Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-06-05 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
y.com> > 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 1700l

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-06-05 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> 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 b

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-06-05 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
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...

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-06-05 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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 < >

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-06-05 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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

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2017-06-05 Thread Ed Booher via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
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" >

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2017-05-31 Thread Craig via Mercedes
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

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2017-05-31 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
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

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2017-05-31 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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>

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
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:

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
y 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. > ‎ > _

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
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 . . .

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2017-05-31 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread Dan--- via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-31 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
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

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2017-05-31 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
"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 ___

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-30 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
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

Re: [MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-30 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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

[MBZ] I hate these kits

2017-05-30 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
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: