Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html Dan If ya hafta ask, the answer is no. You should be there already. The one rear wheel looks proper too. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

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2015-01-27 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
That'll buff right out. -Curt From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes List mercedes@okiebenz.com; Banned List ban...@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:51 AM Subject: [MBZ] Think I should buy it? http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html

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2015-01-27 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
So now we have a car with history ... that should drive the restored value up to another level. Title and possession might be an issue... but then again.. trade relations with Cuba have now started to open up ... Guess I should cancel my flight plans to Florida to pick up the car then? On

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2015-01-27 Thread clay via Mercedes
yes The ouchies will buff out clay On Jan 27, 2015, at 2:51 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

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2015-01-27 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Good catch! I thought it probably was a scam, but in the brief search I made, I didn't find any evidence of a scam. How did you figure it out? -Max On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:46 PM, dseretakis--- via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: It's a scam:

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2015-01-27 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
Gull Wing rat rod... Sorry, does not compute something about a bare shell what is worth something on the high side of half million really doesn't translate to rat rod material correctly... If I had the flash cash.. I'd travel to Cuba for the adventure of recovering the car, follow the family

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2015-01-27 Thread clay via Mercedes
Make it electric. with a prius engine set clay On Jan 27, 2015, at 8:59 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: Seems ripe for an om617 conversion. On Jan 27, 2015 8:47 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Not to mention it would not have the proper FUSES! --R

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2015-01-27 Thread dseretakis--- via Mercedes
Yup. That shell is prob worth 5-600K as it sits. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2015, at 4:08 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: No point in trying to resurrect a Gullwing that lacks an engine, among many other flaws. Bzzzt Wrong! It is a gullwing normal

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2015-01-27 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
No point in trying to resurrect a Gullwing that lacks an engine, among many other flaws. Bzzzt Wrong! It is a gullwing normal rules don't apply. These sell for crazy money ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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2015-01-27 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
. -Original Message- From: Rick Knoble [mailto:rickkno...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:02 AM To: d...@penoff.com; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it? ‎If that ad is real, do you REALLY have to ask? That hulk is easily worth 5,000% more than

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2015-01-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Oh cr*p. I already bought a one way ticket to Tampa I was gonna fix it up and drive back to D.C. On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Good catch! I thought it probably was a scam, but in the brief search I made, I didn't find any

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2015-01-27 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Rat Rod does not imply abuse. It just suggests that one could have some fun with this shell without spending a large fortune trying to make a pile of junk into a true treasure. Unfortunately, niether a Rat Rod nor a restoration would really be much fun. One would not dare leave it on the

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2015-01-27 Thread dseretakis--- via Mercedes
A friend did a web search and found it out. I don't know how he approached it. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2015, at 3:43 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Good catch! I thought it probably was a scam, but in the brief search I made, I didn't find any evidence

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2015-01-27 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
GAGG - That is almost as bad as suggesting a big block Chevy with a blower. RB On 27/01/2015 2:41 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: Make it electric. with a prius engine set clay On Jan 27, 2015, at 8:59 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote: Seems ripe for an om617 conversion. On Jan 27,

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2015-01-27 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
To: Andrew Strasfogel; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it? Gull Wing rat rod... Sorry, does not compute something about a bare shell what is worth something on the high side of half million really doesn't translate to rat rod material correctly... If I had the flash

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2015-01-27 Thread Rick Knoble via Mercedes
I should buy it? http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html Dan ___ 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

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2015-01-27 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Now that is a barn find fantasy. Doors alone worth asking price? On Jan 27, 2015 5:51 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html Dan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

[MBZ] Think I should buy it?

2015-01-27 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html Dan ___ 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 All

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2015-01-27 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
I'd skip work, head straight there... -- Max Dillon Charleston, SC On January 27, 2015 6:31:44 AM EST, Dwight Giles via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Now that is a barn find fantasy. Doors alone worth asking price? On Jan 27, 2015 5:51 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com

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2015-01-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
LOL. somebody is having fun. On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/cto/4865244655.html Dan If ya hafta ask, the answer is no. You should be there already. The one rear wheel looks proper

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2015-01-27 Thread Donald Snook via Mercedes
: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:02 AM To: d...@penoff.com; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it? ‎If that ad is real, do you REALLY have to ask? That hulk is easily worth 5,000% more than that... Rick Sent from my BlackBerry Z10   Original Message   From: Dan Penoff via

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2015-01-27 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
. I think he ended up selling it for $110,000. -Original Message- From: Rick Knoble [mailto:rickkno...@hotmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:02 AM To: d...@penoff.com; Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Think I should buy it? ‎If that ad is real, do you REALLY have

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2015-01-27 Thread dseretakis--- via Mercedes
It's a scam: http://caristas.blogspot.com/2009/12/discovered-in-cuba-rare-mercedes-bird.html?m=1 Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Not to mention it would not have the proper FUSES! --R On 1/27/15 11:40 AM,

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2015-01-27 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Exactly! Perhaps with a Finnish tune-up. On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Seems ripe for an om617 conversion. -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! There are three kinds of men: The