Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Whazzit?  "ABC pump"


Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes 
October 12, 2017 at 5:54 PM
I once hit a couch that was sitting on the highway late at night while
driving a CL600. I thought I made it without much damage, til the warning
lights started coming on a few minutes later. Cracked the radiator, took
out the ABC pump and a few other bits. Wasn't cheap!

Jaime


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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Dwight Giles via Mercedes]

Ouch

Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI

On Oct 12, 2017 6:54 PM, "Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes" <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I once hit a couch that was sitting on the highway late at night while
> driving a CL600.  I thought I made it without much damage, til the warning
> lights started coming on a few minutes later.  Cracked the radiator, took
> out the ABC pump and a few other bits.  Wasn't cheap!
>
> Jaime
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > They've set a sale date.
> > Happy Halloween.
> > Remember when I said it would sell for more than $50k?
> > $32k with more than two weeks left.
> > https://www.iaai.com/vehicle?itemid=25910048
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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes]

I once hit a couch that was sitting on the highway late at night while
driving a CL600.  I thought I made it without much damage, til the warning
lights started coming on a few minutes later.  Cracked the radiator, took
out the ABC pump and a few other bits.  Wasn't cheap!

Jaime


On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

>
> They've set a sale date.
> Happy Halloween.
> Remember when I said it would sell for more than $50k?
> $32k with more than two weeks left.
> https://www.iaai.com/vehicle?itemid=25910048
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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

They've set a sale date. 
Happy Halloween. 
Remember when I said it would sell for more than $50k?
$32k with more than two weeks left. 
https://www.iaai.com/vehicle?itemid=25910048

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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Rich Thomas via Mercedes]

I have a friend, who is probably 80+ now, who had a coupla Corvettes 
back in his young stud days, and kept blowing up the engines.  Seems the 
valve trains were not up to the goals of the design, so they would let 
go during spirited driving.  Unloaded the last one in '67 and bought a 
'66 230SL which he still has, and still drives spiritedly with no issues 
in the 50 years of ownership.  And, it still looks brand new.


(I believe it has a vestigial back "seat" but I think his days of 
attempting any feats in it might have long passed...)


Which reminds me, I need to call him.

--R


On 9/14/17 2:25 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:

I owned my last Corvette in 1960. It was a "chic magnet" that had no back
seat [if you can project that concept to conclusion.]  This lack of
engineering impressed me in a number of other ways in the handling and
performance departments.
Sold it, never looked back

I see from this article, Corvette has not changed their engineering focus
and managed to continue to produce expensive plastic flower pots with no
mechanically redeeming qualities.



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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Mountain Man via Mercedes]

Mitch wrote:
> How about a first year C3, with 327 and dark green paint?

Nope, not for me.  '58 4-eyes frame with engine, all manual.
tin.man

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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

Not much wrong with this one topside, dented hood, bent fender, cracked bumper 
plastic. 
Maybe Kleb should fix it up so Regina's kid doesn't have to drive a Jeep. 

https://www.copart.com/lot/39770617

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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

How about a first year C3, with 327 and dark green paint?
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-chevrolet-corvette-327-3/

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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

Here's one for Iowa Curley.
I bet it goes over $50k. 
I watched a flood damaged 2015 S550 with 5000 miles on it go for $60k this 
morning.
 
https://www.iaai.com/Vehicle?itemID=25910048

https://www.vehiclehistory.com/paging-vin-report-data/new-report.php?vin=1G1YY2D75H5112105

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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[as.thompson--- via Mercedes]

Don’t forget to stop-drill the ends of the crack before the JB fix.
Addison


On Sep 14, 2017, at 12:24, Andrew wrote:

Nothing that a glop of JB Weld can't fix.
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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

That's a real shaggy dog story.

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> 2 stories along a similar line -
>
> Back some time in the early 70's I knew a fellow who had a brand new
> Lincoln Town Car. Big boat but quite beautiful. All white inside and out.
> Half vinyl roof and leather upholstery. He was travelling south through
> Wisconsin in late February and a rock rolled down one of the hills along
> the road and out into the road in front of him. I don't know how big it was
> but he ran it over and took out the oil pan and the transmission pan and
> banged up the differential. They wrote it off. I only saw the car once. He
> had just got it.
>
> Much more recently and not nearly so dramatic but last year in the late
> fall I went to pick something up in a suburb north of us and when returning
> home in the 08 Honda Civic, ran over something on the road. It was dark and
> I don't know what it was but it made quite a noise when I hit it. Metallic
> sound like something crunched and then rattled as it came apart. I wondered
> if an alternator had fallen off a car or something like that. It was dark
> and cold and there was a lot of traffic behind me so I did not try to stop
> or to go back to look for whatever it was. I drove the car the rest of the
> way home which would have been another 15 or more miles at highway speeds
> and it did not appear to be harmed in any way. The next day I jacked it up
> and looked under to see if I could detect any damage. I could see a scratch
> on the right side sort of subframe but no real dent in it etc., so I
> assumed I had dodged a bullet of some sort and was happy it had not done
> any real damage.
>
> RB
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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

