Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-18 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
That's impressive for the day. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On January 18, 2016 9:28:43 AM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >This car had a Cadillac 390 V8 coupled to a unique TurboHydramatic >slushbox known as a “Jetaway 200”. It actually got pretty good >mileage, into th

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-18 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
This car had a Cadillac 390 V8 coupled to a unique TurboHydramatic slushbox known as a “Jetaway 200”. It actually got pretty good mileage, into the high teens on the highway. Dan > On Jan 18, 2016, at 8:51 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > "It's as big as a whale". Fun stuff! > >

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-18 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
"It's as big as a whale". Fun stuff! About ten MPG? -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On January 17, 2016 4:52:30 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >OK, I’m not seeing the attachment, meaning it’s getting stripped >somewhere… > >So let’s try a Dropbox link: > >https://www.dr

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Now that I look at this I realized it wasn’t aTC#, but a Turismo. You can see the badging on the “B” pillar. Can you tell the car had been “Martha’ed”? Dan > On Jan 17, 2016, at 9:21 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yes, that is a TC3 that was purchased new by my Dad and later sold

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Yes, that is a TC3 that was purchased new by my Dad and later sold to me for the wife to drive. It was actually a fun little car and did well as far as maintenance. Dad had an aftermarket sunroof installed, adn I always recall him reveling about how it didn’t leak (as if he expected all of the

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-17 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On January 17, 2016 at 5:37 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > Look at what was parked next to it in the driveway: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/lkg5536h33ohrwt/img002.jpg?dl=0 That's a Horizon TC3, right? When they renamed the 024 and TC3, they called them what, Charger and Turismo? Onc

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-17 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Dan wrote: > > OK, I’m not seeing the attachment, meaning it’s getting > stripped somewhere… Yea!!! I like links _much_ better. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
It was a barn find when I got it in 1983. It had been purchased new by a local company who used it as a company car for two years. They parked it in 1965 and it didn’t see the light of day until 1982, when the guy I bought it from took it out of storage. I think it had around 30k on the clock

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-17 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Like President Kennedy was riding in November 63 in Dallas. Dwight Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 1990 300D Wickford RI On Jan 17, 2016 5:10 PM, "Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Nice car, although Lincoln Continental of the same vintage with suicide > doors has a more c

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-17 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Nice car, although Lincoln Continental of the same vintage with suicide doors has a more classic appeal... On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > There is a gray one up the road for sale in some guy's front yard, might > be a 64, have not looke

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-17 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
There is a gray one up the road for sale in some guy's front yard, might be a 64, have not looked to see how much. It looks in quite good condition, paint faded but straight. He also has a 50s Chevy too that is in good shape. --R On 1/17/16 4:52 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: OK, I’m n

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-17 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Truly awesome. Now if you could barn find the car. Dwight Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 1990 300D Wickford RI On Jan 17, 2016 4:52 PM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" wrote: > OK, I’m not seeing the attachment, meaning it’s getting stripped somewhere… > > So let’s try a Dropbox link: > > https://www.dropbox.c

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
OK, I’m not seeing the attachment, meaning it’s getting stripped somewhere… So let’s try a Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/di6jw9hn1c6gcvp/img001.jpg?dl=0 > On Jan 17, 2016, at 4:50 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Hmm. Let’s try that again. >

Re: [MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Hmm. Let’s try that again. > On Jan 17, 2016, at 4:48 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > While cleaning out a closet today, I found a box of old photo albums. In one > of them were pictures once presumed lost of my former 1963 Cadillac 60 Series > Special: > > > > Dan > _

[MBZ] OT-Ancient History

2016-01-17 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
While cleaning out a closet today, I found a box of old photo albums. In one of them were pictures once presumed lost of my former 1963 Cadillac 60 Series Special: Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To