Re: [MBZ] Coupe Parts, Was Re: Trump card - tail lights
Dan, Thanks for the referral. I'll put it to good use. I'm single, kid out of college, mid life crisis long over.. time for a nice Coupe turbo diesel Mercedes.. Likely the last I'll need, ha. Well... maybe Kaleb will trade me that Cuban Gull Wing..we all know he scored... ;)) Grant... On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 4:12 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Grant, You might try chatting up Randy Steele at EPS, Ltd. You can google that to find his web site and contact info. Randy has a warehouse full of NOS stuff, but I don't know how much of it is W123 related. Can't hurt to ask. Tell him I told you to contact him. That will make the prices go up, I suspect. I had a W123 coupe once. An 85 model, it was fully dressed out and I tweaked it as much as possible. Despite being a diesel, it would haul *ss big time. Great car, horribly impractical with two growing boys. Sometimes you just gotta take the plunge so you can have the experience, however Dan Sent from my iPad On Jul 22, 2015, at 1:14 AM, G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Rick, Will do. I'm only just starting on the project, first baby steps, so the punch list will grow exponentially as I do triage tear down. I suspect finding OEM rubber bits will be a true challenge, as well as things like new factory tail lights and trim bits, so I'm starting early to source such things. At the moment, I lean towards doing a build blog site, which hopefully a computer literate friend will set up and run, just to keep a running commentary and parts source list for the build. I'll advise you if that gets up and running. My thought is it would be a handy place to house progress pictures, etc.. Owning a fully restored Coupe has been on my Mercedes bucket list for years. Found this one here in AZ which has been lovingly owned and is body perfect, so it's the right candidate to become The Coupe. On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Grant writes: Re-assembly will require all the rubber bits, glass, and interior, including recovering the dash pad. Grant, Please document all your work AND parts sources. I have a coupe that will need rubber bits, also. I would prefer rubber made by elves in the Black Forest, as opposed to lamp black bits made in Xing Wao. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Coupe Parts, Was Re: Trump card - tail lights
Grant, You might try chatting up Randy Steele at EPS, Ltd. You can google that to find his web site and contact info. Randy has a warehouse full of NOS stuff, but I don't know how much of it is W123 related. Can't hurt to ask. Tell him I told you to contact him. That will make the prices go up, I suspect. I had a W123 coupe once. An 85 model, it was fully dressed out and I tweaked it as much as possible. Despite being a diesel, it would haul *ss big time. Great car, horribly impractical with two growing boys. Sometimes you just gotta take the plunge so you can have the experience, however Dan Sent from my iPad On Jul 22, 2015, at 1:14 AM, G Mann via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Rick, Will do. I'm only just starting on the project, first baby steps, so the punch list will grow exponentially as I do triage tear down. I suspect finding OEM rubber bits will be a true challenge, as well as things like new factory tail lights and trim bits, so I'm starting early to source such things. At the moment, I lean towards doing a build blog site, which hopefully a computer literate friend will set up and run, just to keep a running commentary and parts source list for the build. I'll advise you if that gets up and running. My thought is it would be a handy place to house progress pictures, etc.. Owning a fully restored Coupe has been on my Mercedes bucket list for years. Found this one here in AZ which has been lovingly owned and is body perfect, so it's the right candidate to become The Coupe. On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Grant writes: Re-assembly will require all the rubber bits, glass, and interior, including recovering the dash pad. Grant, Please document all your work AND parts sources. I have a coupe that will need rubber bits, also. I would prefer rubber made by elves in the Black Forest, as opposed to lamp black bits made in Xing Wao. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Coupe Parts, Was Re: Trump card - tail lights
Rick, Will do. I'm only just starting on the project, first baby steps, so the punch list will grow exponentially as I do triage tear down. I suspect finding OEM rubber bits will be a true challenge, as well as things like new factory tail lights and trim bits, so I'm starting early to source such things. At the moment, I lean towards doing a build blog site, which hopefully a computer literate friend will set up and run, just to keep a running commentary and parts source list for the build. I'll advise you if that gets up and running. My thought is it would be a handy place to house progress pictures, etc.. Owning a fully restored Coupe has been on my Mercedes bucket list for years. Found this one here in AZ which has been lovingly owned and is body perfect, so it's the right candidate to become The Coupe. On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Rick Knoble via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Grant writes: Re-assembly will require all the rubber bits, glass, and interior, including recovering the dash pad. Grant, Please document all your work AND parts sources. I have a coupe that will need rubber bits, also. I would prefer rubber made by elves in the Black Forest, as opposed to lamp black bits made in Xing Wao. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Coupe Parts, Was Re: Trump card - tail lights
Grant writes: Re-assembly will require all the rubber bits, glass, and interior, including recovering the dash pad. Grant, Please document all your work AND parts sources. I have a coupe that will need rubber bits, also. I would prefer rubber made by elves in the Black Forest, as opposed to lamp black bits made in Xing Wao. Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
