Many years ago a UF engineering student had mounted a Mercedes star on a
magnet. He stuck it on the hood of the rustiest, most beat-up '50s model
Chevrolet anyone could imagine and drove it around town. He said it made up for
the poor condition of the car.
My wife loved her '73 240D, and she
It would ruin the it's already going 160 MPH while parked look of the SEC.
I do hate the star in the grill of the newer C and E class sedans - that
star is supposed to be reserved for SLs and coupes.
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
Would be even better to pop in a middle finger icon after removing the star
for safekeeping.
On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 9:11 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> You know, it really annoys me the 560SEC does not have a hood star on it
>
>
You know, it really annoys me the 560SEC does not have a hood star on it
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From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
123 did not replace the 116, the 123 replaced the 115, the 126 replaced
W114 fits W114
W115 fits W115
So I have personally had in my stable two different 115's
that use two different hood star assemblies. One has a
large radiator-cap sized hole in the grille, and the other's
was much smaller, similar to the newer cars'.
I swapped grilles to put the spare hood
How 'bout 126?
Wilton
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From: Rusty Cullens buymbpa...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
here is a quick explanation of hood stars.
W108 fits W108
W114 fits W114
W115
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Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
How 'bout 126?
Wilton
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From: Rusty Cullens buymbpa...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
'Thought so.
Wilton
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From: Rusty Cullens buymbpa...@gmail.com
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
Oops, same as W123, W124 W201
Rusty Cullens
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Anyone have a spare hood star for a W116 that they would sell me? Please reply
off-list.
Allan
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On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Anyone have a spare hood star for a W116 that they would sell me? Please
reply off-list.
Is there something special about the W116 one, or will any do?
Alex
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On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
wrote:
Anyone have a spare hood star for a W116 that they would sell me? Please
reply off-list.
Is there something special about the W116
I don't know if others (e.g. W123) would also work, just need one that will fit
a W116.
Allan
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wrote:
On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Anyone have a spare hood star for a W116
Allan Streib wrote:
I don't know if others (e.g. W123) would also work, just need one that will fit
a W116.
123 is the replacement for 116, but the 123 star is smaller. 108 are a different
base and won't fit.
I bought a 116 on eBay when I needed one and wanted the original size, but
they're
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123 did not replace the 116, the 123 replaced the 115, the 126 replaced
the 116
On 8/24/2011 1:19 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Allan Streib wrote:
I don't know if others (e.g. W123) would also work, just need one
that will fit a W116.
123 is the replacement for 116, but the 123 star is smaller.
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Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
123 did not replace the 116, the 123 replaced the 115, the 126 replaced
the 116
I thought the 116 part number hood star (the subject of this thread) was
superseded by the 123 hood star, but the 123 is smaller.
Did the 123 get superseded by the 201, or do they still
Are you talking about vehicles or hood stars? If so, a 123 hood star
will not work on a 116, only a 116 will work on a 116
On 8/24/2011 4:15 PM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
123 did not replace the 116, the 123 replaced the 115, the 126
replaced the 116
I thought the 116
He did, the list rejected his HTML email.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:15:27 -0400
From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
Message-ID: 4e5569ef.2070...@constructivity.net
Content-Type: text/plain
Yeah I wanted as star for my W116 300SD. The original's broken off and
I don't have the pieces to even attempt a repair.
Allan
Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:
Are you talking about vehicles or hood stars? If so, a 123 hood star
will not work on a 116, only a 116 will work on a
: [MBZ] Hood star
Yeah I wanted as star for my W116 300SD. The original's broken off and
I don't have the pieces to even attempt a repair.
Allan
Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:
Are you talking about vehicles or hood stars? If so, a 123 hood star
will not work on a 116, only
Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
Yeah I wanted as star for my W116 300SD. The original's broken off and
I don't have the pieces to even attempt a repair.
Allan
Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:
Are you
...@cs.indiana.edu
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Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
Yeah I wanted as star for my W116 300SD. The original's broken off and
I don't have the pieces to even attempt a repair.
Allan
Kaleb C. Striplin ka
Allan Streib wrote:
According to Kaleb only a W116 star will fit.
There's one one fleabay for $70.
There's a 123 for 1/5 of that.
Kleb, what's the deal, the 123 base doesn't fit the 116 grille, and the 123 star
doesn't fit the 116 base? I could have sworn that mbz was selling 123 stars as
The shape and the way they mount are completely different
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 24, 2011, at 7:42 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Allan Streib wrote:
According to Kaleb only a W116 star will fit.
There's one one fleabay for $70.
There's a 123 for 1/5 of that.
Kleb, what's
Well if anyone should come across one please let me know.
Thanks,
Allan
Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:
The shape and the way they mount are completely different
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 24, 2011, at 7:42 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Allan Streib wrote:
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
According to Kaleb only a W116 star will fit.
Allan
WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com writes:
Will the star from another model fit into the appropriate/original 116
base, or are the stars
So you can't take parts from one assembly to work in the other?
Wilton
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From: Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
The shape and the way
?
Wilton
- Original Message - From: Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
According to Kaleb only a W116 star will fit.
Allan
WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com writes
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
The shape and the way they mount are completely different
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 24, 2011, at 7:42 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Allan Streib wrote:
According
Try Sun Valley (CA) Mercedes Dismantlers. They may have one.
Well if anyone should come across one please let me know.
Thanks,
Allan
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WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com writes:
Will the star from another model fit into the
appropriate/original 116 base, or are the stars different
sizes?
Allan Streib wrote:
According to Kaleb only a W116 star will fit.
Collect whatever parts you have and send them to Jim Cathey.
Include
Gary wrote: shouldn't we all be rooting for him to do a good job rather than
just be hating on him?
How many of the Gore/Kerry supporters rooted for George W. Bush? Did you (in
2004) when he beat Kerry? He was YOUR president, too.
In fact, ISN'T BUSH YOUR PRESIDENT NOW?
Spare me the let's
We need to respect him for the office he holds. We should allow him a chance
to do some good.
Bob R
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On Behalf Of Donald Snook
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:14 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood
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From: Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
she said they use it all the time, calling each
other that derisive word, on the field they trash talk the opposition
all the time calling each other that and other of the usual vulgar
terms.
early years. I think he has learned a lot from his years in office.
BillR
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On Behalf Of Donald Snook
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 10:14 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star and the people
Rich Thomas wrote:
Kinda makes you wonder how bad it really is, when it is a common term
amongst those who should be finding it most offensive. Intellectually I
understand how it has become that way, but it still makes me wonder.
It's OK for them to say it, but don't you get caught saying
Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star and the people that wear hoods
Its kinda funny, my SIL was visiting this weekend, she tutors the
football players (I think all of them are black) for a big school, we
watched the game Sat on TV. I asked her about the use of that term
amongst
, 2008 10:54 AM
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star and the people that wear hoods
Donald, you do have a point that hits me personally, even though the
statistics of that election were a lot less likely to garner support from
those who didn't vote for him than are the results
Nader because I didn't realize I'd have the
opportunity to vote for a constitutionalist...
-Curt
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:23:26 -0700
From: Robert Rentfro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star and the people that wear hoods
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com
Message
Yup she works on them, and is teaching them many other social skills
that they have never had the occasion to learn. Its kinda funny, they
do really like her and respect her working with them as mom. She'll
take a couple of them out for shopping or whatever occasionally, she
always gets
Its kinda funny, my SIL was visiting this weekend, she tutors the
football players (I think all of them are black) for a big school, we
watched the game Sat on TV. I asked her about the use of that term
amongst the players, she said they use it all the time, calling each
other that derisive
He'll be rattling his saber but he really cannot do anything until he's in
office, right?
Bob R
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Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 8:35 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
Robert Rentfro wrote:
We need to respect him for the office he holds. We should allow him a chance
to do some good.
After all the harm that was done in the last 16 years, how much harm must we
allow the president-elect to do on top of it?
Mitch.
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We need to respect him for the office he holds. We
I think that must be a hilarious and also heart warming scene to observe.
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Rich Thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yup she works on them, and is teaching them many other social skills that
they have never had the occasion to learn. Its kinda funny, they do
She had a bunch of them over for a barbecue or something a few months
ago, had some pics of these guys sitting around the house, squeezing
onto the couches, inhaling enormous quantities of food (she sent the
list of what she bought, none of it was left at the end of the day --
enough to feed
The point is what others do is their business, I am saying that we are
trying to build a 'friendly' list and derogatory comments and terms
should not be part of this effort.
