Re: [MBZ] OT anyone need a deuce-and-a-half?

2020-12-03 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On 2020-12-02 22:26, ned kleinhenz via Mercedes wrote: Probably a decade or two ago I met a Hummer dealer at a social event in western Pennsylvania. I think his customer base was the strip mining industry. He was amazed that he was starting to get a few suburbanite customers who wanted them

Re: [MBZ] OT anyone need a deuce-and-a-half?

2020-12-02 Thread ned kleinhenz via Mercedes
Probably a decade or two ago I met a Hummer dealer at a social event in western Pennsylvania. I think his customer base was the strip mining industry. He was amazed that he was starting to get a few suburbanite customers who wanted them for street use. He described the cost to buy, operate and

Re: [MBZ] OT anyone need a deuce-and-a-half?

2020-12-02 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
A buddy of mine used to have a real hummer. I think top speed on that thing was around 55. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 2, 2020, at 5:27 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Sounds like riding/driving a “real” Hummer. I see the ones that were > designed for consumer use and laugh.

Re: [MBZ] OT anyone need a deuce-and-a-half?

2020-12-02 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
Sounds like riding/driving a “real” Hummer. I see the ones that were designed for consumer use and laugh. They’re so far removed from the real thing it’s laughable. A good way to get a couple of herniated discs - riding in the back of a (real) Hummer off road. -D > On Dec 2, 2020, at 1:10

Re: [MBZ] OT anyone need a deuce-and-a-half?

2020-12-01 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Anyone here ever drive a deuce and half any distance? It's like herding wild goats in traffic , handles like you are pushing 6 concrete blocks with a piece of rope.. and you need a back brace and ear plugs for a week after you get out.. I can't see why the attraction to ever own one. On Tue, Dec

Re: [MBZ] OT anyone need a deuce-and-a-half?

2020-12-01 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
According to wikipedia, "Gasoline may be used only in an emergency because it does not properly lubricate the injector pump. While using gasoline, common practice calls for the addition of at least 1 U.S. quart of clean motor oil per 15 U.S. gallons of gasoline" Allan OK Don via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] OT anyone need a deuce-and-a-half?

2020-12-01 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I wonder what you have to do (if anything) to switch between Diesel and gasoline? On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 5:04 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I bet 2020 was good to him, at least with help clearing his inventory. > Mitch > > On 2020-12-01 15:47, Kaleb Striplin via

Re: [MBZ] OT anyone need a deuce-and-a-half?

2020-12-01 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
I bet 2020 was good to him, at least with help clearing his inventory. Mitch On 2020-12-01 15:47, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: There was a guy in my area that had about 10 of them sitting on a lot for sale. Last time I was by there he was down to 3 or 4.

Re: [MBZ] OT anyone need a deuce-and-a-half?

2020-12-01 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
A fellow I knew way back when had the opportunity to drive something like that. He said they had attached a big plywood circle to the steering wheel so that you couldn't put your fingers around the outer edge. Apparently, if you hit a rut it would take the steering wheel away from you and too

Re: [MBZ] OT anyone need a deuce-and-a-half?

2020-12-01 Thread greg via Mercedes
In my late teens I had a buddy whose dad was in some sort of vehicle business, in which this truck was to play a role. One night we borrowed it for a joyride. I recall him coasting it out of the driveway so we wouldn't wake anyone. Being a city kid at the time, I had zero driving experience on

Re: [MBZ] OT anyone need a deuce-and-a-half?

2020-12-01 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
There was a guy in my area that had about 10 of them sitting on a lot for sale. Last time I was by there he was down to 3 or 4. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 1, 2020, at 3:12 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > wrote: > > Oddly BaT-like prose in the description. > >

[MBZ] OT anyone need a deuce-and-a-half?

2020-12-01 Thread Allan Streib via Mercedes
Oddly BaT-like prose in the description. https://bloomington.craigslist.org/cto/d/harrodsburg-1971-am-general-m35a2-deuce/7239824947.html Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change