Re: [MBZ] OT: Bilateral Knee Replacement
That is hard for me to imagine. Just the level of pain meds I have been on precludes driving, but even without I don't feel like I have the muscular capability yet for driving. Perhaps he had some bilateral orthoscopic instead of total replacement??? It stunned me at the time too. It was described to me as some kind of parts replacement, the first time I'd heard of doing both at once. It was definitely during the same business week as the surgery. He didn't work Fridays, so the longest it could have been was Monday to Thursday. He was between 65 and 70 at the time by my best guess. I was in my early 40s and his oldest daughter is 3-4 years older than me. Looking back on it I can't guarantee he drove, but if his wife was there she didn't bother to say hi to me. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 1000SEL
I believe that V goes back to Verlangt, which means request or perhaps custom. Hendrik with a standard Benz On 28/10/13 12:27, Mitch Haley wrote: Hendrik and Fay wrote: http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Mercedes-Benz-560SEL-1986/AGC-AD-13909220/?Cr=3sdmvc=1 All you need is someone to do the driving or chuck the kids in the back and forget about em. Is V126 the name of the extra long 126 chassis, or does the engine have two banks of 63 cylinders each? Mitch. ___ 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
[MBZ] OT One for Milt
When I was a kid I remember going to Grissom AFB in Indiana (it was called something else then, Bunker Hill I think) to an open house day, and getting to sit in the cockpit of one of these. I had built a plastic model of it, and thought it was soo cool. These things were so over the top. I understand that all the avionics generated so much heat (vacuum tubes), and took up so much space, that it was necessary to put all of it in an external pod that hung below the plane, and sorta negated a lot of the performance attributes it was designed for. I think it was the first Coke-bottle design for supersonic flight but the pod kinda killed that. Not sure where The Bomb was kept or how it could be dropped. It scared the rooshans though and kept Merka great and out of the hands of the filthy reds! Conelrad alert! Convair B-58 Hustler Low Level Bombing Capabilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFPgur_cUmA#t=252 --R ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 1000SEL
On Oct 27, 2013 7:09 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote: Hendrik and Fay wrote: http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Mercedes-Benz-560SEL-1986/AGC-AD-13909220/?Cr=3sdmvc=1 All you need is someone to do the driving or chuck the kids in the back and forget about em. Is V126 the name of the extra long 126 chassis, or does the engine have two banks of 63 cylinders each? Only if a regular W126 has a Volkswagen-style W engine with three banks of 42 cylinders. (You've heard mention of long-wheelbase S-classes? Now you know why.) Alex ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt
I used to do work on the flight line and NAV power systems there in the 80s. There was a refueling squadron based there as well as an A-10 wing that belonged to the Indiana National Guard. The A-10 is one ass-kicking aircraft. Got to sit in a cockpit of one once. Something about that 20mm cannon sticking out the front that made you feel very powerful. The ready room for the on duty flight crews of the refueling wing had a Missile Command video game. Always got a kick out of that.., Dan On Oct 28, 2013, at 9:44 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: When I was a kid I remember going to Grissom AFB in Indiana (it was called something else then, Bunker Hill I think) to an open house day, and getting to sit in the cockpit of one of these. I had built a plastic model of it, and thought it was soo cool. These things were so over the top. I understand that all the avionics generated so much heat (vacuum tubes), and took up so much space, that it was necessary to put all of it in an external pod that hung below the plane, and sorta negated a lot of the performance attributes it was designed for. I think it was the first Coke-bottle design for supersonic flight but the pod kinda killed that. Not sure where The Bomb was kept or how it could be dropped. It scared the rooshans though and kept Merka great and out of the hands of the filthy reds! Conelrad alert! Convair B-58 Hustler Low Level Bombing Capabilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFPgur_cUmA#t=252 --R ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] M(ac)B question
On Oct 27, 2013 3:18 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: Actually it is a Mac 9 question, which they call Maverick for some reason completely unclear, but whatever... Because (Apple CEO) Tim Cook got tired of the big-cat naming scheme and all new versions of OS X are to be named after famous surfing destinations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavericks_(location) As far as the OS upgrade itself, many people at my work have already upgraded and are pretty happy with it. We use Macbook Pros as development boxes and typically load them down pretty heavily with lots of virtual machines, so we would uncover stability issues pretty quickly if there were any to speak of. Alex ___ 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
[MBZ] 68 200D
Looks like a barn find 1968 MERCEDES - $2300 (RALEIGH N.C.) https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4102653209.html --R ___ 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
[MBZ] OT: Airplanes and Small Arms
Knowing there are both aviation and gun folks on MBZ, I thought this might be interesting. The text was stolen from WWII aircraft.net. F-80 Pilot Shoots Down His Own Plane This is a fascinating story from 1952 in K-13 Korea. A. J. D'Amario was flying his F-80 Shooting Star, when he encountered a failure to feed from his tip tank. Unable to drop the tank and unwilling to eject out of a perfectly good airplane, he decides to reduce speed, open his canopy and pull out his 1911 .45ACP. Below is the link. See page 46 for the details and amazing finale. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nra/ar_201311/index.php?startid=19#/48 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt
Make that 30mm (GAU-8). -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 12:51 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt I used to do work on the flight line and NAV power systems there in the 80s. There was a refueling squadron based there as well as an A-10 wing that belonged to the Indiana National Guard. The A-10 is one ass-kicking aircraft. Got to sit in a cockpit of one once. Something about that 20mm cannon sticking out the front that made you feel very powerful. The ready room for the on duty flight crews of the refueling wing had a Missile Command video game. Always got a kick out of that.., Dan On Oct 28, 2013, at 9:44 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: When I was a kid I remember going to Grissom AFB in Indiana (it was called something else then, Bunker Hill I think) to an open house day, and getting to sit in the cockpit of one of these. I had built a plastic model of it, and thought it was soo cool. These things were so over the top. I understand that all the avionics generated so much heat (vacuum tubes), and took up so much space, that it was necessary to put all of it in an external pod that hung below the plane, and sorta negated a lot of the performance attributes it was designed for. I think it was the first Coke-bottle design for supersonic flight but the pod kinda killed that. Not sure where The Bomb was kept or how it could be dropped. It scared the rooshans though and kept Merka great and out of the hands of the filthy reds! Conelrad alert! Convair B-58 Hustler Low Level Bombing Capabilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFPgur_cUmA#t=252 --R ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt
I heard the other day where the term the whole nine yards came from. It refers to the length of an ammo belt on some fighter (was it a Spitfire?) -- when the pilot unloaded the whole thing that was the whole nine yards. --R On 10/28/13 5:36 PM, Scott Ritchey wrote: Make that 30mm (GAU-8). -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 12:51 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt I used to do work on the flight line and NAV power systems there in the 80s. There was a refueling squadron based there as well as an A-10 wing that belonged to the Indiana National Guard. The A-10 is one ass-kicking aircraft. Got to sit in a cockpit of one once. Something about that 20mm cannon sticking out the front that made you feel very powerful. The ready room for the on duty flight crews of the refueling wing had a Missile Command video game. Always got a kick out of that.., Dan On Oct 28, 2013, at 9:44 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: When I was a kid I remember going to Grissom AFB in Indiana (it was called something else then, Bunker Hill I think) to an open house day, and getting to sit in the cockpit of one of these. I had built a plastic model of it, and thought it was soo cool. These things were so over the top. I understand that all the avionics generated so much heat (vacuum tubes), and took up so much space, that it was necessary to put all of it in an external pod that hung below the plane, and sorta negated a lot of the performance attributes it was designed for. I think it was the first Coke-bottle design for supersonic flight but the pod kinda killed that. Not sure where The Bomb was kept or how it could be dropped. It scared the rooshans though and kept Merka great and out of the hands of the filthy reds! Conelrad alert! Convair B-58 Hustler Low Level Bombing Capabilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFPgur_cUmA#t=252 --R ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Airplanes and Small Arms
On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:03:08 -0400 Scott Ritchey ritche...@nc.rr.com wrote: This is a fascinating story from 1952 in K-13 Korea. A. J. D'Amario was flying his F-80 Shooting Star, when he encountered a failure to feed from his tip tank. Unable to drop the tank and unwilling to eject out of a perfectly good airplane, he decides to reduce speed, open his canopy and pull out his 1911 .45ACP. Below is the link. See page 46 for the details and amazing finale. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nra/ar_201311/index.php?startid=19#/48 That's pretty amazing! Craig ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt
On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:40:37 -0400 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I heard the other day where the term the whole nine yards came from. It refers to the length of an ammo belt on some fighter (was it a Spitfire?) -- when the pilot unloaded the whole thing that was the whole nine yards. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_whole_nine_yards: The whole nine yards or full nine yards is a colloquial American phrase meaning everything, the whole lot Of course, in der Vaterland, it would be the whole 8.23 meters Craig ___ 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
[MBZ] W123 grille insert?
hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
Salvage yard. Wilton - Original Message - From: ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 6:53 PM Subject: [MBZ] W123 grille insert? hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
the plastic piece tends to be cheaper, about 70 bucks or so in genuine. if you want the whole assembly, you are going to be talking bit money in genuine, so you will have to be looking aftermarket or used On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:53 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e __**_ 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.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] OT: Airplanes and Small Arms
Scott wrote: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nra/ar_201311/index.php?startid=19#/48 +1 Story on p.46 is great stuff. mao ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 68 200D
--R wrote: Looks like a barn find No mention that it runs, but seems to be a beautiful expensive MBZ. Prolly $10k to get it road worthy, but looks very nice. mao ___ 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
[MBZ] not that anyone wants to talk about this...
With all the primitive military yap today, how about some modern good old end this war jazz. Crash This Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avpYJyGVnPc Seems about as much 1968 as anything I have heard in a long while. Good stuff. mao ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt
'Thought Convair F-102 was first to use area rule (coke bottle design) in early 50's; enabled it to go supersonic. Convair B-58 soon thereafter. Fuel and nuke weapons in B-58 pod. Wilton - Original Message - From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 9:44 AM Subject: [MBZ] OT One for Milt When I was a kid I remember going to Grissom AFB in Indiana (it was called something else then, Bunker Hill I think) to an open house day, and getting to sit in the cockpit of one of these. I had built a plastic model of it, and thought it was soo cool. These things were so over the top. I understand that all the avionics generated so much heat (vacuum tubes), and took up so much space, that it was necessary to put all of it in an external pod that hung below the plane, and sorta negated a lot of the performance attributes it was designed for. I think it was the first Coke-bottle design for supersonic flight but the pod kinda killed that. Not sure where The Bomb was kept or how it could be dropped. It scared the rooshans though and kept Merka great and out of the hands of the filthy reds! Conelrad alert! Convair B-58 Hustler Low Level Bombing Capabilities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFPgur_cUmA#t=252 --R ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
Cheap aftermarket is usually fine on those kind of parts Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the plastic piece tends to be cheaper, about 70 bucks or so in genuine. if you want the whole assembly, you are going to be talking bit money in genuine, so you will have to be looking aftermarket or used On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:53 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e __**_ 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.comhttp://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
i think so too, but there are some guys who really want everyone just a certain way and will complain about the way the chinese plastic looks On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.netwrote: Cheap aftermarket is usually fine on those kind of parts Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the plastic piece tends to be cheaper, about 70 bucks or so in genuine. if you want the whole assembly, you are going to be talking bit money in genuine, so you will have to be looking aftermarket or used On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:53 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e __**_ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.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 ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.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
Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt
--R wrote: Convair B-58 Hustler Low Level Bombing Capabilities Not many delta wing aircraft used these days? Is delta wing used only for supersonic? Was blackbird delta wing? Interesting video - thanks. mao ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt
B-58 Hustler was built in the time frame when Jet A was cheap and nukes had to be hand delivered. That era passed pretty quickly with the cold war and the missile silos built all over the place. Then came space with the capacity to put a nuke in orbit and leave it there, ready to drop on a moments notice for delivery anywhere on the earth in less time than it takes to run through the pre-flight checklist on the B-58... Then there is kinetic Energy Weapons system... it doesn't even use nuke... it's just a titanium pole [pick your size and diameter] dropped from space and guided by GPS or other secret guidance systems, so there is no launch signature. It's reported that delivery time from geosynchronous orbit is something on the order of 6 minutes from release to impact. For a weapon 10 ft long 10 inches diameter, it's reported that Impact at 64,000 MPH delivers energy on the same scale of a 5 to 8 megaton nuke, with zero fallout or residual.. It is unconfirmed, of course, that we may or may not have such a weapon in inventory, however, it is confirmed that Russia developed such a device. Presumption is, USA has equal or better... The leaked Russian code name for their weapon was Stalins Hammer... Why rush conventional weapons can come at any time of the night with the present stealth planes. You can't see them so they don't have to out run surface to air missiles. That way, politicians have time to make excuses. Isn't technology great? On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: --R wrote: Convair B-58 Hustler Low Level Bombing Capabilities Not many delta wing aircraft used these days? Is delta wing used only for supersonic? Was blackbird delta wing? Interesting video - thanks. mao ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt
Grant wrote: Then came space with the capacity to put a nuke in orbit and leave it there, ready to drop on a moments notice for delivery anywhere on the earth in less time than it takes to run through the pre-flight checklist on the B-58... Say it ain't so. Really - nukes in orbit? What happens when they need to be changed? How do you revamp the weaponry? I gotta look up the kinetic energy weapons - sounds awesome terrible. We call this humanity? --Crash this train.-- We're still waitin for you to bring our troops home, clean up that mess you made. Cuz it smells of blood and money and oil across the Iraqi land. But its so easy here to blind us with your United We Stand mao - I think we are firetrukced!! ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt
Not REALLY in orbit - merely the capacity/ability to PUT nukes in orbit. Wilton - Original Message - From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 9:58 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt Grant wrote: Then came space with the capacity to put a nuke in orbit and leave it there, ready to drop on a moments notice for delivery anywhere on the earth in less time than it takes to run through the pre-flight checklist on the B-58... Say it ain't so. Really - nukes in orbit? What happens when they need to be changed? How do you revamp the weaponry? I gotta look up the kinetic energy weapons - sounds awesome terrible. We call this humanity? --Crash this train.-- We're still waitin for you to bring our troops home, clean up that mess you made. Cuz it smells of blood and money and oil across the Iraqi land. But its so easy here to blind us with your United We Stand mao - I think we are firetrukced!! ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt
SR-71 blackbird has delta mid-to-aft plus chines up front. Wilton - Original Message - From: Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt --R wrote: Convair B-58 Hustler Low Level Bombing Capabilities Not many delta wing aircraft used these days? Is delta wing used only for supersonic? Was blackbird delta wing? Interesting video - thanks. mao ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 68 200D
The steering wheel is so full of patina that it cracked. On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Mountain Man maontin@gmail.com wrote: --R wrote: Looks like a barn find No mention that it runs, but seems to be a beautiful expensive MBZ. Prolly $10k to get it road worthy, but looks very nice. mao ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
I have a spare grille with a good insert if that's what you need. Let me know. On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: i think so too, but there are some guys who really want everyone just a certain way and will complain about the way the chinese plastic looks On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: Cheap aftermarket is usually fine on those kind of parts Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: the plastic piece tends to be cheaper, about 70 bucks or so in genuine. if you want the whole assembly, you are going to be talking bit money in genuine, so you will have to be looking aftermarket or used On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 6:53 PM, ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org wrote: hi all! high winds in our area last night had lots of stuff flying around on the highway, and i happened to pick up a piece of something that destroyed parts of the grille of our '85 300D. it looks like the majority of the damage was restricted to the grey plastic grille that sits inside of the main outer frame surround, and perhaps a few more dings in the chrome decorative strips. i couldn't find any MBZ logos or P/Ns of any kind on it, and have my suspicions that this might be an aftermarket piece put on by a previous owner after a 'fender-bender'. any hints or tips on where and how to get a replacement for a car that doesn't have to be show quality, but is a good regular driver that we're keeping looking fairly nice? should i just bite down and replace the whole grille and frame? cheers! e __**_ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.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 ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 68 200D
Is that a Space 1999 shuttle craft in the middle photo? clay On Oct 28, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: Looks like a barn find 1968 MERCEDES - $2300 (RALEIGH N.C.) https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/4102653209.html --R ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] 68 200D
On Oct 28, 2013 8:24 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: The steering wheel is so full of patina that it cracked. I've never seen a wheel on any '60s car, outside of a museum or show, that wasn't cracked. Probably something you could buy from the Classic Center if you had the scratch. Alex ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
So where was Ernie to set us all straight when we were discussing that silly ad for the Cherokee? Alex ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] it's off topic, but i'd like to point out
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: that i am likely the only person here to be using a pre intel PowerPC mac as his main computer. Hardly, all my email is on this 233MHz G3. Though most days I'm using Vine server and Chicken of the VNC to run it from this G3 pismo. If it weren't for Jim I think I'd be the winner here in the oldest Mac in regular use sweepstakes. I have a 1999-vintage G4 tower that gets turned on almost every day, although it is mostly used only for film scanning, video conversion, and sound editing. It's been upgraded with the maximum amount of memory, a CPU accelerator, new hard drives, an SATA card, newer video card, and a USB 2.0 card (hard to believe it came with USB 1.0 on the motherboard!), but amazingly is still running the original power supply (I do have a spare handy just in case). Alex ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] it's off topic, but i'd like to point out
i gave my g4 tower to my kid and she pretty much gave up on it. :( On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: that i am likely the only person here to be using a pre intel PowerPC mac as his main computer. Hardly, all my email is on this 233MHz G3. Though most days I'm using Vine server and Chicken of the VNC to run it from this G3 pismo. If it weren't for Jim I think I'd be the winner here in the oldest Mac in regular use sweepstakes. I have a 1999-vintage G4 tower that gets turned on almost every day, although it is mostly used only for film scanning, video conversion, and sound editing. It's been upgraded with the maximum amount of memory, a CPU accelerator, new hard drives, an SATA card, newer video card, and a USB 2.0 card (hard to believe it came with USB 1.0 on the motherboard!), but amazingly is still running the original power supply (I do have a spare handy just in case). Alex ___ 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 -- *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars * *www.BuyEUROparts.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
[MBZ] not that anyone wants to talk about this...
Mao, I try not to think too much about these things. The late 60's and early 70's still bring a tear to my eyes. The song writers then got famous and made lots of bread while the marchers they influenced got beat on the head. Our fathers allowed the past because they did not stand up as we allow the present because we don't stand up. I would not put the country back to where it was, but I certainly don't like where it is. You can never make everyone happy, but there must be some level where we can all coexist peacefully while not having the left-right hate we have today. First, we must vote out the pretenders from both sides as the blame is shared by both sides. Stand up by yourself or united, but mainly just stand up for what you believe. Yeah, I did talk about this after all. Sorry, I'll dry my eyes now. Best Wishes, Roger Hale Dinnerware Classics, Inc. Monroe, Ga. 770-267-0850 www.dinnerwareclassics.com (new) www.southernnightsantiques.com (antique) ___ 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
