Re: [MBZ] Ignominy

2017-10-12 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes October 12, 2017 at 10:40 AM Is it that difficult to write "Chinese" correctly? HE did! ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Ignominy

2017-10-12 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
This too, will end Wisconsin is talkin about ending the ban on iron mining. They need to annex da UP from the Mitchiganders. If iron came back to da UP, folks could make a living there. Back in the day, nobody did it better than International Harvester. They owned the whole process,

Re: [MBZ] Ignominy

2017-10-12 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
Didja salvage the unobtanium rear winder glass? Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes October 11, 2017 at 1:38 PM I deconstructed the 86 420SEL and pulled most everything of any value off it (and probably a bunch of stuff that isn’t) and took it to the scrapyard today.

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2017-10-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Well, a noble intent but it comes across as childishly racist. On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It appears to be a statement against the repression represented by the > regime, something with which I think all progressive-thinking

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2017-10-12 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
It appears to be a statement against the repression represented by the regime, something with which I think all progressive-thinking individuals could align. TRIM YOU"RE POSTS!!! --FT On 10/12/17 11:40 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: Is it that difficult to write "Chinese"

Re: [MBZ] Ignominy

2017-10-12 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Is it that difficult to write "Chinese" correctly? On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 9:20 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > There is a steel mill up the coast a bit in a little town that has been > open/closed off an on. It closed again a year or two ago, talk about > opening

Re: [MBZ] Ignominy

2017-10-12 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
There is a steel mill up the coast a bit in a little town that has been open/closed off an on.  It closed again a year or two ago, talk about opening it again, but I don't think the numbers can work.  Plus the little harbor is silting up and it would cost a lot to dredge it out to get some

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2017-10-11 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
One problem with furren steel mills is the steel produced is high volume of recycled steel which is a combination of cast, steel, mixtures of other metals that go into making modern steels.. The ability to control material content is seriously compromised, consequently.. In the "Old Days" of

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2017-10-11 Thread clay monroe via Mercedes
In disputing value of the SD, insco claimed it was worth $350 scrap. But I called a number of local yards as the best I could get for two tons of car was $70. That scrap price is much less than the coparts price. Makes me think the plan was to sell Allen on with the hope it would bring very

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2017-10-11 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
I talked to the local guy last week. He told me it took a dump again. Gonna stay down until the chicoms or somebody else starts buying scrap to make war. 1939: USA embargoes sale of scrap to Nippon. Two years later they bombed the snot out of our battlewagons. They were really PO'd

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2017-10-11 Thread Larry Turner via Mercedes
That was a LOT of car 31 years ago too! LarryT On 10/11/2017 2:38 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: I deconstructed the 86 420SEL and pulled most everything of any value off it (and probably a bunch of stuff that isn’t) and took it to the scrapyard today. Got $78.20 for the hulk. I

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2017-10-11 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
The chinee steel market is way down. --R On 10/11/17 2:45 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: I got $150 in 2009 for a stripped but rusty 300TD. On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Wow scrap is way down. I used to get $200

Re: [MBZ] Ignominy

2017-10-11 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
I got $150 in 2009 for a stripped but rusty 300TD. On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Wow scrap is way down. I used to get $200 for a hulk sometimes as high as > $400 > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 11, 2017, at 1:38 PM,

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2017-10-11 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes
Wow scrap is way down. I used to get $200 for a hulk sometimes as high as $400 Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2017, at 1:38 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > I deconstructed the 86 420SEL and pulled most everything of any value off it > (and probably a

[MBZ] Ignominy

2017-10-11 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
I deconstructed the 86 420SEL and pulled most everything of any value off it (and probably a bunch of stuff that isn’t) and took it to the scrapyard today. Got $78.20 for the hulk. I have the window sticker, cost was $50,950 including $1050 gas guzzler tax. That was a lot of money 31 years ago.