Re: [MBZ] cheap 71 220D on ebay Item # 4643559965

2006-05-26 Thread Jim Cathey
holy crap I think i really want this car. The seller thanks you for your enthusiastic interest, and recommends that you bid early, high, and often. its rusty You call that rust? I bet you can't even see the ground through the floorboards yet! (But it is ominous, and _should_ prevent the

Re: [MBZ] cheap 71 220D on ebay Item # 4643559965

2006-05-26 Thread Sunil Hari
i -had- a rusty 115 - a green 240D. Went up in the world with well-maintained 123 and 124 cars (turbos, no less). Now, I'm back for more. More rust. More slowness. More simplicity. More self-shifting. More horsehair. On 5/25/06, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: holy crap I think i

Re: [MBZ] cheap 71 220D on ebay Item # 4643559965

2006-05-26 Thread redghost
Far too expensive for my blood with all that rust and sun damage. Was thinking I could fly in and pick it up for the trip to OkieQ, but not for $900. On Thursday, May 25, 2006, at 03:19 PM, Donald Snook wrote: This car is in Wichita. No affiliation. Looks decent but not great. But it

Re: [MBZ] cheap 71 220D on ebay Item # 4643559965

2006-05-26 Thread redghost
For $120, Gump has far less rust, and much more power with all the power leeches missing. On Thursday, May 25, 2006, at 03:41 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: its rusty Sunil Hari wrote: holy crap I think i really want this car. On 5/25/06, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This car is

Re: [MBZ] cheap 71 220D on ebay Item # 4643559965

2006-05-26 Thread redghost
Rust like that and the carpeting in the trunk tells me that there is daylight just waiting to be seen. I am betting the paint is the only thing keeping the tissue paper thin steel from disintegrating. On Thursday, May 25, 2006, at 05:05 PM, Jim Cathey wrote: holy crap I think i really want

Re: [MBZ] cheap 71 220D on ebay Item # 4643559965

2006-05-26 Thread Sunil Hari
yeah, the price is just shy of $1000, and it's in Kansas. This is ridiculous. Nothing like unreasonable cost and distance to temper optimism. On 5/26/06, redghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rust like that and the carpeting in the trunk tells me that there is daylight just waiting to be seen.

Re: [MBZ] cheap 71 220D on ebay Item # 4643559965

2006-05-26 Thread OK Don
I'll take the spaciousness under the hood of a 123 240D, and the complexity with it's accompanying sophistication of the 124 or 603 in a 126 to a 115 any day, having worked on three of them over many years (two lost to rust, last one to drunk drivers)! On 5/25/06, Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [MBZ] cheap 71 220D on ebay Item # 4643559965

2006-05-25 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
its rusty Sunil Hari wrote: holy crap I think i really want this car. On 5/25/06, Donald Snook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This car is in Wichita. No affiliation. Looks decent but not great. But it is cheap. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-Mercedes-Benz-220-D-CLEAN-DIESEL-NO-