Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt
I say we take off and nuke the whole site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. Tungsten is what you use -- takes the re-entry heat better. The Rod from God! Read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress to get a flavor how big dumb lumps can wreak havoc. If you own the high ground it is pretty easy. --R On 10/28/13 9:31 PM, G Mann 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... 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. ___ 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
Maybe, I was a bit young then to recall. --R On 10/28/13 7:27 PM, WILTON wrote: '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 ___ 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] Anyone near Madison, OH? Scammer problem.
Sent a money order out for a chip for my truck. Been weeks and I paid for Priority Shipping. He has admitted in texts that he lied about shipping it once already. Is anyone near enough to Madison, OH to go knock on his door and get my chip? Or my $60 back? His name is Dewayne Cantrell and after doing some searches it seems he has been up to the same crap for a while now. Thanks, Mike ___ 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] Anyone near Madison, OH? Scammer problem.
You are going to set Gary off now. --R On 10/29/13 9:53 AM, Michael Canfield wrote: Sent a money order out for a chip for my truck. Been weeks and I paid for Priority Shipping. He has admitted in texts that he lied about shipping it once already. Is anyone near enough to Madison, OH to go knock on his door and get my chip? Or my $60 back? His name is Dewayne Cantrell and after doing some searches it seems he has been up to the same crap for a while now. Thanks, Mike ___ 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 stand corrected... Tungsten , not Titanium is the material of choice.. Apparently my updated Typo 18.3 did not engage the Old fart forgets to check, 8.4 feature. Now, where did I put the app for that... it's laying around here somewhere.. ;)) In any case, the lawn dart weapon from hell could / can apparently deliver incredible amounts of energy to a very localized impact zone without leaving nuke nasty. Seems it would be the weapon of choice for total fear and intimidation. Unfortunately, it is no where as sexy as the B-58. There is a prime example of one setting at Pima Air Museum in Tucson, which is just across from Davis Mothan where airplanes go to die. If you have or can make the opportunity to go to that museum you should plan for at least two days and comfortable shoes for an aviation orgy. On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 6:39 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I say we take off and nuke the whole site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. Tungsten is what you use -- takes the re-entry heat better. The Rod from God! Read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress to get a flavor how big dumb lumps can wreak havoc. If you own the high ground it is pretty easy. --R On 10/28/13 9:31 PM, G Mann 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... 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. __**_ 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 ___ 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] Anyone near Madison, OH? Scammer problem.
Interstate mail fraud... that makes it a federal crime. Contact your postal inspector. Their retirement depends on steady work... they will investigate it. The 3 letter agencies that will rain down on this individual will become the thing of hollywood movies, if the facts support it. As with anything of this nature, document , document, document, each communication becomes another count of fraud or supports the charges of fraud. Good luck, the wheels of justice grind slowly, but exceedingly fine. On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: You are going to set Gary off now. --R On 10/29/13 9:53 AM, Michael Canfield wrote: Sent a money order out for a chip for my truck. Been weeks and I paid for Priority Shipping. He has admitted in texts that he lied about shipping it once already. Is anyone near enough to Madison, OH to go knock on his door and get my chip? Or my $60 back? His name is Dewayne Cantrell and after doing some searches it seems he has been up to the same crap for a while now. Thanks, Mike __**_ 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 __**_ 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 ___ 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] Anyone near Madison, OH? Scammer problem.
Good luck, the wheels of justice grind slowly, but exceedingly fine. They're pretty non-selective and do prefer slow-moving victims. Perhaps the first visit would be EPA meets the prospective buyer? -- Jim ___ 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] Anyone near Madison, OH? Scammer problem.
