[MBZ] Today's BAT Auction results

2019-01-19 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Blue 1983 300TD NS https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1983-mercedes-benz-300td-turbo-8/?utm_source=dailymail_medium=email_campaign=2019-01-18 '77 450SL C sold for a song. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-mercedes-benz-450slc-4/?utm_source=dailymail_medium=email_campaign=2019-01-18 1973

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2017-03-26 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
This is my final answer: https://youtu.be/Vmvxrj4Ccgo -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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2017-03-26 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: So maybe if you take an old basket case and decide to get janky with it, this is what you come up with after spending way too much money. I'd rather take one of those old 190s and transplant modern Benz power and suspension and what not and come up with a rod

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2017-03-26 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
So maybe if you take an old basket case and decide to get janky with it, this is what you come up with after spending way too much money. I'd rather take one of those old 190s and transplant modern Benz power and suspension and what not and come up with a rod that is more "pure." Or maybe I

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2017-03-26 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I would not touch it with a 30' pole.Toada engine! Iiiickk! Dan Penoff via Mercedes March 26, 2017 at 2:45 PM You can’t look away…. http://bringatrailer.com/2017/03/25/2jz-ge-swapped-1971-mercedes-benz-250/#comment-1452404 The shifter would go well

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2017-03-26 Thread Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
Well I guess if you want to dump money into a 115 and pimp it out then more power to you. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 26, 2017, at 2:45 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > You can’t look away…. > >

[MBZ] Today's BAT Abomination

2017-03-26 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
You can’t look away…. http://bringatrailer.com/2017/03/25/2jz-ge-swapped-1971-mercedes-benz-250/#comment-1452404 The shifter would go well with Mitch’s hood ornament. -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

[MBZ] Today's BAT Sploogemobile

2013-06-26 Thread Dan Penoff
http://bringatrailer.com/2013/06/26/bat-exclusive-1972-imperial-lebaron-with-bendix-abs/?utm_source=Daily+Email+5%2F26%2F13utm_campaign=BaT+Daily+Emailutm_medium=email In in love. Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To

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2013-06-26 Thread Jaime Kopchinski
I like the climate control. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: http://bringatrailer.com/2013/06/26/bat-exclusive-1972-imperial-lebaron-with-bendix-abs/?utm_source=Daily+Email+5%2F26%2F13utm_campaign=BaT+Daily+Emailutm_medium=email In in love. Dan

[MBZ] Today's BAT Crackhead

2013-05-04 Thread Dan Penoff
Uh, yeah, right: http://bringatrailer.com/2013/05/03/seller-submission-1967-mercedes-benz-230s-2/ Dan Sent from my iPad ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

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2013-05-04 Thread Craig
On Sat, 04 May 2013 08:23:15 -0400 Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote: Uh, yeah, right: http://bringatrailer.com/2013/05/03/seller-submission-1967-mercedes-benz-230s-2/ NO RUST. Mostly original paint, some light scrapes and scratches here and there. Asking Price:

[MBZ] Today's BAT

2012-05-06 Thread Dan Penoff
Anybody see the Rolls shooting brake on today's BAT? Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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2012-05-06 Thread Mitch Haley
Dan Penoff wrote: Anybody see the Rolls shooting brake on today's BAT? Nice. Got $25k, or whatever it takes to meet reserve, plus 100k or so to restore it? ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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2012-05-06 Thread Dan Penoff
If I had a place to work on it, I could restore the wood. That wood be the easy part. Sadly, it looks like a badly done conversion, for some reason. There is something that looks tacky and amateurish about. I can't put a finger on it, just a gut feelkng. Dan Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net

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2012-05-06 Thread Walt Zarnoch
Likely all the engine bay dress-up with no interior restoration efforts made. It seems the norm now, go fast, good bay, sod for interior. Hm, green interior... Maybe that would be marketable? Walt On May 6, 2012 10:18 AM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote: If I had a place to work on it, I

[MBZ] Today's BAT Find

2012-02-19 Thread Dan Penoff
Nice: http://bringatrailer.com/2012/02/18/53k-mile-1962-mercedes-benz-220s/ Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go

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2012-02-19 Thread Dieselhead
Not a $10,000 car. I would bet that the claim of 53k miles is bogus. I would win the bet. Why does it have replacement hubcaps? Replacements are unpainted. Originals are painted. Seller says original Would someone really pay to have someone use paint stripper to take the paint off the

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2012-02-19 Thread Dan Penoff
Definitely. Lots and lots of warning flags. My first two would be the lack of trunk and engine compartment photos. A definite giveaway if there is something to hide. I posted a question on the eBay auction asking about photos and why there were a bunch of pine air fresheners all over the back

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2012-02-19 Thread Dieselhead
I agree 100% with Dan's comment: I love Finnies. There is nothing nicer to drive than a Heckflosse, as long as you don't push it too hard in the corners without weight in the trunk to keep the rear axle from flopping down. it does not take much. Spar, jack and a medium toolbox that fits in

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2012-02-19 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Do you even own a Mercedes at the moment or have you gone all Chrysler? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I agree 100% with Dan's comment: I love Finnies. There is nothing nicer to drive than a Heckflosse, as long as you don't push it

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2012-02-19 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Nevermind that last comment, I was responding to you while thinking about somebody else. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I agree 100% with Dan's comment: I love Finnies. There is nothing nicer to drive than a Heckflosse, as long as

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2012-02-19 Thread Dan Penoff
Got a response from the guy with the finnie: The 220S is in an offsite storage garage now and we plan to get additional photos (engine bay, rear compartment, undercarriage, etc) when we see it this week. There are no odor/mildew issues. The previous owner added the air fresheners over the

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2012-02-19 Thread Jaime Kopchinski
These are brining big money in Europe... I suspect thats where it will end up. Hopefully he opened the auction up to international bidders. There are a few little things to pick at, but if its rust free and never had any body work done, its a great find. After all, when was the last time you

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2012-02-19 Thread Dieselhead
only 4 MBs now. Plus the kids' MBs that I do most of the upkeep for. Dogde van because I can't afford a sprinter, and they are too big for most of the time. Do you even own a Mercedes at the moment or have you gone all Chrysler? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2012, at 12:19 PM,

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2012-02-19 Thread Dieselhead
Does that apply to 200Ds also? If so, I need to gussie up the old girl, and put it in fleabay.de These are brining big money in Europe.. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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2012-02-19 Thread Dieselhead
Ooops! Kaleb, I miscounted. 5 MBs plus the kids' Do you even own a Mercedes at the moment or have you gone all Chrysler? Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I agree 100% with Dan's comment: I love Finnies. There is nothing nicer to

[MBZ] Today's BAT

2010-11-07 Thread LWB250
Did anyone else see today's BAT? http://bringatrailer.com/2010/11/06/bat-exclusive-1966-vw-karmann-ghia-cabrio/ I am in love. (Lust) I did let them know that there is no such thing as a pan off restoration of a Karmann Ghia, since it's a unibody chassis. Looks like a nice resto, but there

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2010-11-07 Thread Bob Rentfro
Yes, I saw that. I remember one of my mother's friends traded her '57 Eldorado for a '65 Karmann Ghia convertible. It was sweet. I also recall the grief she would get for driving a damn Kraut car from the old tractor making UAW people in my wickedly narrow minded home town. Bob R On Sun, Nov 7,

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2010-11-07 Thread WILTON
Now, I'M in love! Wilton - Original Message - From: LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com To: Okie Benz mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 12:42 PM Subject: [MBZ] Today's BAT Did anyone else see today's BAT? http://bringatrailer.com/2010/11/06/bat-exclusive-1966-vw-karmann

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2010-11-07 Thread WILTON
And I sold my ivory nearly showroom '64 (42 kmi) for $750. Wilton - Original Message - From: LWB250 lwb...@yahoo.com To: Okie Benz mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 12:42 PM Subject: [MBZ] Today's BAT Did anyone else see today's BAT? http://bringatrailer.com