Nice. While we had no wvo to run we jumped in the 83 and drove straight through from Watkins Glen, NY to Ft. Lee, VA. Spent the 28th with Cody in VA after his graduation ceremony from MOS training. One other family showed up. Then back in the car and home by 7am Friday.
About 900 miles without a hiccup. Not bad what we get from our 30yr old cars eh? Saw a ton of MBZ's along the way. Diesels and gassers of all sorts but not another w123 the whole trip. Mike On Mar 31, 2013 1:51 PM, "Rick Hawkins Java" <macj...@aol.com> wrote: > Folks, > > Well i drove my 82 300td from Athens, GA to the Tampa area to pick up a > 1000 lb letterpress (dragging a trailer) > > I left Wednesday afternoon and ran 70 most of the innerstate way, dow I-75 > (running on SVO). I stayed in a motel in Palm Harbor, not cheap, but not > too bad. > > I picked up the machine Thursday afternoon and also ended up getting a 400 > lb paper cutter, 5 gals of blanket wash and 5 gals of 90 wt transmission > dope, 7 type cases full of type and a couple of baskets of letterpress > furniture (wood blocks), a 75 lb electric motor, etc. etc, so i had a > pretty good load. Don't forget i was already hauling probably 40 gals of > grease so i could make the return trip. > > Basically the car was pretty hoarded up, about to the ceiling. > > I was then invited to stay with some friends in St. Petersburg for an > additional night, so i put off my return till Friday. We ate some indian > food and messed around St. Pete, etc, so i didn't make my departure till > rush hour about 4 pm friday. > > The trip was slower with the load. I ran about 60 to 65, but after i had > run a few hours, things wanted to speed up. > > Around Valdosta, GA, i noticed a slight reduction in power so i changed a > fuel pre-filter and things perked right up. All was good. > > I made it up to Macon to take the 2 to 3 lane lane portion back to athens. > > I wrote this part late friday night: > > i made it back relatively uneventfully BUT i saw a bunch of deer on the > last 90 miles from macon to athens .... like a dozen > > the last herd of four or five of them was north of madison, ga, standing > in the middle of the road and so i slowed way down .......they > froze....then the scattered some going in front of the car, some behind and > one one of them crashed into my driver's side window > > and smashed class all over me > > i have a good guardian angel > > i'm fine ...car is not even dented or scratched > > that's the third deer i've hit with that car > > also broke the mirror glass which was already cracked > > we have the parts > > i'm still shaking > > end of the old report > > OK, so yesterday, we replaced the driver's glass and changed the oil. I > have a used bare mirror glass for the outside mirror. What is the best way > to attach that to the mirror unit? > > > > > > thanks, > > xx rick > Rick Hawkins > > www.javaphoto.com > www.javacycles.com > LETTERPRESSES FOR SALE > www.ricktheprinter.com > www.letterpressmachinery.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
