TD is a 124? A 126 300TD would have been great. oh well. ALSO, I had enough of my oozing (in summer) and crustaceous (in winter) rear view mirror and

Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-17 Thread Mitch Haley
Christopher McCann wrote: A 126 300TD would have been great. oh well. A 300STD?

Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-17 Thread Zeitgeist
A wagon is also known as an S123 or S124, while sedans are W123 or W124. On 1/17/06, Christopher McCann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: interesting, I thought W just automatically preceded every chassis number. So, to get this straight, my 300SD is a W126, but my 87 300TD is a 124? Casey Olympia,

Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-17 Thread Loren Faeth
Just to confuse matters even more, in German MB factories cars are referred to as PKW (personnenwagon I think) And we always thought our German cousins were SO organized! (Maybe that is just trains) Loren Lotsa MBs At 04:38 PM 1/17/2006, you wrote: interesting, I thought W just

Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-17 Thread Christopher McCann
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Re: [MBZ] 300?TD/TE W126...did it ever exist?

2006-01-17 Thread Christopher McCann
Yes - PersonnenKraftWagen...kraft means strength...maybe it means something else too...? But PKW would include ALL passenger cars, but not trucks or busses. minivans...don't know. Chris Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just to confuse matters even more, in German MB factories cars