Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars

2015-02-02 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Dave wrote: > The decent money at the time I > bought the VW was a $2.25 per hour union job... '60? - yes, that sounds like rollin' in the dough. Interesting. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscr

Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars

2015-02-02 Thread David & Kristin Gilmore via Mercedes
On 2/1/2015 9:29 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: David wrote: By then I was earning decent money... What type of work in Denver did you do? What part of town? I started working for a small civil engg firm in Denver in '78 but pay never got good. We lived south of DU. mao I was the

Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars

2015-02-02 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
What brand is it? I think you were robbed. IIRC it doesn't even take 2 full liters. $45/l is absurd. -Curt From: Andrew Strasfogel To: Curt Raymond ; Mercedes Discussion List Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars This is from the deale

Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars

2015-02-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
diff oil on. It made the noisy diff a little quieter. > > -Curt > > > From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > To: Mountain Man ; Mercedes Discussion List < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 11:42 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - First C

Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars

2015-02-02 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
ssion List Sent: Monday, February 2, 2015 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars The hyploid oil refill in the rear diff of my 1985 300TD set me back $90 just for the fluid! On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 9:29 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > David wrote

Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars

2015-02-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
The hyploid oil refill in the rear diff of my 1985 300TD set me back $90 just for the fluid! On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 9:29 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > David wrote: > > By then I was earning decent money... > > What type of work in Denver did you do? > What part o

Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars

2015-02-01 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
David wrote: > By then I was earning decent money... What type of work in Denver did you do? What part of town? I started working for a small civil engg firm in Denver in '78 but pay never got good. We lived south of DU. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To se

Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars

2015-02-01 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
Yep, need to keep the AFDB on at all times, especially when alone / isolated. -- Max Dillon Charleston, SC On February 1, 2015 12:19:19 PM EST, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: >That is a classic abduction event. You only think it was five >minutes... > >--R > > >On 2/1/15 12:00 PM, David & Kri

Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars

2015-02-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
The next big event was one day on my way to work the rear end locked up at about 60 mph. A seal had gone and leaked the lube out. Not long after that was fixed the foot brake went to the floor and I sailed through a stoplight. (This was before the day of two chambered brake reservoirs.) A mo

Re: [MBZ] OT - First Cars

2015-02-01 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
That is a classic abduction event. You only think it was five minutes... --R On 2/1/15 12:00 PM, David & Kristin Gilmore via Mercedes wrote: Suddenly everything was suffused with the classic glow and I felt a sense of well being unknown before. The feeling lasted perhaps five minutes. __

[MBZ] OT - First Cars

2015-02-01 Thread David & Kristin Gilmore via Mercedes
My first car was a 1953 Studebaker coupe I bought in 1958 from a used car lot in Chicago. It had been repainted (yellow) and I suspect the odometer rolled back but it was lovely. I don't think there has been a more graceful car made. Whitewall tires. Three on the tree with overdrive.