My brother in-law stripped one then he decided that the $$$ made from the aluminum & steel was not worth the trouble. The frame under the one he stripped was minimal and would not make a good utility trailer.
He tried selling the used sink, heater, stove, roof top AC and fridge and could not find any buyers. He still has an old motor home behind the house with a Chrysler 440 engine and a Studebaker generator. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com http://www.kegkits.com/JABF/ 256-656-1924 -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:52 PM To: Diesel List Subject: Re: [MBZ] w201 on Mythbusters I suspect a tow behind trailer from the '70s is quite like today, AFAIK they're all a wooden framed structure on a metal base. Theres a guy not far from me who was, when metals prices were very high, taking old camper trailers for free disposal, stripping the aluminum siding for scrap, burning the wood structure in his outside boiler, repainting the base, decking it and selling them for what looked to be pretty good utility trailers. In the Mad Max clip you can clearly see the car coming down off the trailer's floor, I'd guess for the "Hollywood Magic" (Sydney magic?) they'd put a ramp on the far side of the trailer so the car jumped up into the trailer, shot through, and landed on the near side. -Curt Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:55:06 -0400 From: Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> Subject: Re: [MBZ] w201 on Mythbusters To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <49f4ae0a.5030...@voyager.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Did they use a trailer that would have been suitably old looking around 1980ish when Mad Max was filmed? Construction may have become stronger since then. Mitch. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090426/9b de3dc1/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2080 - Release Date: 4/25/2009 8:29 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2080 - Release Date: 4/25/2009 8:29 AM _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
