Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-07 Thread Randy Bennell
At least it is an MB engine and he is using MB wheels. Could be a whole lot worse. How about a nice big block Chevy with a blower out the hood and some nice big rims with skinny tires? Randy On 06/06/2013 7:26 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: Aw geez..purists. It's his and maybe it's not

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-07 Thread Michael Canfield
Same was said about my friend and neighbor when he bought an all original 33 Chevy coupe to build a street rod. Now he drives a gorgeous coupe with modern suspension and drivetrain worth around $50k. Mike On Jun 6, 2013 10:10 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.com wrote: You're right Dan...

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-07 Thread Dieselhead
At least it is an MB engine and he is using MB wheels. Could be a whole lot worse. How about a nice big block Chevy with a blower out the hood and some nice big rims with skinny tires? Randy True, but 16 wheels on a car shipped with 13 is ridiculous.

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-07 Thread WILTON
: [MBZ] A Sad End At least it is an MB engine and he is using MB wheels. Could be a whole lot worse. How about a nice big block Chevy with a blower out the hood and some nice big rims with skinny tires? Randy True, but 16 wheels on a car shipped with 13 is ridiculous

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-07 Thread Randy Bennell
On 07/06/2013 1:20 PM, Dieselhead wrote: At least it is an MB engine and he is using MB wheels. Could be a whole lot worse. How about a nice big block Chevy with a blower out the hood and some nice big rims with skinny tires? Randy True, but 16 wheels on a car shipped with 13 is

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-07 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Randy, your car looks way better with hubcaps than bundts. On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: On 07/06/2013 1:20 PM, Dieselhead wrote: At least it is an MB engine and he is using MB wheels. Could be a whole lot worse. How about a nice big block Chevy

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-07 Thread WILTON
Yep. Wilton - Original Message - From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] A Sad End Randy, your car looks way better with hubcaps than bundts. On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 3:37

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-07 Thread Randy Bennell
Ooooh! Just wait til I get my 22's. Randy On 07/06/2013 2:59 PM, WILTON wrote: Yep. Wilton - Original Message - From: Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-07 Thread WILTON
Uhmm-hmm. Wilton - Original Message - From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] A Sad End Ooooh! Just wait til I get my 22's. Randy On 07/06/2013 2:59 PM, WILTON wrote: Yep

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-07 Thread Dieselhead
Yes, people will pay that for frods and shoveys, but this 110 200 will be worth $300 when he is done, because only a junkyard will buy it. Same was said about my friend and neighbor when he bought an all original 33 Chevy coupe to build a street rod. Now he drives a gorgeous coupe with

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-07 Thread Craig
On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:26:20 -0500 Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Ooooh! Just wait til I get my 22's. You mean Long Rifle rimfires? :-) Randy, your car looks way better with hubcaps than bundts. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-07 Thread Randy Bennell
On 07/06/2013 4:28 PM, Craig wrote: On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:26:20 -0500 Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote: Ooooh! Just wait til I get my 22's. You mean Long Rifle rimfires? :-) Randy, your car looks way better with hubcaps than bundts. No, but there was a nice little Henry lever

[MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-06 Thread Dan Penoff
To a beautiful W110: http://www.benzworld.org/forums/vintage-mercedes-benz/1541829-w110-heckflosse-project-1966-200-a.html#post4326440 If you want to see the reason for my comment, jump to the end. Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-06 Thread Michael Canfield
Aw geez..purists. It's his and maybe it's not the end, or so sad. Might be a really nice ride that he gets years of fun out of. Mike On Jun 6, 2013 8:07 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: To a beautiful W110:

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-06 Thread Mitch Haley
Dan Penoff wrote: To a beautiful W110: http://www.benzworld.org/forums/vintage-mercedes-benz/1541829-w110-heckflosse-project-1966-200-a.html#post4326440 These late model wheels I want to use are offset 20mm too far and hit the steering arms, what can I do about that? Here's the 16v engine

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-06 Thread Craig
On Thu, 06 Jun 2013 20:07:47 -0400 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: To a beautiful W110: http://www.benzworld.org/forums/vintage-mercedes-benz/1541829-w110-heckflosse-project-1966-200-a.html#post4326440 If you want to see the reason for my comment, jump to the end. You mean substituting

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-06 Thread Dieselhead
To a beautiful W110: http://www.benzworld.org/forums/vintage-mercedes-benz/1541829-w110-heckflosse-project-1966-200-a.html#post4326440 If you want to see the reason for my comment, jump to the end. Dan What a complete dork. I didn't see any comments from you Dan, but this guy is an ijit.

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-06 Thread Jaime Kopchinski
You're right Dan... its sad to see a good original car customized to death. Value is in originality. Next step for this car will be the junk yard, almost certainly. Most folks lack the skill to make all the details of such a conversion work. If the same money and effort was put into the

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-06 Thread Dieselhead
Dan Penoff wrote: To a beautiful W110: http://www.benzworld.org/forums/vintage-mercedes-benz/1541829-w110-heckflosse-project-1966-200-a.html#post4326440 These late model wheels I want to use are offset 20mm too far and hit the steering arms, what can I do about that? No prob. Just cut em

Re: [MBZ] A Sad End

2013-06-06 Thread Dieselhead
You're right Dan... its sad to see a good original car customized to death. Value is in originality. Next step for this car will be the junk yard, almost certainly. Most folks lack the skill to make all the details of such a conversion work. If the same money and effort was put into the