What are the cautions about this car. Looking at one for $2500 - One owner, no
rust, 197,000 miles, well cared for.
Thanks in advance,
Mike
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OM 603: It could be fast and quiet
At 05:24 PM 11/16/2006, you wrote:
>You can do wonders with fiberglass, bondo, sheet metal, pop rivets, screws
>etc., so long as the undercarriage is
>safe.
>
>How about swapping the drive train into something worthy in due course? I
>keep thinking I would like an MB Diesel
>in a boat of some sort. Might be slow and noisy but it would have a
>certain panache.
>
>Randy
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> A LONG way, based on my 300k inspection. Unfortunately, it had cancer
>when i got it. The cancer was in remission for 6 years, (after throwing 2
>grand at it) but now has come back, and I don't have the money to try
>putting it into remission again. So we are just cruising along. It will
>die of cancer some year, but until then we are cruising. 21 years in the
>rust belt is still pretty respectable.
>
>At 05:00 PM 11/16/2006, you wrote:
> >Keep changing that oil. Who knows how far it may go?
> >
> >Randy
> >
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> >Since K'leb is gracious enough to let us slip a picture in once in a while,
> >I thought some folks might like this one. It was taken when my 86 SDL
> >rolled up 400,000 miles. It is a wonderful car.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Loren Faeth
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