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No but I did in a 123 wagon. http://okiebenz.com/funny/wagonoverload/ Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 21, 2016, at 10:13 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > >> On December 20, 2016 at 7:33 PM Kyle Arola via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> >> It is all about the body style Cool trumps ref

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> On December 20, 2016 at 7:33 PM Kyle Arola via Mercedes > wrote: > > > It is all about the body style Cool trumps refined any day... And 123's > are cool... Besides that, did Kleb ever haul over a ton of Autotraders in a S124? Mitch. ___ http://www.o

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Clay, That is so true! Looking for the past month and before joining this list and 2 other MB forums I feel that I have a good idea of what these cars are going for. That being said, one of the reasons for joining this merry band of travelers is to get some help with finding this car, making fri

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Welcome Kyle. If you want a car you do not need to screw with for a decade, you may need to up the buy in. The W123 is rather bullet proof, but the 85 TD is over 30 years old. Were I in the market with the parameters you lay out, I think I would want a very recently refreshed example with al

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Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes December 20, 2016 at 7:08 PM Or better yet, have around 80-90 cars like I do. OH! The Humility! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscr

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We had a Ford Golden Jubilee. (1953) That was another favorite. There is a guy here who has a golden Jubilee for sale that I would live to buy and restore, but no time, storage, . 52 Ford PU is a tank. Kyle Arola via Mercedes December 20, 2016 at 6:52 PM

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Or better yet, have around 80-90 cars like I do. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 20, 2016, at 6:48 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Better yet, have BOTH! > >> Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes >> December 20, 2016 at 6:29 PM >> Why have a tractor like 123

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Awesome!! I am still sad I sold my 52 Ford tractor and pickup... They were quite fine motoring around... Myle On Dec 20, 2016 7:46 PM, "Curley McLain via Mercedes" wrote: > Nice! My favorite was a JD 5500N Narrow, with MFW and a cab. (Yanmar, > but was labelled USA) 75 HP in a package not

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Better yet, have BOTH! Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes December 20, 2016 at 6:29 PM Why have a tractor like 123 when you can have a refined 124. Sent from my MBPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://w

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Nice! My favorite was a JD 5500N Narrow, with MFW and a cab. (Yanmar, but was labelled USA) 75 HP in a package not much different from your Ford. It was fantastic pulling PTO air sprayer up and down hills. 1993 I think Curt has a farmall super M. I have a Farmall H (1948). All the rest

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It is all about the body style Cool trumps refined any day... And 123's are cool... On Dec 20, 2016 7:30 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Why have a tractor like 123 when you can have a refined 124. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 20, 2016, at 5:37 P

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Yes, because he smokes too much crack. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 20, 2016, at 6:07 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Andrew is OCD about his wagons. Even to the point of trying to keep the > original (deadly to the engine) trap ozidizer on his calif TD. > >> Kyle Arola via Merc

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Why have a tractor like 123 when you can have a refined 124. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 20, 2016, at 5:37 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Coupes, apparently. I was surprised that coupe didn’t do better. > > I will say that diesel coupes seem to have a “red headed stepchild” sort o

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1987 Ford 2110 with the Ford FEL. 36 horse diesel engine built in Shibaura Japan. Sweet ride and 4 wheel,drive. Was my Grandfathers and only 1900 hours.. On Dec 20, 2016 7:10 PM, "Curley McLain via Mercedes" wrote: Yeah, what kind/model (s)? Kleb has never seen the Big Show tractor ride! Or th

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Yeah, what kind/model (s)? Kleb has never seen the Big Show tractor ride! Or the WMT tractor ride. Kyle Arola via Mercedes December 20, 2016 at 5:28 PM Funny, I also have a tractor... hahaha! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To

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Andrew is OCD about his wagons. Even to the point of trying to keep the original (deadly to the engine) trap ozidizer on his calif TD. Kyle Arola via Mercedes December 20, 2016 at 5:20 PM This is so helpful! I really do NOT want to get taken to the cleaners on a

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Coupes, apparently. I was surprised that coupe didn’t do better. I will say that diesel coupes seem to have a “red headed stepchild” sort of thing going. It’s sort of like combining two unlike things - a coupe and diesel. I loved my W123 coupe, and despite the opposite, it would get up and go

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On 20/12/2016 4:03 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes wrote: Aim higher! I have had my 200D (110) for 44 years, and the 240D (123) over 20 years. Between my son and I we have had the 200D 2.4 for 25 years as of Dec 7, 2016. so, how many miles have you put on these over the years you have had th

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Funny, I also have a tractor... hahaha! On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 6:26 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The 123 are like tractors, nobody wants them. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 20, 2016, at 5:16 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com>

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The 123 are like tractors, nobody wants them. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 20, 2016, at 5:16 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > He might have gotten hosed on a rebuilt trans for a B2 piston or something. > If he's got dealer records from day 1, he should be able to prove the > odomet

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This is so helpful! I really do NOT want to get taken to the cleaners on a car, and that is why my first inclination was to meet people in the "club" and attempt to get a wagon from someone known, or at least suspected, of loving their car! Kyle On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Mitch Haley via M

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He might have gotten hosed on a rebuilt trans for a B2 piston or something. If he's got dealer records from day 1, he should be able to prove the odometer. Then it's up to the market to decide what a clean well maintained low mileage car is worth, but for 123 sedans I've been seeing 90kmi cars fo

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Not much at all. On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 6:08 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > As Andrew likes to say, "What would it take to make this car concours > ready?" > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www

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As Andrew likes to say, "What would it take to make this car concours ready?" ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/merced