2 stories along a similar line -

Back some time in the early 70's I knew a fellow who had a brand new 
Lincoln Town Car. Big boat but quite beautiful. All white inside and 
out. Half vinyl roof and leather upholstery. He was travelling south 
through Wisconsin in late February and a rock rolled down one of the 
hills along the road and out into the road in front of him. I don't know 
how big it was but he ran it over and took out the oil pan and the 
transmission pan and banged up the differential. They wrote it off. I 
only saw the car once. He had just got it.


Much more recently and not nearly so dramatic but last year in the late 
fall I went to pick something up in a suburb north of us and when 
returning home in the 08 Honda Civic, ran over something on the road. It 
was dark and I don't know what it was but it made quite a noise when I 
hit it. Metallic sound like something crunched and then rattled as it 
came apart. I wondered if an alternator had fallen off a car or 
something like that. It was dark and cold and there was a lot of traffic 
behind me so I did not try to stop or to go back to look for whatever it 
was. I drove the car the rest of the way home which would have been 
another 15 or more miles at highway speeds and it did not appear to be 
harmed in any way. The next day I jacked it up and looked under to see 
if I could detect any damage. I could see a scratch on the right side 
sort of subframe but no real dent in it etc., so I assumed I had dodged 
a bullet of some sort and was happy it had not done any real damage.


RB

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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[G Mann via Mercedes]

I owned my last Corvette in 1960. It was a "chic magnet" that had no back
seat [if you can project that concept to conclusion.]  This lack of
engineering impressed me in a number of other ways in the handling and
performance departments.
Sold it, never looked back

I see from this article, Corvette has not changed their engineering focus
and managed to continue to produce expensive plastic flower pots with no
mechanically redeeming qualities.

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Lame cars at best...
> Curt
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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>   On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:02 AM, OK Don via Mercedes<
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:   Sounds like quality engineering to me . .
> .
>
> http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/heres-how-a-
> corvette-was-totaled-because-of-one-inch-of-damage/ar-AArTrGs?li=BBnbfcL
>
> --
> OK Don
>
> *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of
> our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain
>
> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who
> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
> for themselves."
>
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> 2013 F150, 18 mpg
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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

I bet a good welder could fix that and you would never even be able to tell

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> On Sep 14, 2017, at 12:14 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Just read this on Jalopnik, I love the comments about repairing with JB
> Weld and duct tape
> 
> -
> Max
> Charleston SC
> 
> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:02 PM, OK Don via Mercedes 
> wrote:
> 
>> Sounds like quality engineering to me . . .
>> 
>> http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/heres-how-a-
>> corvette-was-totaled-because-of-one-inch-of-damage/ar-AArTrGs?li=BBnbfcL
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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

Lame cars at best...
Curt

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android 
 
  On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:02 AM, OK Don via Mercedes 
wrote:   Sounds like quality engineering to me . . .

http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/heres-how-a-corvette-was-totaled-because-of-one-inch-of-damage/ar-AArTrGs?li=BBnbfcL

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learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
for themselves."

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2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Nothing that a glop of JB Weld can't fix.

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:02 PM, OK Don via Mercedes 
wrote:

> Sounds like quality engineering to me . . .
>
> http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/heres-how-a-
> corvette-was-totaled-because-of-one-inch-of-damage/ar-AArTrGs?li=BBnbfcL
>
> --
> OK Don
>
> *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of
> our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain
>
> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who
> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
> for themselves."
>
> WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers*
> 2013 F150, 18 mpg
> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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Re: [MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[Meade Dillon via Mercedes]

Just read this on Jalopnik, I love the comments about repairing with JB
Weld and duct tape

-
Max
Charleston SC

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:02 PM, OK Don via Mercedes 
wrote:

> Sounds like quality engineering to me . . .
>
> http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/heres-how-a-
> corvette-was-totaled-because-of-one-inch-of-damage/ar-AArTrGs?li=BBnbfcL
>
> --
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[MBZ] Corvette Was Totaled Because Of One Inch Crack

[OK Don via Mercedes]

Sounds like quality engineering to me . . .

http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/heres-how-a-corvette-was-totaled-because-of-one-inch-of-damage/ar-AArTrGs?li=BBnbfcL

-- 
OK Don

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learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
for themselves."

WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers*
2013 F150, 18 mpg
2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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