You see it in the movies all the time, one African American calling
another the N word but that does not mean it is now
: Saturday, November 08, 2008 10:27 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star and the people that wear hoods
i'm more sure that it isn't polio than anything else. my issue is that
everyone makes this polio claim. if you go to hyde park, all they do is
talk about his polio
So I got a new grill for the 240D which isn't dented but it hasn't got a hood
star. How do I transfer the hood star from the dented grill to the good one?
Its raining and there isn't enough space to fit the ass end of the car into the
garage to work on the rear brakes without getting wet so its
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 12:13:52 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So I got a new grill for the 240D which isn't dented but it hasn't got a
hood star. How do I transfer the hood star from the dented grill to the
good one?
If you raise the hood and look at the underside of the
I need to build a nuclear bomb, where might I get the supplies I need
and how would I go about doing that?
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 12:13:52 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So I got a new grill for the 240D which isn't dented but it hasn't got a
hood star.
Plan to assist the US by removing a colored house nigger?
clay
On Nov 8, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I need to build a nuclear bomb, where might I get the supplies I
need and how would I go about doing that?
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 12:13:52 -0800 (PST)
On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:38:43 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I need to build a nuclear bomb, where might I get the supplies I need
and how would I go about doing that?
U I don't know.
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uh, wrong list dude.
Redghost wrote:
Plan to assist the US by removing a colored house xxcx?
clay
On Nov 8, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I need to build a nuclear bomb, where might I get the supplies I need
and how would I go about doing that?
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I was trying to get a rise out of you.
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:38:43 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I need to build a nuclear bomb, where might I get the supplies I need
and how would I go about doing that?
U I
On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:57:43 -0600 Kaleb C. Striplin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I was trying to get a rise out of you.
I guess you succeeded! :-)
Craig
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Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 2:39 PM
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I need to build
, 2008 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
I need to build a nuclear bomb, where might I get the supplies I need
and how would I go about doing that?
Craig McCluskey wrote:
On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 12:13:52 -0800 (PST) Curt Raymond
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So I got a new grill for the 240D
Redghost wrote:
Plan to assist the US by removing a colored house nigger?
Wrong list. Besides, Barry Soetoro, the president-elect, is only slightly more
Negro than I am. Assuming his momma is straight Caucasian, Barry is 1/2
Caucasian, 3/8 Semitic/Arab, and 1/8 Negro.
Mitch.
Gary Hurst wrote:
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
The people who came up with that theory seem less sure of themselves than you
do.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/10/31/roosevelt.polio.reut/index.html
I've had it (very minor) as long as I can remember, but I'm starting to lean
away from the polio
Well said, Hendrik. Thank you.
Wilton
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From: Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star and the people that wear hoods
No I don't think he accidentally
Gary Hurst wrote:
y'know, FDR didn't have polio, btw.
So what put him in the chair, if not adult polio?
shouldn't we all be rooting for him to do a good job rather than just be
hating on him?
I reserve the right to hate racist pricks on principle. Especially if they are
socialists with a
No I don't think he accidentally posted it to the wrong list, personally
I don't like that type of language on a semi-civilized chat list. Also
this is not the first time this sort of thing has come from this
individual and he was asked to not use those racial slurs, as it offends
and drags
he might be less black than you are
you know the story of the two professors, one black and one white, who were
doing genetics research in pennsylvania? turns out the black professor had
less subsarahan and more european dna than the white guy.
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Mitch Haley [EMAIL
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star and the people that wear hoods
No I don't think he accidentally posted it to the wrong list, personally
I don't like that type of language on a semi-civilized chat list. Also
this is not the first time this sort
What did he have, then?
Wilton
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Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star and the people that wear hoods
y'know, FDR didn't have polio, btw
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star and the people that wear hoods
y'know, FDR didn't have polio, btw.
as for the obama hate, it's pretty stunning. he did the better job and
won
the election. whether you supported him or opposed him, he is now YOUR
President elect. let's give the man
That's related to what I have - Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating
Polyneuropothy (CIDP).
Wilton
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To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hood star
i'm more sure that it isn't polio than anything else. my issue is that
everyone makes this polio claim. if you go to hyde park, all they do is
talk about his polio. obviously, he suffered from a disabling malady, but
to just keep repeated was polio doesn't seem right to me.
on a side note, i
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