Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
The first one does have the tricycle landing gear upgrade, might be worth salvaging. -MMM- On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 8:45 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/693817368991960/?mibextid=6ojiHh > > > Sent from my iPhone > >

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
Drop it on a 163 chassis! Fo wheel drive! --FT Sent from iFōn > On Dec 13, 2022, at 1:24 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > wrote: > > Might have a hard time getting an airworthiness certificate for it, though. > > -D > >> On Dec 13, 2022, at 1:20 PM, OK Don via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >>

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Might have a hard time getting an airworthiness certificate for it, though. -D > On Dec 13, 2022, at 1:20 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > I think a 600-700 HP LS3 or such is called for. Maybe one of the MB V12s > with the extra touch from the HP gods? > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 12:09

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 13 Dec 2022 12:18:42 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > I love it, thanks! Great! You are welcome. Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I think a 600-700 HP LS3 or such is called for. Maybe one of the MB V12s with the extra touch from the HP gods? On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 12:09 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > There was a guy here on this island that had most of a D18 sitting at his > front

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
I love it, thanks! On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 11:39 AM Craig via Mercedes wrote: > On Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:58:03 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > > Wernher Von Braun > > I just received an email which closed with: >

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
There was a guy here on this island that had most of a D18 sitting at his front gate. Not sure whatever happened to it. I think he was retired pilot and died a few years ago. I should go look and see if it is still there. Let’s see, would a 350 or OM617 be a better power plant for a rat rod?

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread Craig via Mercedes
On Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:58:03 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher Von Braun I just received an email which closed with: In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. In engineering if you do

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
There is an Okie acres for just about everything. Yesterday I was driving thru the middle of nowhere Missouri and a guy had a pasture full of hundreds of old broken down backhoes, and various other earth moving equipment. There is a guy not too far from me that has hundreds and hundreds of old

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
More like “Oh sh*t!” -D > On Dec 13, 2022, at 11:58 AM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > Yup - no OSHA then. > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 10:39 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> When men were men, and people went deaf. >> >> -D >> >>> On Dec 13, 2022, at

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Yup - no OSHA then. On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 10:39 AM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > When men were men, and people went deaf. > > -D > > > On Dec 13, 2022, at 11:35 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > On 13/12/2022 9:55 AM, OK

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread dan penoff.com via Mercedes
When men were men, and people went deaf. -D > On Dec 13, 2022, at 11:35 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > wrote: > > On 13/12/2022 9:55 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >> My Dad and I built a camper that we mounted on the frame of a pickup from >> two of those D18 fuselages back in the '60's.

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 13/12/2022 9:55 AM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: My Dad and I built a camper that we mounted on the frame of a pickup from two of those D18 fuselages back in the '60's. My ears are still ringing from bucking the rivets inside the structure. Yes, those are worth the scrap metal value. No

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
My Dad and I built a camper that we mounted on the frame of a pickup from two of those D18 fuselages back in the '60's. My ears are still ringing from bucking the rivets inside the structure. Yes, those are worth the scrap metal value. On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 9:03 AM G Mann via Mercedes wrote:

Re: [MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Just from the pictures, everything of value to actually make them airplanes again is GONE.. long gone... plus, I'm seeing corrosion which is the Mercedes equal to tin worm... Very few parts left to strip out and try to sell to a very limited market.. Good luck to the new owner On Tue, Dec 13,

[MBZ] Okie Acres Air

2022-12-13 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/693817368991960/?mibextid=6ojiHh Sent from my iPhone ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: