Re: [MBZ] (OT) I'm a new father

2005-11-11 Thread Hans Neureiter
Makes my heart bleed. My dad 's pride was a ID19 (mid 60's). Hydrostatic suspension, no jack needed (just put a block under the axle of the wheel you need to get off and lower the suspension with a push of a button). One spoke steering wheel. My mother used to get seasick riding in it. One bolt

Re: [MBZ] (OT) I'm a new father

2005-11-10 Thread TimothyPilgrim
Congrat David. Why aren't you passing out cigars? :) Have you sold the 2CV yet? Tim 1982 300TD Moby On 11/9/05, David Bruckmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello gang, I'm proud to announce the arrival of my fourth child, a 1970 Citroen DS21 Pallas, 4-sp semi-automatic, 170,000 km, swan white

Re: [MBZ] (OT) I'm a new father

2005-11-10 Thread Peter Frederick
Oh man, I've dreamed of owning one of those for years. Lucky me, they are non-existant this ware west! Crazy fun cars, but surely expensive to keep running these days. If the battery goes flat, I think they have a hand crank hole in the front trim. Peter

Re: [MBZ] (OT) I'm a new father

2005-11-10 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On 11/9/05, David Bruckmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Picture (taken by the PO towards the end of restoration process) at: http://www.bruckmann.com/cars/deesse.jpg Is it supposed to ride that low, or is there something wrong with the air suspension? Alex Chamberlain '87 300D Turbo

Re: [MBZ] (OT) I'm a new father

2005-11-10 Thread Alex Chamberlain
Ah, OK. So the car in the picture has probably just been sitting for a while, or has the magic lever set to low position. Interesting. On 11/9/05, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alex: It's not an AIR suspension, it's hydraulic (very similar to the self leveling system in the Benz

Re: [MBZ] (OT) I'm a new father

2005-11-10 Thread Peter Frederick
I would love to have one -- the DS-21 had the lowest drag coefficient of any production car for a long time, and may still for that matter -- very streamlined with a pronounced taper to the rear. Single spoke steering wheel and the starter switch is on the shift lever (push past Park) so you

Re: [MBZ] (OT) I'm a new father

2005-11-10 Thread David Bruckmann
This will be my 6th DS, and the nicest one so far. I enjoy the extremes of owning a 2CV (which makes a VW Bug look like as complicated as the space shuttle) and a DS (which makes the space shuttle look as simple as a shopping cart). 34 metres of hydraulic tubing, woo-hoo! I can't wait to

Re: [MBZ] (OT) I'm a new father

2005-11-10 Thread redghost
Wonder if Casey has one. On Wednesday, November 9, 2005, at 08:55 PM, David Bruckmann wrote: Hello gang, I'm proud to announce the arrival of my fourth child, a 1970 Citroen DS21 Pallas, 4-sp semi-automatic, 170,000 km, swan white with black leather interior. And so continues my descent

Re: [MBZ] (OT) I'm a new father

2005-11-10 Thread Zeitgeist
Casey wants one real bad--right up there with the Ponton of my dreams. On 11/10/05, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wonder if Casey has one. Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: '87 300TD intercooler (210k) '84 300D (205k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (186K)

Re: [MBZ] (OT) I'm a new father

2005-11-10 Thread redghost
Next one I see I will snag and drop in your driveway On Thursday, November 10, 2005, at 01:38 PM, Zeitgeist wrote: Casey wants one real bad--right up there with the Ponton of my dreams. On 11/10/05, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wonder if Casey has one. Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: