Re: [MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-31 Thread Allan Streib
Well the final price for the broken-valved, trashed-head, trashed-piston, peeling-paint '87 TD was $2325. It was at $1460 three minutes before the end of the auction. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140119061737 Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yea, it

Re: [MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-31 Thread Marshall Booth
Allan Streib wrote: Well the final price for the broken-valved, trashed-head, trashed-piston, peeling-paint '87 TD was $2325. It was at $1460 three minutes before the end of the auction. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140119061737 Way too much! Marshall --

Re: [MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-31 Thread andrew strasfogel
Maybe it's worth the cost for the parts... On 5/31/07, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allan Streib wrote: Well the final price for the broken-valved, trashed-head, trashed-piston, peeling-paint '87 TD was $2325. It was at $1460 three minutes before the end of the auction.

Re: [MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-31 Thread Marshall Booth
andrew strasfogel wrote: Maybe it's worth the cost for the parts... Not if most of the parts are worn out! Marshall -- Marshall Booth Ph.D. Ass't Prof. (ret.) Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
87's. Got the guy down to 3k for the one. Kevin J. Slater wrote: 87's? Or are we talking W123's? Kaleb C. Striplin said: Yea, it would have been worth 5-600, its WAY too much right now considering a guy has 2 of them he wants me to buy, $2500 for one and $3500 for the other. Both run and

Re: [MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-29 Thread Kevin J. Slater
87's? Or are we talking W123's? Kaleb C. Striplin said: Yea, it would have been worth 5-600, its WAY too much right now considering a guy has 2 of them he wants me to buy, $2500 for one and $3500 for the other. Both run and drive fine, one has a new head Allan Streib wrote: It's up to

Re: [MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-29 Thread Allan Streib
This one was an 87, but it had a broken valve, trashed head and piston, and signs of other mediocre care and feeding (cheap respray that was now peeling off in sheets, electrical hackery, etc). Kevin J. Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 87's? Or are we talking W123's? Kaleb C. Striplin said:

Re: [MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-27 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Yea, it would have been worth 5-600, its WAY too much right now considering a guy has 2 of them he wants me to buy, $2500 for one and $3500 for the other. Both run and drive fine, one has a new head Allan Streib wrote: It's up to almost $1,300. I was thinking if I could get it for $500 it

Re: [MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
all i can say is that its going to need alot of work, including a whole new paint job. Allan Streib wrote: Check out this listing (someone else posted it here last week also): http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140119061737 Scroll down to the photos, there is a

Re: [MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-22 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
yep. I would bet the rocker switch was to turn on the ac compressor. Just a wild guess, the klima relay went out and instead of replacing it they put the switch in. Allan Streib wrote: Ralph Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The yellow rocker switch is definitely an aftermarket switch some

[MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-21 Thread Allan Streib
Check out this listing (someone else posted it here last week also): http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=140119061737 Scroll down to the photos, there is a picture of the center console showing a yellow rocker switch. Is that something that is factory? Looks a bit

Re: [MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-21 Thread Ralph Morton
The yellow rocker switch is definitely an aftermarket switch some hack put in the console. RM Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links.

Re: [MBZ] Question for list about 300TD fixer

2007-05-21 Thread Allan Streib
Ralph Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The yellow rocker switch is definitely an aftermarket switch some hack put in the console. Seems this car has evidence of a lot of hacking: radio shack switches in the console, cheap paint job, broken motor... I'm starting to think there's probably a