Re: [MBZ] Subject: Re: Wilton's New Grille

2015-08-21 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Indeed. 'Hope all goes well and thanks for the good tip. Wilton - Original Message - From: Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ]

[MBZ] He main lined some heroin tonight and the price went way up

2015-08-21 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
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[MBZ] This might be a decent buy

2015-08-21 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-21 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
An ill woodwind that nobody blows good. ;-) -MMM- On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It lost the rear swing axels? Close! It [Buffet clarinet] gained a polycylindrical bore in 1955. -- Jim ___

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-21 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
This proves that poos is a moron and does not know what he is talking about. Those were the best vehicle years. The under hood 450 cat is the best thing ever. I am working on a plan to retrofit that into older and newer cars. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Dan Penoff via

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I'm talking about domestic cars, not MBs. But since you brought it up As for the 450SLs, those things were total nightmares. I've seen tons of them here in Floridia, and every one of them has a cooked engine compartment from those cats. Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 21, 2015, at 10:24

Re: [MBZ] OT Lambo

2015-08-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
So one wonders what Grant's dream car might be. A Prius in a custom color, e.g. purple? On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:44 AM, G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Obviously, the guy was out with his perfect date.. Terrible rich, older than dirt it's self, one foot on a banana peel

[MBZ] Audi set to ofer EV car with 300+ mile range to challenge Tesla

2015-08-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Audi AG will unveil a new concept car, the e-tron quattro, a fully electric sport utility vehicle, at the Frankfurt car show next month, the German automaker said this week. The model, sized in between the Audi Q5 and Q7 four-door SUVs, will be able to travel 310 miles per charge, the company

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I feel like the American car builders could have suffered through the malaise era if build quality had been decent but considering the truly awful build quality of the time its no surprise people looked to the east.Also considering what crappy cars asia was producing if the Americans had kept

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I wrenched heavily at this time and saw the worst of the pollution controlled, poorly built American iron. It was gawdawful stuff and you could tell the engineers were flying by the seats of their pants. 1974-5 were probably the worst years, in my opinion. Just horrible in so many ways. Dan

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-21 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
It was the beginning of the end for merkun iron too. 1968 cars had rudimentary smog crap hung on em. By 1974, merkun iron was fully smothered and were total crap. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

Re: [MBZ] OT Lambo

2015-08-21 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Yes --R On 8/21/15 10:05 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: Another Lambo, or another wife? ;) - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: If it was his wife I am sure he could afford another one.

Re: [MBZ] OT Lambo

2015-08-21 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Obviously, the guy was out with his perfect date.. Terrible rich, older than dirt it's self, one foot on a banana peel and the other in the grave, with a cane in one hand and a will in the other leaving everything to him.. Of course he was helping her in the car and laughing.. the cad.. ;)) His

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
The most amazing car I ever owned was a 1950 DeSoto with the semi-automatic transmission. It had a clutch but was impossible to stall when stopping using brake only (break, if you prefer). I bought TWO cars in sequential years in Boston and Minneapolis, for a grand total of $100 and sold them

Re: [MBZ] ?

2015-08-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I thought intonation was built into the instrument, much like a piano. On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:56 AM, Jim Cathey jim.cathey...@gmail.com wrote: Is it the craftsmanship or materials that changed for post-1955 clarinets? Country of manufacture? Automation vs. hands on manufacturing process?

Re: [MBZ] OT: Harbor Freight Tools Huge Parking Lot Sale

2015-08-21 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
The HF stuff is reasonable for the price, I have an air hose and various fittings, they work. I have the $20 recip saw, that thing just won't die. I expected it to last $20 worth, but so far it has done very well with some abusive use. Take a look at banggood.com for some really cheap

[MBZ] OT Lambo

2015-08-21 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
So the stupid paper guy does not deliver my papers this morning, I go to the store down the road to get some. I see a new topless black Lambo parked outside the store, very cool. Thing is about 2ft high. I go in get the papers, as I am leaving and driving by, I see this guy helping this

Re: [MBZ] LIST MOM???