The chip is EPA certified so what would they have to do with it? Mike On Oct 29, 2013 10:57 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: Good luck, the wheels of justice grind slowly, but exceedingly fine. They're pretty non-selective and do prefer slow-moving victims. Perhaps the first visit would be EPA meets the prospective buyer? -- Jim __**_ 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 ___ 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 have a 1999-vintage G4 tower Those have a pretty low power draw, something like 20W. (Assuming you didn't hot it up too much.) They'd be a fairly decent media server, assuming they'd be up to the task. Our dual and quad G5's are 10-20x the power draw, leave them on and you'd see it in your power bill. Lack of space and need, though, I gave our G4 tower away. We'd never deployed it for anything, it was a gift from a neighbor that bought a pallet load of PC's that came from a school district. Got the monitor I'm using on this dual G5 in the same batch. (Jill's 30 cinema display was _not_ free, however!) The G3 beige is on 24x7, and runs 10.2.8, upon which I use Apple Mail, and master my web site. I did all the Illustrator schematics I have on it, too. I finally got to stop going downstairs to read email when I figured out that Vines was the only way to do remote screen work. Once that was up and running I got to stay upstairs and run the Beige from either my Pismo, or this G5D that's networked _through_ another Pismo's airport. This G5D is the only non–laptop we have that's not using a hardwire ethernet link. The G5's are the only things that surf well, though, except for selected sites like Craigslist where the Pismo is happy. I had to give up surfing on the Beige years ago, though at first it worked just fine. Javascript cured that. I have a G5 dual because it turned out there was no way to effectively use the 30 display on it. I had to buy another (quad) in order to get a high-enough capacity video card. So I put the dual in service for myself. Oops. I use it to surf, and to offload the camera's pictures. -- Jim ___ 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] Anyone near Madison, OH? Scammer problem.
The chip is EPA certified so what would they have to do with it? _They'll_ be the judge of that, thank you! Not all chips for vehicles are certified, so this situation's probably EPA-free. Me? Paranoid? :-) -- Jim ___ 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] old macs
When my elder son was a little boy, one of his favourite books at bedtime was about a truck called old mac. Randy ___ 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 computers
Computers are getting smarter and that is a good thing. Yesterday morning, I came into my office and when my monitor lit up, there was a box in the middle of the screen telling me that Microsoft Windows thought my hard drive was failing and suggested I take immediate steps to secure my data. I called my computer guy who happened to be close by. He popped in and confirmed that the message was legitimate and not some type of scam. He took the CPU away at about 11:30 AM and was back with it by about 2 PM with a new hard drive installed and the whole thing copied such that I lost no data at all. Sure beats the past times when hard drives gave up without warning. I have online backup of data nightly but cloning the drive is not something I was prepared for so I am happy that it worked out the way it did. Randy ___ 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
They'd also kind of painted themselves into a corner, I forget what 10.1 was but: 10.2 = Jaguar 10.3 = Panther 10.4 = Tiger 10.5 = Leopard 10.6 = Snow Leopard - possibly named because 10.5 sucked? 10.7 = Lion 10.8 = Mountain Lion Honestly I think everything after 10.6 is a let down. 10.8 especially just dumbifies an already dumbed down OS. I hate how they hide stuff. In fact I'm starting to think my Retina Macbook Pro was a mistake, everything about it is a pain in the ass, no optical drive, no firewire, stupid external monitor port nobody else uses. No replaceable battery (or at least they don't want you to replace it). It can't run Linux off a key drive so there goes my backup plan if the internal drive takes a dump (saved me more than once on the road). A student in class last week put 10.9 on and immediately lost his Win8 bootcamp partition. The data was still there but the OS wouldn't boot any longer. Typical Apple BS if you ask me. When I worked for Pinnacle they wrote our card out of 10.3.6, just made it invisible not even unknown device in the Apple system profiler. When Apple wants to mess with you they mess with you. -Curt Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:37:08 -0700 From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] M(ac)B question Message-ID: CABHyH=zbdqzzp7omsq8nu0pgirghvg-urbq15ysbkmsqwyj...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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
Re: [MBZ] W123 grille insert?
I've got a very good grille off an '82 240D sans hood ornament you could could have cheap. I think I paid $25, I'd let it go for that although shipping is going to be the same or more. I just hung the grill from my '85 190D in the garage and thought it was absurd to have both. -Curt Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:53:54 -0700 From: ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] W123 grille insert? Message-ID: 526eeb02.2020...@backyardengineering.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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?
I wondered if you still had that wall ornament. On Oct 29, 2013 11:47 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I've got a very good grille off an '82 240D sans hood ornament you could could have cheap. I think I paid $25, I'd let it go for that although shipping is going to be the same or more. I just hung the grill from my '85 190D in the garage and thought it was absurd to have both. -Curt Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:53:54 -0700 From: ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] W123 grille insert? Message-ID: 526eeb02.2020...@backyardengineering.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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] Anyone near Madison, OH? Scammer problem.
