Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-18 Thread redghost
My 13 year old just claims to be differently abled or differently perceiving when confronted with issues of this sort On Sep 16, 2006, at 9:37 PM, LT Don wrote: Children, children -- you are wrong is so confrontational. I suggest words like I have different information or my data suggests

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-18 Thread LT Don
You want to try rearranging that sentence into something that would pass 7th grade English? On 9/17/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Derails only existence on these lists is to stir up trouble and forward information off the list to another list. -- Proudly marching to the

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-18 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
It seems pretty clear to me. Maybe you have too much soy in your ears. LT Don wrote: You want to try rearranging that sentence into something that would pass 7th grade English? On 9/17/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Derails only existence on these lists is to stir up

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
any 500SL 107 you see over here is going to be a euro model, they were never imported by MBNA Frank Pembleton wrote: IIRC the factory euro 500SL did not appear until the early 80s; and imported in small numbers by MBNA. At the time, both gray-market and MBNA 500SLs were running around.

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: any 500SL 107 you see over here is going to be a euro model, they were never imported by MBNA I saw a 1985 in a salvage yard once, it got flooded in a Houston hurricane. MBUSA must have sold it, it's in the fuel economy guide:

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread Frank Pembleton
Bzzt you're wrong. _ Frank Pembleton Manchester, MO KLEB FOR PREZ!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 6:17 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] SL500

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
BT, YOU are wrong. Frank Pembleton wrote: Bzzt you're wrong. _ Frank Pembleton Manchester, MO KLEB FOR PREZ!! -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 91 300D 2.5 Turbo, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 87 420SEL, 87 300SDL, 87 300SDL #2, 86 300SDL, 84 380SE, 84 190D 2.2, 84

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread Frank Pembleton
No, I seem to remember seeing, with my own eyes, quite a few 107 500SLs on the road in Newport Beach in 1982-84. At the time, you were stilling shitting in diapers in Oklahomo. _ Frank Pembleton Manchester, MO KLEB FOR PREZ!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread LT Don
Children, children -- you are wrong is so confrontational. I suggest words like I have different information or my data suggests that you might be in error. D. On 9/16/06, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BT, YOU are wrong. Frank Pembleton wrote: Bzzt you're wrong.

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread Jim Cathey
No, I seem to remember seeing, with my own eyes, quite a few 107 500SLs on the road in Newport Beach in 1982-84. I also don't think the 500 SL's were an official MBUSA item, but that didn't stop plenty of them from getting here anyway. In the 80's, the gray market was operating particularly

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread Luther Gulseth
How about a compromise. BZT, YOU are wrong and here is why Just saying someone is wrong doesn't help those of us who don't know either way. z On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:37:30 -0500, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Children, children -- you are wrong is so confrontational. I

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread Trampas
I know someone who has a 500SL for sale in the Raleigh NC area. Trampas -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Luther Gulseth Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 2:52 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value? How

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread Bob Rentfro
Ahhh LT Don...always the mediator...very PC.. Bob Rentfro - Original Message - From: LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 9:37 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value? Children, children -- you

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
That is possible Derail, whowever, they were grey market cars. There was no US version 500SL in the 107 body. Frank Pembleton wrote: No, I seem to remember seeing, with my own eyes, quite a few 107 500SLs on the road in Newport Beach in 1982-84. At the time, you were stilling shitting in

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Derails only existence on these lists is to stir up trouble and forward information off the list to another list. LT Don wrote: Children, children -- you are wrong is so confrontational. I suggest words like I have different information or my data suggests that you might be in error. D.

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
He is wrong because there was not such a thing? How about that. Or, maybe he is wrong because he is a retard, that words too. Luther Gulseth wrote: How about a compromise. BZT, YOU are wrong and here is why Just saying someone is wrong doesn't help those of us who don't know

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-17 Thread tom savage
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: That is possible Derail, whowever, they were grey market cars. There was no US version 500SL in the 107 body. I'm with Kaleb on this one - per John Olson's book The SL Experience, The 500SL (as well as the 280SL, 300SL, and 420SL) was never officially imported to

[MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-16 Thread LT Don
1979 SL500, 150,000 miles. Interior is really good. No rust, dings, dents, etc. Guy is asking $6500. What's the true value? (Not for me, Debbie's brother is interested.) I won't say where it is, by the way, least Kleb head north w/ a trailer. -- Proudly marching to the beat of a different

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-16 Thread Chuck Landenberger
Don, For that year it would be a 500SL, 107 body Here's a link to OurSL.com http://www.oursl.com/listings.php? op=showadsmodelid=12For some newer, but still 500SL's, same 107 body style. No connection/affiliation/etc A true value and good price are all in the eyes

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-16 Thread LT Don
Yes, realized my error a few minutes after sending. In fact, Performance Products catalog suggests that it would actually be a 450 rather than a 500, but I am far from an SL expert. On 9/16/06, Chuck Landenberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don, For that year it would be a 500SL, 107 body

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-16 Thread OK Don
The 500SL in '79 would be a Euro model. I know they made 500SLC's - for racing. I don't know if the 500SL is a standard Euro car or rare. There aren't very many 500SLCs, and the do go for a fair amount of money. On 9/16/06, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, realized my error a few minutes

Re: [MBZ] SL500 for sale -- value?

2006-09-16 Thread Frank Pembleton
IIRC the factory euro 500SL did not appear until the early 80s; and imported in small numbers by MBNA. At the time, both gray-market and MBNA 500SLs were running around. You'd have to check the vin # to know what model, of course _ Frank Pembleton Manchester, MO