2015-08-21 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
‎Curly sez: Thanks for the list and all the good things you do! +1 What he said.  Thanks! ‎ Rick  Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

Re: [MBZ] OT Lambo

2015-08-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Another Lambo, or another wife? ;) - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: If it was his wife I am sure he could afford another one. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

[MBZ] Test

2015-08-21 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
testestestestest -- arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] LIST MOM???

2015-08-21 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
IS anybody still seeing this in the headers? I do not see it now on recent messages. On 8/15/2015 9:19 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: Kaleb, Why do all the post headers now show all subscribers' email addresses? this is a security problem. It just started this afternoon. OK, we

Re: [MBZ] OT: Harbor Freight Tools Huge Parking Lot Sale

2015-08-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I love being 5 minutes from a Harbor Freight store. Whenever I need that weird sized Torx bit or some other off the wall tool, I print out a 20% off coupon I keep on my computer and pop over to pick up what I need. Both my RA and polisher came from HF, and don't think I spent $50 for the pair.

Re: [MBZ] LIST MOM???

2015-08-21 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Nope! Seems like you or someone fixed it. Thanks for the list and all the good things you do! ListMa sez: IS anybody still seeing this in the headers? I do not see it now on recent messages. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] LIST MOM???

2015-08-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Nope. On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 11:26 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: IS anybody still seeing this in the headers? I do not see it now on recent messages. On 8/15/2015 9:19 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: Kaleb, Why do all the post headers now show all

Re: [MBZ] OT Lambo

2015-08-21 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Rainbow paint job with Obama and Hillary! (or Bernie) stickers --R On 8/21/15 10:46 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: So one wonders what Grant's dream car might be. A Prius in a custom color, e.g. purple? On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:44 AM, G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com

[MBZ] Way OT: Bad lip reading

2015-08-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Republican debate, NFL mic'ed. All in good fun.. I http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/19/1413598/-Bad-Lip-Reading-takes-on-the-first-Republican-debate-and-it-may-be-the-best-thing-ever?detail=email?detail=email ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

Re: [MBZ] OT: Harbor Freight Tools Huge Parking Lot Sale

2015-08-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I'm on my second Harbor Freight compressor. The first one took a ton of abuse before I forgot to put oil in it. I upgraded from a 2 gal to a 21gal and the big compressor is fantastic. I need to get one of the retractable air hoses for it so I can build a doghouse to keep it in to cut down on

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
http://www.npr.org/2015/08/20/433010969/sales-of-convertibles-are-decelerating-blame-the-fuel-economy Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 21, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Interesting, I have not heard that in the auto biz Sent from my iPhone

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Bad lip reading

2015-08-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
It's quite amazing technology - ir is it all human generated? On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I saw that yesterday, very funny stuff With Bernie and Hillary! it would all be like Freesh..tuff, Freesh..tuff, Freesh..tuff, Freesh..tuff '

Re: [MBZ] LIST MOM???

2015-08-21 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
Kaleb wrote: IS anybody still seeing this in the headers? I do not see it now on recent messages. It looks like the last one with those headers was sent 2015-08-16 15:30:25 CDT. Thanks for getting that fixed! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list

[MBZ] Some days - The saga of the Golf.

2015-08-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
The new Vehicle Speed Sensor (VSS) for my Golf came today. As I'd guessed its actually two parts and my old one had the top part broken off. Replacement is a pain, its on the side of the transmission, under the firewall. Its got big flats, I used a 7/8 wrench on it but theres very little space

Re: [MBZ] Some days - The saga of the Golf.

2015-08-21 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
This is why I don't want to upgrade my 1985 Mercedes. On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The new Vehicle Speed Sensor (VSS) for my Golf came today. As I'd guessed its actually two parts and my old one had the top part broken off.

Re: [MBZ] ?

