Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

Oh, I see now, it's NEXT weekend...
Mitch.
> On June 12, 2017 at 8:30 AM Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> Nothing yet... I asked the auction house for a VIN and photos of the
> engine. Also if it's running and if they have a title.
>

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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes]

Nothing yet... I asked the auction house for a VIN and photos of the
engine. Also if it's running and if they have a title.

After some careful research, I determined that the shifter couldn't be
original in this car.  Which means possible engine swap, which kills it for
me.

Let's see what they respond with.

Jaime


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> So, Rick and Jaime, what happened?
>
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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

So, Rick and Jaime, what happened?

Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Ed Booher via Mercedes]

That is darn near flippin' Chicago ... 2 hour drive to look and bid against
Rick ... hmmm

On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 9:42 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes <
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> Go bid on this super rare W108:
> https://www.estatesales.net/IN/Griffith/46319/1564794?highlight=Mercedes
>
> And then please sell it to me.
>
> Jaime
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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

I thought they (usta) make watches and toasters there.

You mean they had a funny farm there too?

Mountain Man via Mercedes 
June 10, 2017 at 1:25 PM

Yep - another funny farm town.
mao


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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Mountain Man via Mercedes]

Curley wrote:
> mao is on the opposite side of chit ca go from Rick and the 300SE

Yep - another funny farm town.
mao

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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

oh man if you go buy that funky couch/chair combo and fedex it to me!

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On 6/10/17 8:28 AM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote:

Jaime asks:


‎‎I could cover any costs and time, etc of >course. Is this something you could 
help >out with?

Yes ‎with inspection, pictures, and storage (outdoor).
Maybe with car trailer (open) and transport.
Yes ‎with in person bidding. If cash is to be paid, I do have resources, albeit 
somewhat limited (under 10k)

Rick
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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

It sez it is an auction.  Cars go at 12:30. (supposedly)


Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes 
June 10, 2017 at 8:03 AM
Is it going up for auction or just an estate sale? If auction; it is 
most likely people will not know how rare it is but could still bid it 
up to stupid money simply because of the star on the hood.


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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes]

Is it going up for auction or just an estate sale? If auction; it is most 
likely people will not know how rare it is but could still bid it up to stupid 
money simply because of the star on the hood. 

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> On Jun 10, 2017, at 7:12 AM, Jaime Kopchinsk via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> So lets see here...
> 
> - Its a W108, which means steel suspension.  All W109s had air suspension
> and were also long well base, so would have been a 300SEL.  So this is
> certainly a W108.
> - The only W108 called 300SE was a 1965-67 production with the big M189
> aluminum 6 cylinder.
> - this is a euro car, probably titled as a 1967 but late 1967 production.
> It clearly has all the MY 1968 bits, which I fit a bit odd.  (Strip of MB
> tex across the dash, large safety switch knobs, side markers).  According
> to Nitske, only 534 of these were built in all of 1967.  Add in the late
> 1967 production features, the manual transmission, and the green color, I'd
> say this becomes a very rare car.
> - Some research of the EPC states that chassis number 2590 was the first to
> have all these safety features in the interior, so the last 147 cars (given
> a production of 2737 units)... rare indeed.
> 
> M189 is my favorite engine in these cars... Very powerful, especially at
> the higher revs.  Blows away a 280SE with its injected M130 and it much
> lighter feeling than the bloated 4.5s.  However, cost of repair limits
> ownership.  Water pump is shared with the gullwing and currently lists for
> $1120.  And they all typically leak by this point.  And if the engine is
> shot, Metric Motors can rebuilt it for about $20k, but warns that pricing
> is on a case by case basis and new parts for the head can run upto $14,500
> alone.  In otherwords, you have to be crazy to want a car like this, which
> means its perfect for me.
> 
> I happen to have a 1967 W109 300SEL parts car out in my driveway (which my
> wife is finally asking about moving after its been there for the last 3
> months).  It has a M189 which turns free and will probably run.  Its also a
> very rare US car, which they only imported about 300 of.  But its very
> rusty and moldy.  I feel bad parting it, but it might be justified if it
> saves a more solid car.
> 
> So maybe I should be interested in this car.  I mean, in the end, who else
> would save it?!  The biggest issue here is now purchase price (it has to be
> cheap, since so much can be wrong here), and getting it to NJ.  But its not
> to far.
> 
> Jaime
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Craig via Mercedes 
> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 21:42:57 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Go bid on this super rare W108:
>>> https://www.estatesales.net/IN/Griffith/46319/1564794?highlight=Mercedes
>>> 
>>> And then please sell it to me.
>> 
>> So a 1967 300SE is super rare?
>> 
>> 
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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

