Donald - if he's any good at pipe organs, then he is a meticulous guy. And
as long as he had adequate cash on hand, it certainly was nice of him to
just open his wallet and throw new parts at the car. My only question
would be IF there was a need to do a lot of this work, then the car either
had a rolled back odometer, or the car was abused, or he had a fast talking
shade tree "mechanic" giving him advice. In any case, you benefit from his
largesse!
(you did do a VIN check, right?)
Werner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Snook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] I found a 126
Werner wrote:
"Wow! replacing so many parts that for most last around 200k miles
seems
either odd or the previous owner was obsessive about maintenance.
Sounds
like this is as close to "new" that you can get in a used car...."
I agree that many of the parts seem premature. I asked him about this.
He said he bought the car three years ago with 76,000 miles. He said he
always wanted a LWB 126 and set about turning it into a perfect car. He
and his wife quit their old jobs and started (are you ready for this) a
church organ business. Isn't that wild? At any rate, he said his
business has taken off and he is traveling to construction sites and
trying to use his wife's mini-van for hauling stuff. So, he is
replacing the benz with an SUV that can haul and tow and drive around
construction sites with pipe-organ parts.
He said when he started the suspension work, he was just going to do
shocks. He ended up rebuilding the entire suspension because if you are
going to do part of it, you might as well do it all. Great philosophy
for a previous owner (I mean great for me).
Donald H. Snook
