I agree, even though most of my cars have them. Given the option, I would order without. I figure, if the windows roll down, that's good enough. If more air than that is needed, a motorcycle might be a better mode of transport. ;-) hee hee
Ed 300E On 29 January 2012 10:20, WILTON <wilt...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > I can't understand the need to cut a hole in a perfectly good steel top to > install a movable, potentially leaky and expensive panel, oftentimes of > some other material. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "E M" <pokieba...@gmail.com> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 12:52 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Look at these > > > > Yeah, a lot of people have a thing for cutting the tops off cars, which I >> never understood. I personally prefer closed cars. With all this talk >> lately about transplanting engines, what I think would make a really cool >> project, would be to shoehorn a 6.3 into a 280SE coupe. That would be a >> super Q car, without all the flash a lot of the current AMG models have. A >> gentleman's GT express. :-) Could probably make it all happen too, with >> only a medium size hammer. hee hee >> >> Ed >> 300E >> >> On 29 January 2012 00:36, andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I got really excited when Friendship Classics in NW DC acquired a >>> 280SE 3.5 cabriolet, silver with blue interior, asking only $60K for >>> it (not that I have that kind of loose change, but market is well over >>> $100K now). Turns out it was a coupe conversion by an owner in FL and >>> the idiotic thing was that it was a sunroof coupe to begin with. >>> Still had the s/r switch in the dash. Now that's heresy... >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 4:57 PM, E M <pokieba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Gullwing prices are going through the roof it seems. Even a "standard" >>> one >>> > in decent shape is going to set you back $6-700,000 these days. >>> Still, > I >>> > think they were undervalued for many years, and not given the proper >>> > respect they deserve in automotive history. >>> > >>> > A fellow I knew in the club years ago, traded a mint restored 300 SL > >>> for >>> a >>> > Gullwing project car, that was pulled out of a pond. It wasn't a > >>> numbers >>> > matching car, but they did a lovely job restoring it. And best of all, >>> it >>> > was a car he really enjoyed, drove regularly, and even took it on >>> motoring >>> > holidays. >>> > >>> > If my numbers ever come in on the lottery, a Gullwing is still one of >>> > the >>> > cars on my short, wish list. :-) >>> > >>> > As for the G Wagon, I'd prefer to see Mercedes drop a V12 into > >>> something >>> > like the new CLS, before the G. As for the few G Wagons I've been in, >>> > I >>> > found the ergonomics kind of weird. Not weird for a truck, but not >>> really >>> > a platform that is crying out for a twin turbo V12. hee hee. >>> > >>> > Ed >>> > 300E >>> > >>> > On 28 January 2012 16:26, <relng...@aol.com> wrote: >>> > >>> >> Go here and look at the first four cars, scrolling down. >>> >> >>> >> www.mbworld.org >>> >> >>> >> RLE >>> >> ______________________________**_________ >>> >> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> >> To search list archives >>> >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >> >>> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> > >>> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.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/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
