Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
My '70 220D had the frog as well. The bulb split once but I was able to purchase a new one from MB. On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 4:18 PM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:00:09 -0400 Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > > On Wed, July 29, 2020 11:21 am, Andrew Strasfogel via

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Yes the seats,were the draw. The 6 cylinder engine was not a draw in our 65. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 6:00 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I like how you put “prom” and the seat feature together... > > And yes, those seats enabled

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I like how you put “prom” and the seat feature together... And yes, those seats enabled many “naps” as my high school friend can attest. We rode around in his dad’s 66 I believe which had a 327 or some such in it and was actually quite spritely. He used it to great advantage with the young

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Our '72 220D/8 had a foot-stomping windshield washer pump (or was it our > '64 190Dc? I forget ...). The Frankenheap (72 200D/8, RIP) had this. I called it a 'frog'. That system was also useful for spoofing your passengers, telling them that of course such an old car had rain-sensing

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:00:09 -0400 Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: > On Wed, July 29, 2020 11:21 am, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > > > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-amc-rambler-classic-4 > > I believe in 1964 Rambler still had the squeeze bulb washer pump. > You could

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
First car I remember my parents owning was an AMC Rambler. It was a 4-door. They bought it new the year I was born and kept it until I was in 6th or 7th grade. I remember all of us piling in for a drive to watch the odometer roll over. It was a pretty reliable car, simple enough that the mechanic

Re: [MBZ] Horror Fright Credit Card

2020-07-29 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
You know, I've recently (like over the last year) noticed that Harbor Freight smells better and that their stuff doesn't have the chinesium smell like it used to. Dad and I bought a stick welder for camp last month after I broke the seat mount on my '52 Farmall Super M. That along with some

Re: [MBZ] Horror Fright Credit Card

2020-07-29 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I wonder if this will backfire like the old Sam's Club credit card. "Huh, who would have thought our customers are all cheapskates that pay off their card every month." -Curt On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 9:32:03 AM EDT, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: Buy Chinesium! 10% off your

Re: [MBZ] Chinee G-wagen

2020-07-29 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
How long would it take to ship a car here from China? I suspect its weeks, ought to be plenty of quarantine there anyway. -Curt On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, 10:24:46 PM EDT, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Built in Communist Party owned manufacturing plant, by child slave labor, and

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On Wed, July 29, 2020 12:41 pm, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > That's a great entry for a trivia contest! A friend of mine drove 19 hours from Gerryville (Lady Lake) to here (Lacey Lake) last week. His original plan was to take a nap in a rest stop in Tennessee or Kentucky, but in the

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
That's a great entry for a trivia contest! On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 12:37 PM Dwight Giles wrote: > I took my driver's test in my Dad's 63 & went to Sr. Prom in his new 65 > Main feature is totally reclining front seat backs > > Dwight Giles Jr. > Wickford RI > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 11:21 AM

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On Wed, July 29, 2020 12:36 pm, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: > I took my driver's test in my Dad's 63 & went to Sr. Prom in his new 65 > Main feature is totally reclining front seat backs Yeah but my mom always knew if you did that because the seat belts would disappear and my brother was

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
I took my driver's test in my Dad's 63 & went to Sr. Prom in his new 65 Main feature is totally reclining front seat backs Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 11:21 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > WARNING *** Political content > > For all the

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
My roommate had one of these in college but I drove it in the winter before he put in any antifreeze. The car rolled to a stop and never ran again... On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 12:00 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Wed, July 29, 2020 11:21 am, Andrew Strasfogel via

Re: [MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On Wed, July 29, 2020 11:21 am, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-amc-rambler-classic-4 I believe in 1964 Rambler still had the squeeze bulb washer pump. You could control where the water hit the glass by how hard you stomped on it.

[MBZ] ***SPAM*** RE: Chinee G-wagen

2020-07-29 Thread Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes
Will the marketers make a contraction from Chinese+Jeep to a Cheep? Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Jim Cathey via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2020 8:16 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Jim Cathey Subject: Re: [MBZ]

[MBZ] '64 Rambler Classic on BAT

2020-07-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
WARNING *** Political content For all the old school Rs, bid on a piece of GOP history: George Romney's Classic Rambler. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-amc-rambler-classic-4/?utm_source=dm_medium=email_campaign=2020-07-29 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] 50 shades of (German) mustard

2020-07-29 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Yeah. I guess if you call it gold people will bid higher than for a mustard colored car.. On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 10:48 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Tue, July 28, 2020 10:31 pm, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > > Doesn't seem to be a problem at

Re: [MBZ] Other illogical things with masks

2020-07-29 Thread Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
Backyard mask science (FB link warning): https://www.facebook.com/434915150036500/posts/1467917690069569/ On Tue, Jul 21, 2020, 12:39 PM Karl Wittnebel wrote: > Can't remember who was posting about particle sizes and masks. This is a > decent explanation of how n95s work. Surgical masks don't

Re: [MBZ] Horror Fright Credit Card

2020-07-29 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
I wonder if the card smells like cheap rubber (Chinesium)? > On Jul 29, 2020, at 9:30 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > Buy Chinesium! > 10% off your first purchase! > 5% noncash back! > 0% interest on major purchases! > > https://harborfreight.com/credit > >

[MBZ] Horror Fright Credit Card

2020-07-29 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Buy Chinesium! 10% off your first purchase! 5% noncash back! 0% interest on major purchases! https://harborfreight.com/credit ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go