on many occasions.
From: Curt Raymond [mailto:curtlud...@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 10:20 AM
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List'
Cc: Scott Ritchey
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pine green 280SE 4.5 on BAT
Not exactly, I'd say "Tractors with loaders BENEFIT from 4wd". What the re
t; -Original Message-
>> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Jim
>> Cathey via Mercedes
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3:18 PM
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>> Cc: Jim Cathey
>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pine green 280SE
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> From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Jim
> Cathey via Mercedes
> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3:18 PM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Cc: Jim Cathey
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pine green 280SE 4.5 on BAT
>
> > I don’t recall 4WD bei
> Tractors with loaders need AWD. Otherwise a back wheel just spins when there
> is a load in the bucket.
The only loader in the neighborhood was on an old Johnny Popper,
and certainly was not AWD. That's what weights on the rear were for.
_Our_ loader had six legs, and three pitchforks...
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> Cc: Jim Cathey
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Pine green 280SE 4.5 on BAT
>
> > I don’t recall 4WD being all that popular on pickup trucks until the 80s or
> > 90s.
>
> When I was a kid (60-70's), in semi-farm country, most pickups were NOT 4wd.
> Nor
Absolutely, The Internationals were probably as rusty if not more than the
Chevys.
-D
> On Apr 22, 2020, at 3:26 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
>
> You want rust, you look for an International. Also very cool trucks but very
> rusty.
>
> I saw a FSJ (Full size Jeep) pickup the other day. It was
You want rust, you look for an International. Also very cool trucks but very
rusty.
I saw a FSJ (Full size Jeep) pickup the other day. It was in beautiful shape,
you don't see those around here very often anymore.
-Curt
On Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 3:05:44 PM EDT, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
> I don’t recall 4WD being all that popular on pickup trucks until the 80s or
> 90s.
When I was a kid (60-70's), in semi-farm country, most pickups were NOT 4wd.
Nor were tractors. The neighbors had a 4wd F100 that we'd had to borrow a
time or two.
-- Jim
I always thought they were sort of “lumpy” looking. Very squared off.
I don’t recall 4WD being all that popular on pickup trucks until the 80s or
90s. Back then if you wanted 4WD you would get a Jeep or an International.
Can’t forget the awful paint schemes on these, either. A base color and
Both body styles from the '70s were super cool though. I'd love to have one of
the pre-73 models. Apparently they didn't make a lot of them in 4wd, I see lots
of 2wd but not many 4wd. It'd make a good camp truck if I could find one in 3/4
ton.
-Curt
On Wednesday, April 22, 2020, 2:41:35
Like Chevy pickup trucks. I can remember how rusty those things were in the
70s. The wheel arches would rust out so badly it wasn’t funny.
-D
> On Apr 22, 2020, at 1:44 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> All cars of that era were notorious for rusting away. The dealers had to sell
>
Slight overstatement.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 1:45 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> All cars of that era were notorious for rusting away. The dealers had to
> sell cars quickly before they rusted away on the lot...
> -Curt
>
> On Tuesday, April 21, 2020,
All cars of that era were notorious for rusting away. The dealers had to sell
cars quickly before they rusted away on the lot...
-Curt
On Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 1:41:36 PM EDT, Peter Frederick via Mercedes
wrote:
they are getting rare in good condition -- I sent mine to the
I guess the broken heater levers tamped down some of the irrational
exuberance. Final price was $20,250.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 1:53 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Yeah, for a car worth that kind of money I find it telling that someone
> wouldn’t expend the time,
Yeah, for a car worth that kind of money I find it telling that someone
wouldn’t expend the time, effort or money to resolve the heater levers. It sort
of cheapens the whole thing.
-D
> On Apr 21, 2020, at 1:49 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> The broken heater control valves
The broken heater control valves are a red flag, though.
On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 1:41 PM Peter Frederick via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> they are getting rare in good condition -- I sent mine to the junkyard due
> to terminal rust. All the German cars of that age were terrible,
I put the OE spring in my Finnie as a part of the restoration work I did on it.
Pretty easy job, I think the spring was about $100 from Mercedes. Put new pads,
in, too, but had to compromise somewhat because only one size is still
available.
-D
> On Apr 21, 2020, at 1:45 PM, David Bruckmann
They put in the wrong spring when the ripped out the hydropneumatic
compensator. The Febi kit includes the "HD" spring, which causes the
incorrect camber this car exhibits. You can still buy the correct
spring from Mercedes-Benz, which is what I did for my '72 280SEL. Or
if you're really lucky and
they are getting rare in good condition -- I sent mine to the junkyard due to
terminal rust. All the German cars of that age were terrible, Russian steel
for the most part. Ditto for W116s --- they were notorious for rusting away in
Germany too.
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Luscious color. I predict insane flurry of bidding as the auction winds
up. At least in the 20s.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-mercedes-benz-280sel-4-5-11/?utm_source=dm_medium=email_campaign=2020-04-21
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