oh yes. I think the Arctic Circle is mile 115 on the Dalton Hwy...it starts in Fairbanks and goes about 440 miles to Deadhorse...you are abour 300 miles NORTH of the arctic circle - you stand on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Some people take off their shoes and stand in it. One guy said it was about 50 F (result of 24 hours of sunlight for two months straight) - another was there in summer - it was right about freezing and the ocean was ice and slush - I would still stand in about 1 foot deep for a picture...although if you slipped, you might die - hypothermia happens FAST...so does frostbite - had it once - VERY painful. Chris
Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Would this put us above the arctic circle?? On 12/6/05, Christopher McCann wrote: > > A few years ago, my dad's cousin and her husband drove the Dalton Highway > to Deadhorse, Alaska...some 4,000+ miles from Kansas City in a camper. You > can drive within 3 miles of the Arctic Ocean and from there a bus takes you > to the Ocean...Prudhoe Bay to be exact. Usually about freezing even in the > summer. The Dalton Highway is mostly gravel, hard on cars (particularly > windshields and headlights), etc. Tons of articles on line and picture > galleries. > > A sample: http://gorp.away.com/gorp/activity/byway/ak_dalton.htm > > Anyone interested in an "Arctic-Q"? Not really able to do this any > time soon - maybe this coming summer...or the following summer...but I > have been thinking about it and thought I would throw it out for > thoughts, reactions, ideas, etc. Could be very interesting as a > multi-car caravan...we could carry lots of tools and spare parts between > several vehicles in addition to all the other stuff - spare tires, food, > water, clothes for the arctic blasts that can come at any time, etc. > > Chris > > > > > > > Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri > -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" > -1987 300TD, 150K, "Rotkäppchen" > -1985 300SD, 210K, "Wulf" > -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) > -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent > -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Personals > Single? There's someone we'd like you to meet. > Lots of someones, actually. Try Yahoo! Personals > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- OK Richard 1987 300D 178k with miles and miles to go!!! Midwest City, Oklahoma _______________________________________ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1987 300TD, 150K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 210K, "Wulf" -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Yahoo! Personals Single? 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Personals From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Dec 06 22:10:59 2005 Received: from web30013.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.201.216]) by server5.arterytc5.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Ejl1X-0008OA-GC for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:10:59 +0000 Received: (qmail 18484 invoked by uid 60001); 6 Dec 2005 22:10:56 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=GSK7F0b7D0ij1ZUmfieCsX3aHIHi4Kp4UwZX72ZNXtFcQnKJp/Pbuig3Yw04OZZj5Y0txqMLAnRGAUcZDsxCsaH/DLh5owhL9C8xE+k8F+7KLVXvK25h32movbVRJ5ZZC65LnPZgvbiY3yPy69EwwkUclYuIl1TApLY9LRk09p0= ; Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [66.140.70.226] by web30013.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:10:55 PST Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:10:55 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Arctic-Q...? X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes mailing list <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:11:00 -0000 will do. those are some great idea. At the very least, we would make it into STAR magazine. I'm not much for camping either...where there are bears and your food has to be 1/4 mile from your tent...even with a rifle. There ARE places to stay along the way - not many though, but enought that you would not HAVE to camp. There is always sleeping in the car/wagon/unimog (omagosh that would be awesome)/G-wagen (even better...unimog is over-kill). Chris Again, video is a great idea. I am sure there would be NO shortage of VERY memorable events to film - heck - Lt. Don got a flat in the Waffle House parking lot...what would happen to him in Alaska? Bob Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris offered: " I'll keep track of those interested." It's 4076 miles from my driveway to Deadhorse. Any filmmaker among us could document the trip and make a DVD. I'm sure the clowns at MBCA would be interested in a posse of old MBs making that trip. Who knows what could become of it. I'm thinking a good rendezvous point would be the poit where we'd cross into Canada...we could have our Northern Bros (Jeff, Timothy, Randy etc) meet us there and welcome us to the other side. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for a diesel MB RV thing...I'm not much of a tent camper. Keeptrack of me. I'm interested. Bob Rentfro '77 300D 144K Litchfield Park, AZ _______________________________________ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1987 300TD, 150K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 210K, "Wulf" -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Dec 06 22:12:17 2005 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.195]) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Ejl2m-0000F3-Ur for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:12:17 +0000 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i1so226356nzh for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:12:13 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=UQD/dBI5ZNkMZ5g4i+qR9q/utiVbB2GcrPDanc/cZ8ZryvX2Jug+T5nhlvbe5OaYpMi1GG2FjG7bYYwRlL07uUUUPeZFE/9TCOFs9fqj9S40KXOVyt7xk8f3eRzfhI2m+hfJkpSWSgtyiWEhiXTBxLYzvB6/JfDCqzSdGyW2czg= Received: by 10.36.221.45 with SMTP id t45mr861492nzg; Tue, 06 Dec 2005 14:12:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.106.10 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:12:13 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 17:12:13 -0500 From: andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300D, 1975 X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes mailing list <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 22:12:17 -0000 Wonder if it's Armor All.. Still, this is by far the nicest 115 300D I've seen in a long time. On 12/6/05, Lee Levitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bob writes: > > > That looks nice...however it looks like the interior has been > > sprayed with vasoline. > > There was a short period of time in the late '70s or maybe early '80s > where > the hot tip for keeping dash vinyl intact was to coat it with baby oil. > Guess this seller didn't hear that it didn't work... > > Also, while the car does look nice, it also looks like it's been > resprayed. > > Lee > > > > > > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D4595431= 0 > > > 23&fromMakeTrack=3Dtrue > > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