Jaime asks:

>‎‎I could cover any costs and time, etc of >course. Is this something you 
>could help >out with?

Yes ‎with inspection, pictures, and storage (outdoor). 
Maybe with car trailer (open) and transport. 
Yes ‎with in person bidding. If cash is to be paid, I do have resources, albeit 
somewhat limited (under 10k)

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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes]

Rick, I might indeed be very interested here.  I'd need someone to lay eyes
on this before I can put in an absentee bid in, and send me some photos via
their phone to assess if its rusty, or has been rusty in the past.  Also if
it runs, which would make transportation much easier.  If I did indeed win,
then it has to be removed the same day, so I would need to organize a
rollback to bring it somewhere local where it can sit for a week or two
before a transporter can get it to NJ for me.

I could cover any costs and time, etc of course.  Is this something you
could help out with?

Thanks,
Jaime


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> You serious?
> I'm about ten miles away
>
> Rick
>   Original Message
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> Subject: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?
>
>
> Go bid on this super rare W108:
> https://www.estatesales.net/IN/Griffith/46319/1564794?highlight=Mercedes
>
> And then please sell it to me.
>
> Jaime
>
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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Sounds like you made the decision to go get it.  Happy bidding!
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On June 10, 2017 8:12:54 AM EDT, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes 
 wrote:
>So lets see here...
>
>- Its a W108, which means steel suspension.  All W109s had air
>suspension
>and were also long well base, so would have been a 300SEL.  So this is
>certainly a W108.
>- The only W108 called 300SE was a 1965-67 production with the big M189
>aluminum 6 cylinder.
>- this is a euro car, probably titled as a 1967 but late 1967
>production.
>It clearly has all the MY 1968 bits, which I fit a bit odd.  (Strip of
>MB
>tex across the dash, large safety switch knobs, side markers). 
>According
>to Nitske, only 534 of these were built in all of 1967.  Add in the
>late
>1967 production features, the manual transmission, and the green color,
>I'd
>say this becomes a very rare car.
>- Some research of the EPC states that chassis number 2590 was the
>first to
>have all these safety features in the interior, so the last 147 cars
>(given
>a production of 2737 units)... rare indeed.
>
>M189 is my favorite engine in these cars... Very powerful, especially
>at
>the higher revs.  Blows away a 280SE with its injected M130 and it much
>lighter feeling than the bloated 4.5s.  However, cost of repair limits
>ownership.  Water pump is shared with the gullwing and currently lists
>for
>$1120.  And they all typically leak by this point.  And if the engine
>is
>shot, Metric Motors can rebuilt it for about $20k, but warns that
>pricing
>is on a case by case basis and new parts for the head can run upto
>$14,500
>alone.  In otherwords, you have to be crazy to want a car like this,
>which
>means its perfect for me.
>
>I happen to have a 1967 W109 300SEL parts car out in my driveway (which
>my
>wife is finally asking about moving after its been there for the last 3
>months).  It has a M189 which turns free and will probably run.  Its
>also a
>very rare US car, which they only imported about 300 of.  But its very
>rusty and moldy.  I feel bad parting it, but it might be justified if
>it
>saves a more solid car.
>
>So maybe I should be interested in this car.  I mean, in the end, who
>else
>would save it?!  The biggest issue here is now purchase price (it has
>to be
>cheap, since so much can be wrong here), and getting it to NJ.  But its
>not
>to far.
>
>Jaime
>
>
>
>On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Craig via Mercedes
>
>wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 21:42:57 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
>>  wrote:
>>
>> > Go bid on this super rare W108:
>> >
>https://www.estatesales.net/IN/Griffith/46319/1564794?highlight=Mercedes
>> >
>> > And then please sell it to me.
>>
>> So a 1967 300SE is super rare?
>>
>>
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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes]

So lets see here...

