Re: [MBZ] A closer look at the damage

This car should now be Regina's - fix it enough to be road worthy again, and leave the rest. Find a better one for yourself, or finish one of your x number of project cars and drive that. On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Can’t look

Re: [MBZ] A closer look at the damage

Can’t look too much like a beater. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 1, 2017, at 11:38 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > >> On 01/11/2017 8:21 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >> Well I would like it to look right and not all mangled up under the hood if >>

Re: [MBZ] A closer look at the damage

Easy for me to tell you what to do . . . BUT, I think you need to find a better one and concentrate on making it your new work vehicle AND refuse to let anyone else drive it. Tell them you have to have it for work and cannot let them put it at risk. RB ___

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Hey that car was featured in that news story when the 140 caught on fire. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 1, 2017, at 10:58 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > May be easier to sell the car due to its provenance - "Driven by star of > nightly news roundup". >

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On 01/11/2017 8:21 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: Well I would like it to look right and not all mangled up under the hood if that is possible. We shall see. Given that your business is car related, is it important that you show up driving something that looks good? RB

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Max wrote: > Come-along and a tree to anchor it, A large tree, a piece of chain - that was me. Some guy drove by and told me it was chained to the tree ;-) tin.man ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

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May be easier to sell the car due to its provenance - "Driven by star of nightly news roundup". On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > On November 1, 2017 at 9:21 AM "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >

Re: [MBZ] A closer look at the damage

> On November 1, 2017 at 9:21 AM "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" > wrote: > > > Well I would like it to look right and not all mangled up under the hood if > that is possible. We shall see. I'm sure you'll straighten it as best as you can, but I'm afraid you'll

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Come-along and a tree to anchor it, pull that metal right back into position. Looks like a tab has been pulled free and will need to be welded up. Have your lift working in your shop? Maybe take some dimensional measurements from below first to make sure the unibody isn't tweaked. Wouldn't want

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Well I would like it to look right and not all mangled up under the hood if that is possible. We shall see. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 1, 2017, at 8:16 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > >> On November 1, 2017 at 9:04 AM "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" >>

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> On November 1, 2017 at 9:04 AM "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" > wrote: > > > Who it’s for will be me and it was my main work car. Right. And replacing the exterior fender and perfecting the headlight aim makes it good enough, right? Or you really care if it looks

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Who it’s for will be me and it was my main work car. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 1, 2017, at 8:02 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > I'm sure you can make it "good enough for who it's for". > The hard part will probably be making the headlight point in exactly

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I'm sure you can make it "good enough for who it's for". The hard part will probably be making the headlight point in exactly the right direction again. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To