That shifter was a real nightmare, almost cartoonish. How difficult would it have been to work out a cable arrangement using the stock shifter?
-D > On Nov 23, 2020, at 7:33 PM, Karl Wittnebel <atypical...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It was crying out for a 606. Mechanical diesel, 722.3, etc. The thinking > man's option would have been a 648/722.6. For gas, the drivetrain from a 560 > drops right in. > > I will say there appears to have been a lot of nice workmanship and money put > into that car. The basic ideas were just kind of random, like that deboss > garage dude converting a 124 wagon to LS, creating a ton of crappy work for > no apparent reason instead of dropping a 606 in. I mean, at least use an m119 > if you want a v8 in a 124; bolt a bunch of factory parts up and go, rather > than reinventing every system on the car e.g. A/C, steering rack, cover strut > reinforcement, motor and tranny mounts, fuel tank, blah blah yada yada. > > Nicer than most similar efforts. > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2020, 2:48 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > I just made that suggestion. > > -D “flagged as inappropriate" > > > > On Nov 23, 2020, at 11:36 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > > sacrilege. Needs a stack coming out of the hood though. > > > > --FT > > > > On 11/23/20 11:25 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > >> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1985-mercedes-benz-300td-9/?fbclid=IwAR3tIfXhjuTMFcb-DRhBXR1QkAsv_YxPj7ZCwCFJO5N6-JUMM_sx-wkzmwA > >> > >> <https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1985-mercedes-benz-300td-9/?fbclid=IwAR3tIfXhjuTMFcb-DRhBXR1QkAsv_YxPj7ZCwCFJO5N6-JUMM_sx-wkzmwA> > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com <http://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> > >> > > -- > > --FT > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://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 <http://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 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
