Re: [MBZ] need advice A possibly entertaining story.

2006-06-07 Thread John Berryman
On Jun 6, 2006, at 5:11 PM, Rich Thomas wrote: The TSA will safeguard the flying public and anyone on the ground below by cutting open your bag/lock if it has a padlock on it. How many tools survive that experience is questionable. They like to rummage around in bags that have anything

Re: [MBZ] need advice A possibly entertaining story.

2006-06-07 Thread Dave Wakin
I had a similar trip to VA to pick up a 87 300SDL I bought years ago. It was February when I went down, and I too discovered as I headed north home to NY that I had no heat. I watched the outside temp gauge go from around 50 in southern VA to -2 when I got home. I shivered for hours. Dave W

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2006-06-07 Thread Jim Cathey
I had a similar trip to VA to pick up a 87 300SDL I bought years ago. It was February when I went down, and I too discovered as I headed north home to NY that I had no heat. I watched the outside temp gauge go from around 50 in southern VA to -2 when I got home. I shivered for hours. Time

Re: [MBZ] need advice A possibly entertaining story.

2006-06-07 Thread Kevin J. Slater
Part of that trip reminds me of a trip I took from State College to Virginia Beach one night while attending Penn State. The rest of my family was down there at a house along the beach and I wanted to join them. My car at the time was an old Austin Marina 4 door, 4 cylinder, 4 speed. Sometime

Re: [MBZ] need advice A possibly entertaining story.

2006-06-07 Thread Jim Cathey
car at the time was an old Austin Marina 4 door, 4 cylinder, 4 speed. Sometime after I left I lost the brakes or at least most of them. Since I was driving in the very early morning during the week on mostly 2 lane roads through the countryside, I made it without incident. REALLY STUPID,

Re: [MBZ] need advice A possibly entertaining story.

2006-06-07 Thread BillR
Of Kevin J. Slater Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 9:20 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] need advice A possibly entertaining story. Part of that trip reminds me of a trip I took from State College to Virginia Beach one night while attending Penn State. The rest of my family was down

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2006-06-07 Thread Loren Faeth
Falcons were near the model T for simplicity. I had a friend in HS who had one with a gazillion miles. The auto trans got to where it would not shift out of low, so he drove it around (slowly) in low with the engine screamin' He later graduated to a 62 falcon van named Butch. Butch finally

Re: [MBZ] need advice A possibly entertaining story.

2006-06-07 Thread Jim Cathey
Falcons were near the model T for simplicity. I had a friend in HS who had one with a gazillion miles. The auto trans got to where it would not shift out of low, so he drove it around (slowly) in low with the engine screamin' The 2-speed automatic was good to some 45-50 mph in first gear.

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2006-06-07 Thread Bob Rentfro
07, 2006 7:35 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] need advice A possibly entertaining story. Falcons were near the model T for simplicity. I had a friend in HS who had one with a gazillion miles. The auto trans got to where it would not shift out of low, so he drove it around (slowly) in low

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2006-06-07 Thread BillR
(7/21/89) I was ready to take him home because my wife stayed in the hsp for a spell batteling Krohn's, the crusty old nurse would not let me take him cross town in my piece of crap with no air...you wanna cook this kid? Bob Rentfro Yes, kids can't take heat. That is why there were no

Re: [MBZ] need advice A possibly entertaining story.

2006-06-07 Thread Jim Cathey
I had a '62 Falcon with the little 170 (?) 6 in it and the 3 on the tree Pffft. The 60 has the 144 in it, and when I started driving it it had two dead holes to boot. Makes a 240D seem right sprightly. (With all 6 it's perfectly tolerable.) -- Jim