Banks Big Hoss chip. Everything Banks sells has an EPA certification. Mike On Oct 29, 2013 11:20 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote: The chip is EPA certified so what would they have to do with it? _They'll_ be the judge of that, thank you! Not all chips for vehicles are certified, so this situation's probably EPA-free. Me? Paranoid? :-) -- Jim __**_ 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 ___ 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] Anyone near Madison, OH? Scammer problem.
who? me? set off? no way! On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: You are going to set Gary off now. --R On 10/29/13 9:53 AM, Michael Canfield wrote: Sent a money order out for a chip for my truck. Been weeks and I paid for Priority Shipping. He has admitted in texts that he lied about shipping it once already. Is anyone near enough to Madison, OH to go knock on his door and get my chip? Or my $60 back? His name is Dewayne Cantrell and after doing some searches it seems he has been up to the same crap for a while now. Thanks, Mike __**_ 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 __**_ 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] M(ac)B question
On Oct 29, 2013 8:42 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: t I'm starting to think my Retina Macbook Pro was a mistake, everything about it is a pain in the ass, no optical drive, no firewire, stupid external monitor port nobody else uses. You can get converters to HDMI and FireWire easily enough. The ports on the MBP are going to be the next standards and like it or not Apple is leading the way as they did with USB and FireWire in the '90s and '00s. Or are you just trolling? We already know you hate Macs, Curt. Honestly I can't imagine why anyone defends Microsoft or the Wintel ecosystem. The only reasonable responses to Windows range from disgust to indifference. Anyone who actually likes Windows has a screw loose. 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] M(ac)B question
I would agree for the most part. I haven't seen anything past 10.5/6 that makes an upgrade worthwhile. It's either eye candy or froo-froo stuff. Dan Sent from my iPad On Oct 29, 2013, at 11:42 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: They'd also kind of painted themselves into a corner, I forget what 10.1 was but: 10.2 = Jaguar 10.3 = Panther 10.4 = Tiger 10.5 = Leopard 10.6 = Snow Leopard - possibly named because 10.5 sucked? 10.7 = Lion 10.8 = Mountain Lion Honestly I think everything after 10.6 is a let down. 10.8 especially just dumbifies an already dumbed down OS. I hate how they hide stuff. In fact I'm starting to think my Retina Macbook Pro was a mistake, everything about it is a pain in the ass, no optical drive, no firewire, stupid external monitor port nobody else uses. No replaceable battery (or at least they don't want you to replace it). It can't run Linux off a key drive so there goes my backup plan if the internal drive takes a dump (saved me more than once on the road). A student in class last week put 10.9 on and immediately lost his Win8 bootcamp partition. The data was still there but the OS wouldn't boot any longer. Typical Apple BS if you ask me. When I worked for Pinnacle they wrote our card out of 10.3.6, just made it invisible not even unknown device in the Apple system profiler. When Apple wants to mess with you they mess with you. -Curt Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:37:08 -0700 From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] M(ac)B question Message-ID: CABHyH=zbdqzzp7omsq8nu0pgirghvg-urbq15ysbkmsqwyj...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 ___ 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
My vintage jet favorite is the Valkyrie. I remember when these were in testing in the 60s. Had the Revelle model. That was a sexy aircraft. It just looked intimidating. Dan Sent from my iPad On Oct 28, 2013, at 9:31 PM, G Mann g2ma...@gmail.com wrote: 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 ___ 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?
If you purchase from Curt my feelings won't be hurt On Oct 29, 2013 11:47 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: I've got a very good grille off an '82 240D sans hood ornament you could could have cheap. I think I paid $25, I'd let it go for that although shipping is going to be the same or more. I just hung the grill from my '85 190D in the garage and thought it was absurd to have both. -Curt Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:53:54 -0700 From: ernest breakfield erne...@backyardengineering.org To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] W123 grille insert? Message-ID: 526eeb02.2020...@backyardengineering.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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] 68 200D
I have seen DIY kits for these back when I was into VWs. It's a fairly simple but time consuming process, but the results are very nice. I think the stuff was epoxy based. Dan Sent from my iPad On Oct 29, 2013, at 1:25 AM, Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com wrote: 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 ___ 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?
On Oct 29, 2013 10:05 AM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: If you purchase from Curt my feelings won't be hurt To quote the Sicilian in The Princess Bride: No more rhymes! I mean it! 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
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:44:52 -0400 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: My vintage jet favorite is the Valkyrie. I remember when these were in testing in the 60s. Had the Revelle model. That was a sexy aircraft. It just looked intimidating. And just think, all of these were designed with a slide rule and paper. No finite element mechanical stress and strength modeling, no computational fluid dynamics modeling, just imagination and hand tools. 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
Hands down sexiest jet airplane ever built was the SR71, in my book. Only 36 ever built. Designed and produced in record time without computers or any of the fancy stuff we have today.. Nothing to date matches it for speed [and that is still classified ] or altitude [also still classified]. Until the era of successful space high resolution information gathering.. it ruled. It was the ultimate game changer during the cold war.. At $1,000,000 per flight hour [reported, not confirmed] it was however a tad expensive to operate.. On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:44:52 -0400 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: My vintage jet favorite is the Valkyrie. I remember when these were in testing in the 60s. Had the Revelle model. That was a sexy aircraft. It just looked intimidating. And just think, all of these were designed with a slide rule and paper. No finite element mechanical stress and strength modeling, no computational fluid dynamics modeling, just imagination and hand tools. 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 ___ 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] 1985 300D 120,000 miles, strong clean engine.
I have been driving my new car for several days now and I am very happy with the performance. A couple of questions: The kick down switch located beneath the throttle pedal is sticking occasionally and I have to hit it pretty hard for it to switch off and go back into 4th gear. Is this switch easy to remove and would a shot electrical contact cleaner be likely to resolve the issue? When accelerating from a stop the car is very slow and then the it feels like the turbo kicks in and it is very fast. It is not a comfortable feeling. I like the fast part but not the lag I get from takeoff. Is there an adjustment of several things or maybe just one thing? I am hoping just one thing. Thanks, Mike Michael E. Esh me...@horizonenv.com michael...@mac.com http://www.yugster.com/invite/138123 (C) 231.286.2344 ___ 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 took a bunch of great pics of the one at the Air Space Museum at Dulles. Got one as my wallpaper I'm thinking I should send the pic to Costco to get printed ($18 for a 20x30). --R On 10/29/13 2:56 PM, G Mann wrote: Hands down sexiest jet airplane ever built was the SR71, in my book. ___ 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] 1985 300D 120,000 miles, strong clean engine.
A new kickdown switch is cheap and takes about 5min to change out. Have you changed your fuel filters? That can result in accel lag. Also the tube from the back of the intake manifold to the ALDA that adjusts for boost. Takes a minute to undo it and make sure it all clean in the manifold and the hose. --R On 10/29/13 3:57 PM, Mike Esh wrote: I have been driving my new car for several days now and I am very happy with the performance. A couple of questions: The kick down switch located beneath the throttle pedal is sticking occasionally and I have to hit it pretty hard for it to switch off and go back into 4th gear. Is this switch easy to remove and would a shot electrical contact cleaner be likely to resolve the issue? When accelerating from a stop the car is very slow and then the it feels like the turbo kicks in and it is very fast. It is not a comfortable feeling. I like the fast part but not the lag I get from takeoff. Is there an adjustment of several things or maybe just one thing? I am hoping just one thing. Thanks, Mike Michael E. Esh me...@horizonenv.com michael...@mac.com http://www.yugster.com/invite/138123 (C) 231.286.2344 ___ 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
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:08:05 -0400 Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I took a bunch of great pics of the one at the Air Space Museum at Dulles. Got one as my wallpaper I'm thinking I should send the pic to Costco to get printed ($18 for a 20x30). How about sending it to us so we can admire it, too? (I have only been waiting since Saturday night for Kaleb to approve an email with pictures) 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] 1985 300D 120,000 miles, strong clean engine.
Thanks Rich. Michael E. Esh 231-286-2344 On Oct 29, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: A new kickdown switch is cheap and takes about 5min to change out. Have you changed your fuel filters? That can result in accel lag. Also the tube from the back of the intake manifold to the ALDA that adjusts for boost. Takes a minute to undo it and make sure it all clean in the manifold and the hose. --R On 10/29/13 3:57 PM, Mike Esh wrote: I have been driving my new car for several days now and I am very happy with the performance. A couple of questions: The kick down switch located beneath the throttle pedal is sticking occasionally and I have to hit it pretty hard for it to switch off and go back into 4th gear. Is this switch easy to remove and would a shot electrical contact cleaner be likely to resolve the issue? When accelerating from a stop the car is very slow and then the it feels like the turbo kicks in and it is very fast. It is not a comfortable feeling. I like the fast part but not the lag I get from takeoff. Is there an adjustment of several things or maybe just one thing? I am hoping just one thing. Thanks, Mike Michael E. Esh me...@horizonenv.com michael...@mac.com http://www.yugster.com/invite/138123 (C) 231.286.2344 ___ 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
On 29/10/2013 1:40 PM, Craig wrote: On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:44:52 -0400 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: My vintage jet favorite is the Valkyrie. I remember when these were in testing in the 60s. Had the Revelle model. That was a sexy aircraft. It just looked intimidating. And just think, all of these were designed with a slide rule and paper. No finite element mechanical stress and strength modeling, no computational fluid dynamics modeling, just imagination and hand tools. Craig ___ Any of you folks watch Ice Pilots of the North about Buffalo Airways out of Yellowknife? It is amazing that they are still using aircraft that are 70 years old for commercial purposes in such a difficult and hostile environment. Randy ___ 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 Blackbirds
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Re: [MBZ] more Blackbirds
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[MBZ] I like this one too
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Re: [MBZ] 1985 300D 120,000 miles, strong clean engine.
