Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-21 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
well if I and when this takes place I will post. Fmiser wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: No Im not talking about getting down to 4 cars, but I think down to 20 would be a good start. I need to start getting rid of some of the stuff I dont mess with anymore, like 116, older 126, 123, 2

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > You don't have a 116/126 with decent tobacco leather you're thinking of > crushing, do you? > > I do but you can't have it ;) An '82 380SEL parts car with a virtually pristine tobacco leather interior---just a few surface cracks in the driver

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Fmiser
> Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > No Im not talking about getting down to 4 cars, but I think > down to 20 would be a good start. I need to start getting rid > of some of the stuff I dont mess with anymore, like 116, older > 126, 123, 201 stuff. I still have only 123s. I can't spend much money, but

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
not now OK Don wrote: Do you really get $300 - $400 at the crusher for a body? -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 95 E300, 94 S500, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D,

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Mitch Haley
OK Don wrote: Do you really get $300 - $400 at the crusher for a body? A few months ago, cars were going for about 10 cents a pound. Not sure about now. I guess it depends on how many pounds are left on the cars that Kleb has been taking parts off from. If you separate out the non ferrous met

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread OK Don
Do you really get $300 - $400 at the crusher for a body? On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > holy crap you are right. > Mitch Haley wrote: > >> OK Don wrote: >> >>> I counted about sixty (don't tell Regina) - and that doesn't include the >>> 350SD in the garage --- >>> >>

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
OK, I will sell it to you for $800, or you can have the whole car and a parts car to go with it. Jaime Kopchinski wrote: My offer still stands on your W123 heated seat stuff. Jaime On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: No Im not talking about getting down to 4 cars,

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: hahaha, thats actually a good idea. I decided the subterfuge was a bad idea after I thought about it. Nobody wants to call on a poorly described car just to find out what it is. Just advertise a 60 car Mercedes collection for $1000 each. ___

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Jaime Kopchinski
My offer still stands on your W123 heated seat stuff. Jaime On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 7:29 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > No Im not talking about getting down to 4 cars, but I think down to 20 would > be a good start.  I need to start getting rid of some of the stuff I dont > mess with anymore,

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
hahaha, thats actually a good idea. Mitch Haley wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: No Im not talking about getting down to 4 cars, but I think down to 20 would be a good start. I need to start getting rid of some of the stuff I dont mess with anymore, like 116, older 126, 123, 201 stuff. Have

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: No Im not talking about getting down to 4 cars, but I think down to 20 would be a good start. I need to start getting rid of some of the stuff I dont mess with anymore, like 116, older 126, 123, 201 stuff. Have a reverse auction sale. Put an ad in the Tulsa Craigslist

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
no Mitch Haley wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: No Im not talking about getting down to 4 cars, but I think down to 20 would be a good start. I need to start getting rid of some of the stuff I dont mess with anymore, like 116, older 126, 123, 201 stuff. You don't have a 116/126 with decent t

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: No Im not talking about getting down to 4 cars, but I think down to 20 would be a good start. I need to start getting rid of some of the stuff I dont mess with anymore, like 116, older 126, 123, 201 stuff. You don't have a 116/126 with decent tobacco leather you're th

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
holy crap you are right. Mitch Haley wrote: OK Don wrote: I counted about sixty (don't tell Regina) - and that doesn't include the 350SD in the garage --- At $500 each, that's over $30k. I bet he's glad we're talking about this on the list that she doesn't read. If he can average $300-400 a

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
No Im not talking about getting down to 4 cars, but I think down to 20 would be a good start. I need to start getting rid of some of the stuff I dont mess with anymore, like 116, older 126, 123, 201 stuff. OK Don wrote: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA - Once you're addicted, there's no turning back. You'd ha

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: > OK Don wrote: > >> I counted about sixty (don't tell Regina) - and that doesn't include the >> 350SD in the garage --- >> > > At $500 each, that's over $30k. I bet he's glad we're talking about this on > the list that she doesn't read. If he

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Dwight E. Giles, Jr
--Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Mitch Haley Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 1:41 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs? Rich Thomas wrote: > when all the sudden my dad yelled STOP S

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: > Alex Chamberlain wrote: > > Yuk. But it's not the bodies per se that matter so much as the >> contamination of the groundwater with formaldehyde, an unequivocal >> carcinogen, which happens whether you flood the cemetery or not. >> > > Arou

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread WILTON
Only 2 for me. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Mitch Haley" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 10:39 PM Subject: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs? Who on this list has the most MBs in their back yard? http://tinyurl.com/2676g5o _

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Mitch Haley
Alex Chamberlain wrote: Yuk. But it's not the bodies per se that matter so much as the contamination of the groundwater with formaldehyde, an unequivocal carcinogen, which happens whether you flood the cemetery or not. Around here, the casket has to be sealed in a vault to keep from contamina

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Mitch Haley wrote: > Rich Thomas wrote: > >> when all the sudden my dad yelled STOP So he did, and we were in the >> middle of a flooded graveyard, all the headstones sticking up around us, we >> finally picked our way through them and out, and got on our wa

