Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-28 Thread Max Dillon
From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net To: mercedes Mailing List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sun, March 27, 2011 10:47:18 PM Subject: [MBZ] My purchase of the week Todays purchase is a 93 300D 2.5 turbo. A guy bought it who buys junk cars to haul to the crusher. It has a broken ball joint

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-28 Thread Rich Thomas
So will it be multiple colors? A technicolor turd? --R On 3/27/11 10:47 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Todays purchase is a 93 300D 2.5 turbo. A guy bought it who buys junk cars to haul to the crusher. It has a broken ball joint and at least 1 bad front fender but the interior is in nice

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-28 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
No, I dont think I do unless you buy the whole car. On 3/27/2011 10:08 PM, OK Don wrote: Congrats! I want a spare KLIMA for a 124 300D - have one? On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Kaleb C. Striplinka...@striplin.netwrote: Todays purchase is a 93 300D 2.5 turbo. A guy bought it who buys junk

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-28 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
on) Charleston SC From: Kaleb C. Striplinka...@striplin.net To: mercedes Mailing Listmercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sun, March 27, 2011 10:47:18 PM Subject: [MBZ] My purchase of the week Todays purchase is a 93 300D 2.5 turbo. A guy bought it who buys junk cars to haul

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-28 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Naw, it will be all white On 3/28/2011 9:25 AM, Rich Thomas wrote: So will it be multiple colors? A technicolor turd? --R On 3/27/11 10:47 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Todays purchase is a 93 300D 2.5 turbo. A guy bought it who buys junk cars to haul to the crusher. It has a broken ball

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-28 Thread Max Dillon
, 2011 7:31 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week No rust, I think its going to turn out to be a decent deal. I think I might keep it for a while since its the last year of the 2.5. Or, I could flip it you never know. After all, I do have the 97 E300 now

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-28 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
on a tank of fuel? -Max -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:31 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week No rust, I think its going to turn

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-28 Thread Max Dillon
: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:48 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week The E300 should be faster since its 134hp versus 121 for the 2.5. According to epa looks like

[MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Todays purchase is a 93 300D 2.5 turbo. A guy bought it who buys junk cars to haul to the crusher. It has a broken ball joint and at least 1 bad front fender but the interior is in nice shape and it runs great. I happen to have white fenders that will bolt right on. I should have plenty of

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
Congrats! I want a spare KLIMA for a 124 300D - have one? On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: Todays purchase is a 93 300D 2.5 turbo. A guy bought it who buys junk cars to haul to the crusher. It has a broken ball joint and at least 1 bad front fender

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-27 Thread Dieselhead
You need a 5 cyl Klima I believe. The 6 cyl 300D is different. Congrats! I want a spare KLIMA for a 124 300D - have one? On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: Todays purchase is a 93 300D 2.5 turbo. A guy bought it who buys junk cars to haul to the

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-27 Thread OK Don
Yes - I doubt he'd sell the one out of the car he's going to fix and flip though --- I suspect that he has one for a 5 cyl. there somewhere. Probably shouldn't have slipped this into this thread. On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: You need a 5 cyl Klima I

Re: [MBZ] My purchase of the week

2011-03-27 Thread Kevin Kraly
Congratulations on your new purchase! I've admired your buying and selling strategy since I joined the Mercedes list, so now that I have room in the budget, I decided to do a similar business with rC cars and trucks. I've started buying up some fixer uppers since I enjoy rebuilding them and