Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:30:29 -0800 Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 10:35 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I guess a newer engine like a 500 or 55 M113 would have moah powah > > than the older 560 M117 but it would be run by

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Andone with a "D" license show up at your kar & Koffee gatherin's? Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes January 13, 2020 at 4:25 PM Yeah you gotta pay a copart fee then a broker fee too, it adds up on a beater In NC it’s easier although some cars are not to the public

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Those m113k nannies are the nannies kids pray for. On Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 10:35 AM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Actually that’s an interesting crackpot idea. The wheelbases Of the two > chassises (126 coupé and 163) are within an inch and body widths and tracks

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Yeah I guess they have been less corrupted than the corruptocrats here --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jan 13, 2020, at 6:37 PM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:25:54 -0500 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > >> In NC it’s easier although some cars are not to the

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:25:54 -0500 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > In NC it’s easier although some cars are not to the public for > reasons unclear. It's easier in North Carolina than South Carolina? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

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2020-01-13 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: I need to find someone here with a license https://www.copart.com/brokersmarketmakers/1/ One example I just randomly picked off that list: https://selenaauto.com/index.php Your CoPart fees are lower with a dealer, but even a low $200 broker fee won't be

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Yeah you gotta pay a copart fee then a broker fee too, it adds up on a beater In NC it’s easier although some cars are not to the public for reasons unclear. I need to find someone here with a license --FT Sent from iPhone > On Jan 13, 2020, at 5:08 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: >

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: Unfortunately a private party can't buy from Copart here, you need some sort of dealer or salvage licence. An individual can buy in NC though, Copart or IAAA Wow, you're right. It's clean title and I can't buy it without a broker. In MI, we've got salvage

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Unfortunately a private party can't buy from Copart here, you need some sort of dealer or salvage licence.  An individual can buy in NC though, Copart or IAAA --FT On 1/13/20 4:11 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: ML 55, clean title, $725 buy it now. Better act quick, already bid over

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
ML 55, clean title, $725 buy it now. Better act quick, already bid over $600. http://mb-teilekatalog.info/view_DatacardAction.php?lang=G=4jgab74e0ya199243 https://www.copart.com/lot/59558209 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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2020-01-13 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: Didn'cha just post a ML55? Looks like a salvage ML500 (or 320, he didn't give the VIN) with a ML55 badge on it. For 4800lb, I think my ML350 scoots along better than it has any right to. But a rusty or wrecked ML55 would be quite impressive, if not scary,

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
I was going to take the mityvac over and do that --FT On 1/13/20 2:03 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: Didn'cha just post a ML55? Better finish the coupe first though.  you should be able to just open the bleeders and gravity bleed them again.   RR, LR then RF, LF. Buggered Benzmail

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Didn'cha just post a ML55? Better finish the coupe first though.  you should be able to just open the bleeders and gravity bleed them again.   RR, LR then RF, LF. Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes January 13, 2020 at 12:35 PM Actually that’s an interesting

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
There's one already done in West Memphis, Ar, along I-55   Not as pretty as this'n Mitch Haley via Mercedes January 13, 2020 at 11:52 AM Didn't you buy an SEC or two a while back? 126 or 140? Drop it on top of a W163 frame and you'll have the lift

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Actually that’s an interesting crackpot idea. The wheelbases Of the two chassises (126 coupé and 163) are within an inch and body widths and tracks are also very close so those aspects would be close fits. I wonder if the 560 engine would mate up to the AWD drive train or just leave the stock

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Well, it has the "cold air intake" scoop on the hood, but they forgot the hood stack for exhaust? That is pretty neat. Swap that special-build body onto a more modern suspension set up, and it would be very entertaining. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 12:55 PM Floyd

Re: [MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: Oh hell yes I need to do this, seriously need to do this! Someone find me a wrecked G I can get the running gear from, I got the $300.560SEC sitting around!

[MBZ] I need some welding lessons!

2020-01-13 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
Oh hell yes I need to do this, seriously need to do this! Someone find me a wrecked G I can get the running gear from, I got the $300.560SEC sitting around! https://petrolicious.com/articles/dakar-dud-this-mercedes-benz-560sec-was-built-for-off-road-endurance-racing-in-the-80s -- --FT