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Truth! I figured 10 was a good start. Hahaha Kyle On Dec 20, 2016 5:03 PM, "Curley McLain via Mercedes" wrote: > Aim higher! I have had my 200D (110) for 44 years, and the 240D (123) > over 20 years. Between my son and I we have had the 200D 2.4 for 25 years > as of Dec 7, 2016. > > Kyle Arol

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OH! The humility!Kinda reminds me of barry sotero. Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes December 20, 2016 at 2:38 PM I am pretty much the most important person here. Sent from my iPhone BUT, since I have not thanked you for a while, Thanks for keeping the site a

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Aim higher! I have had my 200D (110) for 44 years, and the 240D (123) over 20 years. Between my son and I we have had the 200D 2.4 for 25 years as of Dec 7, 2016. Kyle Arola via Mercedes December 20, 2016 at 2:38 PM Garage queens don't last on the farm.. The do

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"A legend in his own mind" RB On 20/12/2016 2:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: I am pretty much the most important person here. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change del

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I do not see where he tells you how many miles it has on it in total. I also suggest that $16K US is pretty big dollars for an old station wagon. I know I have recently suggested that the folks on here are a bunch of bottom feeders who think they should be able to buy wonderful MBs for $500 and

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That one sounds almost too good to be true. Valve adjust every 8,000 and fuel filters every 6,000? I would wait on that one as it should be around for a long time at that price. Manfred Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 14:42:01 -0500 From: Kyle Arola hahaha! I was hopeful that I had not disappointe

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Garage queens don't last on the farm.. The dogs like to pee on the tires! hahaha! I just cant get them to quit. What you are saying makes perfect sense, and which is why I would prefer to get a car from someone who knows what it is and has done the work on it to keep it running reliably and take t

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es that mean?BB >> >> >> Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A >> Original message From: Curley McLain via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> Date: 2016-12-20 12:40 PM (GMT-06:00) To: >> Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Curley McLain < >> 126die...@gmail

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The way I have always approached this has been to explain that I am looking for the best reasonably priced example of the car that doesn’t need repairs. No basket cases, project cars, etc., something I can get into, turn the key and go with minimal concerns. In my case I want the best cosmetic

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Edited on peachparts, but cant on benzworld. Oh well, live and learn. hahaha! No harm no foul, as I will have to stay tough in negotiations! I can always use the " that includes the travel and fuel driving back expenses" argument. They don't need to know we have budgeted for that... Kyle On T

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That is certainly true, I was hoping to avoid the whole "buy my basket case" event, but perhaps a quick edit to my post might eliminate this problem... I will try that. Kyle On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Everything is negotiable. If n

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Everything is negotiable. If not, the seller has unrealistic expectations that you’re not going to overcome. In that case, thank them and move on. The problem is that you have put a number out already, so people know what your top end is. Had you not done so you could have easily responded to

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I do recognize that that can certainly happen, and I am willing to accept it if it happens to me! My problems are California is a really long way away and if they will take 10k after starting at 16k, they knew the car was only worth 10k and tried to screw a new (caveat emptor) enthusiast over... I

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Don’t dismiss the random user, as sometimes they can be “the one”. My 1990 350SDL came from a random user on Benzworld that I didn’t know but had enough cred there that I was satisfied after talking to him a number of times that the car was represented truthfully, and it was. Dan > On Dec 20

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That was my general thought also. I would spend that if it was someone that everyone vouched for... but some random user that wants to sell me some pretty nice car, not likely.. and i don't support crack! On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >

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$16k for that car is crackhead money, in my opinion. I would also be suspect of an 83 with only 137k on the clock having a rebuilt transmission. That’s way, way below the norm. I could see maybe $10k or $12k, but $16k is pretty outrageous in my opinion. Dan > On Dec 20, 2016, at 2:42 PM,

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hahaha! I was hopeful that I had not disappointed Curley to that point quite yet... So is it worth flying to California to buy a "perfect" 123 wagon for 16K? Opinions please. I do know there is no such thing as a perfect car, but, you can get it pretty close. It is a guy on peachparts and he

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Ja, Shore! Uff Da Dan Penoff via Mercedes December 20, 2016 at 1:30 PM Methinks Curly was referring to Andrew, not you. Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscr

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Methinks Curly was referring to Andrew, not you. Dan > On Dec 20, 2016, at 2:15 PM, Kyle Arola via Mercedes > wrote: > > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=big%20hat%2C%20no%20cattle > > Someone who presents themselves as a person of great importance, but who's > actual credentia

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scussion List Cc: Curley McLain < > 126die...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oh Andrew! Was: Welcome New Member > Big hat No cattle > > > Kyle Arola via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > December 20, 2016 at 12:29 PM > > If Andrew is interested in se

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What does that mean?BB Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Curley McLain via Mercedes Date: 2016-12-20 12:40 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oh Andrew! Was: Welcome New Member B

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Big hat No cattle Kyle Arola via Mercedes December 20, 2016 at 12:29 PM If Andrew is interested in selling a car, and he is 12 hours or less away, I would be happy to drive my truck and trailer to him For the right car, I would certainly take time off work and

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If Andrew is interested in selling a car, and he is 12 hours or less away, I would be happy to drive my truck and trailer to him For the right car, I would certainly take time off work and travel or fly out and drive back! Kyle On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < m

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There ya go Andrew! Drive your spare 123.193 down to the Q, ride da dog home! Welcome Kyle! Kyle Arola via Mercedes December 20, 2016 at 9:19 AM Thanks Dan! Had a problem with the vintage Java version and my Win10 machine, had to add some security exceptions a