The switch is in there with two tabs you have to squeeze to get it out. I finally got it out easily after fooling with it, but I can't really explain how. A coupla little flat screwdrivers and one bigger to pry a bit is the key. I think a new one was like $30 which is not a lot but enough for a switch. I think I looked at the old one and it can probably be taken apart but the risk of buggering it would probably be high. Keep the old one for a spare then if you need to do that, you have it. --R On 10/29/13 5:19 PM, Mike Esh wrote: Thanks Rich. Michael E. Esh 231-286-2344 On Oct 29, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: A new kickdown switch is cheap and takes about 5min to change out. Have you changed your fuel filters? That can result in accel lag. Also the tube from the back of the intake manifold to the ALDA that adjusts for boost. Takes a minute to undo it and make sure it all clean in the manifold and the hose. --R On 10/29/13 3:57 PM, Mike Esh wrote: I have been driving my new car for several days now and I am very happy with the performance. A couple of questions: The kick down switch located beneath the throttle pedal is sticking occasionally and I have to hit it pretty hard for it to switch off and go back into 4th gear. Is this switch easy to remove and would a shot electrical contact cleaner be likely to resolve the issue? When accelerating from a stop the car is very slow and then the it feels like the turbo kicks in and it is very fast. It is not a comfortable feeling. I like the fast part but not the lag I get from takeoff. Is there an adjustment of several things or maybe just one thing? I am hoping just one thing. Thanks, Mike Michael E. Esh me...@horizonenv.com michael...@mac.com http://www.yugster.com/invite/138123 (C) 231.286.2344 ___ 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] old macs
pic! Darren On Oct 27, 2013, at 7:54 AM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: I still have my 1988 Mac II:) it still works! Sent from my iPhone On Oct 27, 2013, at 1:15 AM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote: i actually use mine for EVERYTHING, but i have the advantage of having a quad G5 with 8 gig, so no shortage of power. nothing to speak of by current standards but adequate On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Rick Hawkins Java macj...@aol.com wrote: I still have an imac g-3 under power i mostly use it for some old files that i print occasionally that are in pagemaker for some reason the pagemaker won't make .pdf files of them we have a couple or maybe 3 floating screen imacs (g-4) hooked up to a film scanner and around the office most of the real work is done on a pair of macbook core 2 duo machines on the road i use a macbook and an ipad with 3g (one of the original ones which are WAY cheap now and pretty great) thanks, xx rick Rick Hawkins www.javaphoto.com www.javacycles.com LETTERPRESSES FOR SALE www.ricktheprinter.com www.letterpressmachinery.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.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 ___ 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 am trying to figure out how to make it available in a shared folder on Dropbox but it looks like I have to invite specific people --R On 10/29/13 4:48 PM, Craig wrote: How about sending it to us so we can admire it, too? ___ 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 mechanical kitchen timer
Is it possible to buy a quality dial-type mechanical kitchen timer anymore? I've had uniformly bad luck with digital timers and the mechanical ones I find online are all made in China and have poor reviews. Allan ___ 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 mechanical kitchen timer
From: str...@cs.indiana.edu Is it possible to buy a quality dial-type mechanical kitchen timer anymore? I've had uniformly bad luck with digital timers and the mechanical ones I find online are all made in China and have poor reviews. Here, maybe. http://www.amazon.com/Kikkerland-Safe-Kitchen-Timer-Red/dp/B0072GHH74/ref=sr_1_6?s=kitchenie=UTF8qid=1383091333sr=1-6keywords=kitchen+timer http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_n_feature_keywords_0?rh=n%3A289812%2Ck%3Akitchen+timer%2Cp_n_feature_keywords_browse-bin%3A2831229011sort=reviewrank_authoritykeywords=kitchen+timerie=UTF8qid=1383091112rnid=2831163011 Rick ___ 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
Try inviting mercedes@okiebenz.com and see what happens? I agree with the SR-71 being the most sexy aircraft, and thing the F104 is the second (not to fly, jsut to look at). P51 would be third, and P38 fourth. On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I am trying to figure out how to make it available in a shared folder on Dropbox but it looks like I have to invite specific people --R -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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] This kind of rare?
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Re: [MBZ] OT One for Milt
That won't work. Put the file in your DB public folder, then right click on the file and click Copy public link and give us the link. Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 Max (171,xxx mi) On 10/29/2013 7:54 PM, OK Don wrote: Try inviting mercedes@okiebenz.com and see what happens? I agree with the SR-71 being the most sexy aircraft, and thing the F104 is the second (not to fly, jsut to look at). P51 would be third, and P38 fourth. On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote: I am trying to figure out how to make it available in a shared folder on Dropbox but it looks like I have to invite specific people --R --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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] This kind of rare?
$2500 for that pos? Wow, Okiecrak at its best... Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 Max (171,xxx mi) On 10/29/2013 7:58 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4159425048.html Sent from my iPhone --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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] This kind of rare?
I did not ask if it was worth that much, I asked if it was rare. If it really is a 500 it is rare I think Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2013, at 8:00 PM, Benz Hogs benz-n-h...@gulseth.net wrote: $2500 for that pos? Wow, Okiecrak at its best... Luther KB5QHUForest Park, IL '98 ML320 Max (171,xxx mi) On 10/29/2013 7:58 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4159425048.html Sent from my iPhone --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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] This kind of rare?
There were 500's in that era, a buddy had a 500SL back then. Great googly moogly that thing could eat gas. On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 9:07 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote: I did not ask if it was worth that much, I asked if it was rare. If it really is a 500 it is rare I think Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2013, at 8:00 PM, Benz Hogs benz-n-h...@gulseth.net wrote: $2500 for that pos? Wow, Okiecrak at its best... Luther KB5QHU Forest Park, IL '98 ML320 Max (171,xxx mi) On 10/29/2013 7:58 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: http://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/4159425048.html Sent from my iPhone --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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] This kind of rare?
I'm guessing it's a Euro impart with DOT headlights. Giveaways are the manual A/C heat controls accompanied by the battery under the hood. In '79, the US models had the ACC II (Chrysler servo) with the battery in the trunk. The 500SLC that you are thinking of had the first version of the aluminum block M117 engine, aluminum hood and trunk lid, rally suspension, etc., and was built to race, with enough sold to the public to satisfy the rules. Yes, those are rare today. *From Wikipedia -* From July 1974 both SL and SLC could also be ordered with a fuel-injected 2.8L straight-6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-6 as 280 SL and SLC. US models sold from 1976 through 1979 used the Bosch K Jetronic system, an entirely mechanical fuel injection system. All US models used the 4.5 liter engine, and were called 450 SL/SLC. In September 1977 the 450 SLC 5.0 joined the line. This was a special version of the big coupé, featuring a new all-aluminum five-liter V8, aluminum alloy hood and trunk lid, and a black rubber rear spoiler. Starting in 1980, US cars were equipped with lambda control, which varied the air/fuel mixture based on feedback from an oxygen sensor. The 350, 450 and 450 SLC 5.0 models (like the 350 and 450 SL) were discontinued in 1980 with the introduction of the 380 and 500 SLC in March 1980. At the same time, the cars received a very mild makeover; the 3-speed automatichttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_transmissionwas replaced by a four-speed unit. The 280, 380 and 500 SLC were discontinued in 1981 with the introduction of the W126 series 380 and 500 SEC coupes. A total of 62,888 SLCs had been manufactured over a ten-year period of which just 1,636 were the 450 SLC-5.0 and 1,133 were the 500 SLC. Both these models are sought by collectors today. With the exception of the SL65 AMG Black Series, the SLC remains the only fixed roof Mercedes-Benz coupe based on a roadster rather than a sedan. -- OK Don They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775 in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! ___ 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] Here's one for Alex!
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/cto/4160028443.html Nice. Dan ___ 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] This kind of rare?
So, it's rare (so rare I've never heard of it before) but not as special as a 450/5.0? ___ 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] Here's one for Alex!
On Oct 29, 2013 6:53 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/cto/4160028443.html Do you mean Andrew, or a different Alex? I am indifferent to the alleged charms of 123s. Now if you want to find me a 124 300CE with a V-8 swap... 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