2015-08-21 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 22:56:43 -0700 Jim Cathey via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Is it the craftsmanship or materials that changed for post-1955 clarinets?  Country of manufacture?  Automation vs. hands on manufacturing process?  Metric vs. English?  ;) As I just mentioned, the

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-21 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
The cats were under the hood in only the '75 and '76 models - On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: As for the 450SLs, those things were total nightmares. I've seen tons of them here in Floridia, and every one of them has a cooked engine

Re: [MBZ] Test

2015-08-21 Thread archer75--- via Mercedes
Hey Kaleb, Mucho thanks for getting me back on the list. Gerry testestestestest -- arche...@embarqmail.com arche...@embarqmail.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-21 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Correct. And why, I don't know, but there are tons of 75s around here. They used to be cheap as wine, but now people seem to think they're valuable. Interesting story on All Things Considered yesterday about how convertibles are going away, and how most manufacturers are getting out of making

Re: [MBZ] He is either from New Jersey or is on crack

2015-08-21 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Max wrote: Maybe Mao can find and deliver, Jaime fix and sell? Me work for / with Jaime? ... YOU BET!! mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Harbor Freight Tools Huge Parking Lot Sale

2015-08-21 Thread Mountain Man via Mercedes
Rick wrote: Rick Who just came to the realization I am one cheap bast*rd. I'm gonna bet I can beat you at that. mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Bad lip reading

2015-08-21 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I saw that yesterday, very funny stuff With Bernie and Hillary! it would all be like Freesh..tuff, Freesh..tuff, Freesh..tuff, Freesh..tuff ' --R On 8/21/15 12:40 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Republican debate, NFL mic'ed. All in good fun.. I

Re: [MBZ] LIST MOM???

2015-08-21 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Ditto, thanks Kaleb for keeping this list going, just don't screw it up. :) - Max Charleston SC ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Why is 1968 a watershed year for Mercedes?

2015-08-21 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Interesting, I have not heard that in the auto biz Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2015, at 1:46 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Correct. And why, I don't know, but there are tons of 75s around here. They used to be cheap as wine, but now people seem to think

Re: [MBZ] Way OT: Bad lip reading

2015-08-21 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
That is quite funny! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Some days - The saga of the Golf.

2015-08-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
My Golf is the last of the 4th generation (my Jetta is the last of the 3rd) and is actually a really nice car. The doors close with a solidity you'd expect from an MB. VW worked hard to make the 4th gen much more refined than its predecessors. I'm going to give my Indy hell, he probably should

[MBZ] Subject: Re: Wilton's New Grille

2015-08-21 Thread Bob via Mercedes
BTW, the brown skin on my two burned spots began to peel yesterday; 'finding good, pink, new skin underneath. Coulda been a lot worse. Wilton I've been out of the loop here recentlySince my stroke my left side is numb to hot or cold feelings .I've had a habit of picking up the

Re: [MBZ] Some days - The saga of the Golf.

2015-08-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I was just making a Led Zeppelin reference. I don't mind trips to California. I like sushi and its a good place to get it. -Curt From: Curly McLain 126die...@gmail.com To: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com; Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015

Re: [MBZ] Subject: Re: Wilton's New Grille

2015-08-21 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I would add to this that lavender oil works really really well on burns. I burn myself a lot and a couple drops of real lavender essential oil makes it like I was never burned. Unfortunately a lot of the lavender oil on the market is synthetic and won't work for this. Fortunately for me Angie

Re: [MBZ] Some days - The saga of the Golf.

2015-08-21 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 21/08/2015 5:14 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: My Golf is the last of the 4th generation (my Jetta is the last of the 3rd) and is actually a really nice car. The doors close with a solidity you'd expect from an MB. VW worked hard to make the 4th gen much more refined than its

Re: [MBZ] Some days - The saga of the Golf.

2015-08-21 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
The new Vehicle Speed Sensor (VSS) for my Golf came today. As I'd guessed its actually two parts and my old one had the top part broken off. Replacement is a pain, its on the side of the transmission, under the firewall. Its got big flats, I used a 7/8 wrench on it but theres very little space

Re: [MBZ] Some days - The saga of the Golf.

2015-08-21 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Coming along, anyway. ATTABOY so far. Wilton - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 4:35 PM Subject: [MBZ] Some days - The saga

Re: [MBZ] Subject: Re: Wilton's New Grille

2015-08-21 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
BTW, the brown skin on my two burned spots began to peel yesterday; 'finding good, pink, new skin underneath. Coulda been a lot worse. Wilton I've been out of the loop here recentlySince my stroke my left side is numb to hot or cold feelings .I've had a habit of picking up the