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Mitch Haley
OK Don wrote: I counted about sixty (don't tell Regina) - and that doesn't include the 350SD in the garage --- At $500 each, that's over $30k. I bet he's glad we're talking about this on the list that she doesn't read. If he can average $300-400 at the crusher, that's a 2007 E320CDI, isn't it

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Mitch Haley
Rich Thomas wrote: when all the sudden my dad yelled STOP So he did, and we were in the middle of a flooded graveyard, all the headstones sticking up around us, we finally picked our way through them and out, and got on our way. It was kinda creepy but quite an adventure for me, being you

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread OK Don
I counted about sixty (don't tell Regina) - and that doesn't include the 350SD in the garage --- On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/kalebjunk > > Mitch Haley wrote: > >> Who on this list has the most MBs in their back yard? >> > -- OK Don Panic! (the

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread OK Don
That can't be Kalebs place, not enough cars. On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > Who on this list has the most MBs in their back yard? > > http://tinyurl.com/2676g5o > -- OK Don Panic! (the national past time). ___ http://www.okiebenz.com F

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread OK Don
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA - Once you're addicted, there's no turning back. You'd have to move to a condo with no parking to get you down to under four cars --- On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > Yea, Im thinking about getting rid of the junkers and buying one nice car. > > E M wro

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Rich Thomas
Nice place, my dad lives near there. I used to go to Kentucky Lake before Lake Barkley was created, and remember all the changes that went on when they made the lake -- flooding old towns and whatnot. One incident I clearly remember -- my dad and I went fishing with my uncle in his boat on La

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Donald Snook
Kaleb wrote: "Yea, Im thinking about getting rid of the junkers and buying one nice car." That's what I did. I didn't have a lot of junkers at one time - in fact they weren't junkers - just not MB. Since I sold my 1990 300D 2.5 to Ok Don, I went through a collection of decent cars, but none we

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Van Knutson
"Kaleb C. Striplin"  wrote:   >Yea, Im thinking about getting rid of the junkers and buying one nice car.   Oh, if I had a nickel for every time I heard Kaleb say this.   DBV, don't hold your breath information  minister ___ http://www.okiebenz.com Fo

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Mitch Haley
Dwight E. Giles, Jr wrote: Where in Michigan is this place? I get to Lansing on business once or twice a year. Charlotte, between Battle Creek and Lansing. Never saw a Benz there that I didn't park in front of the building while picking up parts for something else. Haven't seen a BMW there i

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-20 Thread Dwight E. Giles, Jr
Behalf Of Mitch Haley Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 11:52 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs? Craig wins the prize. I put in Kleb's address, zoomed out until I could see Michigan, recentered on Charlotte, and zoomed in on Ralph Davis' place. He&#

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread Fmiser
> Mitch Haley wrote: > Craig wins the prize. Shoot! That's what I get for cheating, I guess. I saw Kaleb's place. I saw the address in the browser, copy/pasted the address into GoogleEarth (already running) and it found Kaleb house. -- Philip ___ http://

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Yea, Im thinking about getting rid of the junkers and buying one nice car. E M wrote: It's not the quantity, it's the quality, like all things in life. ;-) hee hee Ed 300E On 19 July 2010 22:39, Mitch Haley wrote: Who on this list has the most MBs in their back yard? http://tinyurl.com/

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
http://tinyurl.com/kalebjunk Mitch Haley wrote: Who on this list has the most MBs in their back yard? http://tinyurl.com/2676g5o ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread Mitch Haley
Craig wins the prize. I put in Kleb's address, zoomed out until I could see Michigan, recentered on Charlotte, and zoomed in on Ralph Davis' place. He's got 10 acres of cars, Kleb's only got about 1/2 acre. If you scroll south you will see the buildings identified as RE Davis Motor Sales. The C

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread Craig McCluskey
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:07:43 -0500 Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > That picture ain't Kleb's place. You're right, http://tinyurl.com/2676g5o gives some place in Michigan about 7 miles southwest of Lansing (Mitch's? :-) ). That's because the address given to Google Maps is 24637

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread Bob Rentfro
I have 0 in the yard, 1 in the garage...and 1 that is in service. Bob RI winneth not. On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > That picture ain't Kleb's place. > > But Kleb has more MBs than anyone on the list as far as I know. I was up > to 14 or so counti

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread Dieselhead
That picture ain't Kleb's place. But Kleb has more MBs than anyone on the list as far as I know. I was up to 14 or so counting hulks a few years ago, but now not so many. Who on this list has the most MBs in their back yard? http://tinyurl.com/2676g5o

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread E M
It's not the quantity, it's the quality, like all things in life. ;-) hee hee Ed 300E On 19 July 2010 22:39, Mitch Haley wrote: > Who on this list has the most MBs in their back yard? > > http://tinyurl.com/2676g5o > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new

Re: [MBZ] Contest- who has more MBs?

2010-07-19 Thread Peter Frederick
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