- Its a W108, which means steel suspension.  All W109s had air suspension
and were also long well base, so would have been a 300SEL.  So this is
certainly a W108.
- The only W108 called 300SE was a 1965-67 production with the big M189
aluminum 6 cylinder.
- this is a euro car, probably titled as a 1967 but late 1967 production.
It clearly has all the MY 1968 bits, which I fit a bit odd.  (Strip of MB
tex across the dash, large safety switch knobs, side markers).  According
to Nitske, only 534 of these were built in all of 1967.  Add in the late
1967 production features, the manual transmission, and the green color, I'd
say this becomes a very rare car.
- Some research of the EPC states that chassis number 2590 was the first to
have all these safety features in the interior, so the last 147 cars (given
a production of 2737 units)... rare indeed.

M189 is my favorite engine in these cars... Very powerful, especially at
the higher revs.  Blows away a 280SE with its injected M130 and it much
lighter feeling than the bloated 4.5s.  However, cost of repair limits
ownership.  Water pump is shared with the gullwing and currently lists for
$1120.  And they all typically leak by this point.  And if the engine is
shot, Metric Motors can rebuilt it for about $20k, but warns that pricing
is on a case by case basis and new parts for the head can run upto $14,500
alone.  In otherwords, you have to be crazy to want a car like this, which
means its perfect for me.

I happen to have a 1967 W109 300SEL parts car out in my driveway (which my
wife is finally asking about moving after its been there for the last 3
months).  It has a M189 which turns free and will probably run.  Its also a
very rare US car, which they only imported about 300 of.  But its very
rusty and moldy.  I feel bad parting it, but it might be justified if it
saves a more solid car.

So maybe I should be interested in this car.  I mean, in the end, who else
would save it?!  The biggest issue here is now purchase price (it has to be
cheap, since so much can be wrong here), and getting it to NJ.  But its not
to far.

Jaime



On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Craig via Mercedes 
wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 21:42:57 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
>  wrote:
>
> > Go bid on this super rare W108:
> > https://www.estatesales.net/IN/Griffith/46319/1564794?highlight=Mercedes
> >
> > And then please sell it to me.
>
> So a 1967 300SE is super rare?
>
>
> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

mao is on the opposite side of chit ca go from Rick and the 300SE

Jaime, why don't you just buy it from the estate?


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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

I was thinking that was over in Knoble land, not too far from Mao/Denial land...
Don't know why I never thought of you in January when I was picking up a pooch 
at the Humane Society in Munster. 
Mitch. 

> On June 9, 2017 at 9:52 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> You serious?
> I'm about ten miles away
>

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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Fri, 09 Jun 2017 22:16:11 -0500 Curley McLain via Mercedes
 wrote:

> I thought he wanted the flop top mercuric callyenty.

I did at first, too, but I figured there was something I had not seen ...


Craig

> > Craig via Mercedes 
> > June 9, 2017 at 9:59 PM
> > On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 21:42:57 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
> >
> > So a 1967 300SE is super rare?

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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

I thought he wanted the flop top mercuric callyenty.


Craig via Mercedes 
June 9, 2017 at 9:59 PM
On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 21:42:57 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes

So a 1967 300SE is super rare?


Craig



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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Fri, 9 Jun 2017 21:42:57 -0400 Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
 wrote:

> Go bid on this super rare W108:
> https://www.estatesales.net/IN/Griffith/46319/1564794?highlight=Mercedes
> 
> And then please sell it to me.

So a 1967 300SE is super rare?


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Rick Knoble via Mercedes]

You serious?
I'm about ten miles away

Rick
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Go bid on this super rare W108:
https://www.estatesales.net/IN/Griffith/46319/1564794?highlight=Mercedes

And then please sell it to me.

Jaime


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[MBZ] Anybody in indiana?

[Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes]

Go bid on this super rare W108:
https://www.estatesales.net/IN/Griffith/46319/1564794?highlight=Mercedes

And then please sell it to me.

Jaime


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