Re: [MBZ] OT: Crown Vic/Grand Marquis

2008-11-12 Thread Curt Raymond
ect: Re: [MBZ] OT: Crown Vic/Grand Marquis To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mercedes Discussion List" Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 5:33 PM The 126 market seems to be in the toilet. $2000 looks to buy a pretty nice car. Totally true! My 1983 300SD isn't worth too much more than the $1300

Re: [MBZ] OT: Crown Vic/Grand Marquis

2008-11-12 Thread Kevin Kraly
The 126 market seems to be in the toilet. $2000 looks to buy a pretty nice car. Totally true! My 1983 300SD isn't worth too much more than the $1300 I paid for it even though it now has a new lower right ball joint, all new brakes, new exhaust header, and way better front seats. I would have

Re: [MBZ] OT: Crown Vic/Grand Marquis

2008-11-12 Thread Curt Raymond
The 126 market seems to be in the toilet. $2000 looks to buy a pretty nice car. I'm even considering one... -Curt Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:45:39 -0600 From: Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Crown Vic/Grand Marquis To: Mercedes Discussion List Message-ID:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Crown Vic/Grand Marquis

2008-11-12 Thread Donald Snook
OK Don wrote: "It's not a Benz, and it's not a 124 300D 2.5T. Why are you even thinking about it?" Well, I have concluded that the only MB's I am comfortable in are the 124 and 126. I don't want a 126 gasser because of the gas mileage. I would love to have another 300D 2.5 (want to trade me f

Re: [MBZ] OT: Crown Vic/Grand Marquis

2008-11-11 Thread OK Don
It's not a Benz, and it's not a 124 300D 2.5T. Why are you even thinking about it? On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My parents elderly neighbor has a older body style Grand Marquis/Crown Vic > that he is trying to sell. My father doesn't know whether it

Re: [MBZ] OT: Crown Vic/Grand Marquis

2008-11-11 Thread LWB250
like the slop you get when a bushing is worn out If you have specific questions let me know and I'll do my best to answer them. Dan --- On Tue, 11/11/08, Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [MBZ] OT: Crown Vic/

Re: [MBZ] OT: Crown Vic/Grand Marquis

2008-11-11 Thread Mitch Haley
Peter Frederick wrote: Decent cars. Rather large and floaty, but they do get upper 20's on the highway with the 302 SOHC engine. I thought the 302 was the old OHV, and the modular 4.6 came in SOHC and DOHC versions. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For

Re: [MBZ] OT: Crown Vic/Grand Marquis

2008-11-11 Thread Peter Frederick
Decent cars. Rather large and floaty, but they do get upper 20's on the highway with the 302 SOHC engine. Only real drawback is the stupid self-leveling system that uses compressed air instead of hydraulic fluid. They collapse and lock up just like an MB, but cost $1500 to fix insead of

[MBZ] OT: Crown Vic/Grand Marquis

2008-11-11 Thread Donald Snook
My parents elderly neighbor has a older body style Grand Marquis/Crown Vic that he is trying to sell. My father doesn't know whether it is a Ford or Mercury and said that it is somewhere between 1996-2000. So, he hasn't been much help in the detail department. BUT, the neighbor's children liv