I would welcome more posts on restoration, and preservation. I do feel there are a number of posts on repairs, but I'd like to see more on maintance, and as I said, preservation and restoration of body and interiors, besides mechanical restorations.
I have no personal interest in doing body restoration work, but I'd like to be better informed about the "right" way to do it on certain models, so I can better instruct those I'm paying as to how I'd like things done. As a starting point, one of the front jacking points on my W124 is showing some rust. I can't really tell is this was from prior collision work not done up to Mercedes standards, or blocked water flow passages in the past that have caused water to settle. I did notice the rubber spout under the side in questions is missing. Ed 300E On 19 December 2010 15:08, Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, I did have some disagreements with Dr. Booth. But I recall they > were about fundamentals of engine design and operation, not about > anything specific on a car. I did have some issues with the idea that > anything the dokor said was gold, never to be questioned. But he did > alot of good things for all of us, and spread alot of good > information... but he wasn't right about everything, and even a > suggestion that he might be wrong caused problems. > > I was ahead of my time, and short on resources, to make dieseltech > (and any real serious projects of my own) work. > > I've been on these lists for a long time... 10-12 years? I bought my > first mercedes in 1998, a year after being able to legally drive. I > grew up in a W123 and learned to drive in a W126. I'm in my 30s now. > I'm an engineer and I work in the automotive industry, as some of you > may know. (Which is why I took the attack on the engineers who design > these cars personally) > > I've been working on many Mercedes project cars over the years and > most of them I've never mentioned here. I feel that there is no > interest in any real restoration or preservation work. The posts I do > make are largely ignored. This isn't the fault of the list, its my > fault for not finding a more suitable audience. > > I'm a big believer that original is best. Something Dr. Booth and I > had in common. I enjoy these cars because they bring me and my > passengers an experience of what things were like when they were new > 20-30+ years ago. I take pride in making them operate as originally > intended, design flaws and all. As I get older, I feel stronger and > stronger about this. The projects I take on are usually nice cars > that have been neglected. I bring them back to reliable daily > service, and sell them off (rarely for profit, always because I enjoy > doing it). I'm working on my third one this year right now and > usually own 4-5 cars at a time. > > I'll be unsubscribing here shortly, but I wanted to set things > straight before leaving. Whats written above is how I feel. You > might not agree, and you're entitled to that opinion. > > As I said before, I'm pretty shocked by the reaction my comment has > had. Once again, sorry if I offended any of you. > > Jaime > > > > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > > Ah, yes. Herr Doktor Booth and young Jaime had their disagreements back > in > > the day, which would have predated young Walt by several years. Herr > Doktor > > was of the 'stock is best' school of thought, which held the theory that > > Daimler-Benz spent millions every year on engineers who were paid to know > > something about the cars they designed. Those engineers clearly knew more > > than you or I, so why would we ever dream of trying to improve on their > > designs? > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
