Re: [MBZ] 1994 S420 Sale Preparation

clay wrote: > I do love to drive. Should have a clear schedule from 10/24 until 11/05 Oh. So... you *think* a "clay" vote will count? i.e. you want to be in pnw for the 8th? Rigging the election seems a *hot* topic. Republicrats rigging 2000 with SCOTUS ruling. But the dead body list for the de

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I do love to drive. Should have a clear schedule from 10/24 until 11/05 clay > On Oct 17, 2016, at 9:07 AM, Mountain Man via Mercedes > wrote: > > Dan wrote: >> That’s not to say I didn’t entertain the idea…. > > Think less $$ all around and it might be less than shipping? > It can happen.

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But what sort of Floriduh car would I have any luck peddling in the rainy PNW? And then there is all the worry over flood damage and hurricane pelting. clay > On Oct 17, 2016, at 4:37 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > What's the adventure in that? > > I like Clay's idea best, he

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Craig wrote: > I guess the operative word is, "eventually" ... And there's Craig in NM to get "eventually" back to "sometime." Dream a little - it's good for the soul? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To

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--FT wrote: > ...Or the train like in the baggage car for the full experience. Yep!! mao ___ 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/lis

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Dan wrote: > So who gets him across the Great Plains? Great Plains sounds like OkieLand? Plenty floorspace in OkieLand, or did Kaleb sell the rental? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or ch

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If the delay is too long we just put him on the greyhound to the next segment Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 17, 2016, at 11:07 AM, Mountain Man via Mercedes > wrote: > > Kaleb wrote: >> No no you don't fly him. He catches rides with list members. One member >> meets up half way to the next mem

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Kaleb wrote: > No no you don't fly him. He catches rides with list members. One member meets > up half way to the next member in the chain until he eventually gets there. Okiebenz happens!! Nice!! mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http:/

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Dan wrote: > That’s not to say I didn’t entertain the idea…. Think less $$ all around and it might be less than shipping? It can happen. Is clay in? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or ch

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al Message- From: Floyd Thursby [mailto:buggeredbenzm...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 7:34 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1994 S420 Sale Preparation I'm thinking that ridin da dog is the key. Mao got nowhere to be and plenty of time to get there, so the dog

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+1 Fred Moir. Lynn MA. Diesel preferred. From: Mercedes on behalf of Meade Dillon via Mercedes Sent: 17 October 2016 11:37 To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Meade Dillon Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1994 S420 Sale Preparation What's the adventure in that? I

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I once bought a $550 W116 (my first Mercedes ever) in Port Charlotte FL on eBay and drove it home to Michigan. He told me it had bad shocks. I stopped twice along the way for 'funny noise from the right rear' which I eventually figured out was related to the absolute lack of damping from the right

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What's the adventure in that? I like Clay's idea best, he drives Dan's "new" 126 down to Tampa, returns with a different MB to sell in Seattle area. Clay scouts & reports on Dan's car, Dan scouts and reports on Clay's car, Dan pays for Clay's fuel + some allowance for meals and lodging. We could

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On Sun, 16 Oct 2016 15:29:49 -0500 "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" wrote: > No no you don't fly him. He catches rides with list members. One member > meets up half way to the next member in the chain until he eventually > gets there. I guess the operative word is, "eventually" ... Craig

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Well I think shipping is,a better option since we don't know ×hat could go wrong with a newly purchased car. My conservative 2 cents. Dwight Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 1990 300D Wickford RI On Oct 16, 2016 8:45 PM, "clay via Mercedes" wrote: > Or, I just get in the car, drive for five days to Tampon

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Or, I just get in the car, drive for five days to Tampon and hand the car over to Dan. Then I take a train back, or pick up a Floriduh car and pawn it off on a fool in Amazon world clay > On Oct 16, 2016, at 3:39 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > This is like the puzzle with the fox,

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If Dan buys it, I would drive it down south. It may be clear enough to go through Wyoming instead of having to travel I-40 clay > On Oct 16, 2016, at 10:59 AM, Mountain Man via Mercedes > wrote: > > Dan wrote: >> Actually, I have a guy lined up to swap a nice 1984 300SD for my S420 +cash,

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I'm thinking that ridin da dog is the key. Mao got nowhere to be and plenty of time to get there, so the dog it is. Or the train like in the baggage car for the full experience. --FT On 10/16/16 6:39 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: This is like the puzzle with the fox, the chicken, and

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How about this. Dan (martha) gives me $150. I book Dan (mao) from MDW-DAL-TPA on the 30th, and TPA-MDW on the 9th, and in between Dan (mao) drives to PDX and back in two different cars. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www

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This is like the puzzle with the fox, the chicken, and the bag of corn that you need to carry across the river in a canoe that can only carry one item plus you at a time. The fox wants to eat the chicken who wants to eat the corn... Clay drives the car to his son in the Dakotas, who drives him

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Both the outbound and return trip. He will just have to wait at one location until somebody happens to be going that proper direction. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2016, at 4:32 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > So who gets him across the Great Plains? I didn’t know there was any

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So who gets him across the Great Plains? I didn’t know there was anyone in that part of the world. Or are you talking about the return trip? Dan > On Oct 16, 2016, at 4:29 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > wrote: > > No no you don't fly him. He catches rides with list members. One membe

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No no you don't fly him. He catches rides with list members. One member meets up half way to the next member in the chain until he eventually gets there. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2016, at 1:48 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Uh, I don’t see that being economical. I fly Mao t

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Uh, I don’t see that being economical. I fly Mao to Portland, he drives the car to Floriduh, then I have to pay to fly him back to MaoLand. For that I could ship it. That’s not to say I didn’t entertain the idea…. Dan > On Oct 16, 2016, at 1:59 PM, Mountain Man via Mercedes > wrote: >> Let

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Dan wrote: > Actually, I have a guy lined up to swap a nice 1984 300SD for my S420 +cash, > but he’s in flippin’ Portland. I don’t have the time to do a cross-country > car recovery, not to mention I don’t want to do 3,000+ miles in a car I’m not > familiar with. > Let the clay-mao team do the

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Unfortunately, no. They’ve always been pretty much unobtainium in the States, as MBUSA didn’t offer them for long as accessories. I don’t think they were popular enough to warrant offering them, so they dropped them. Tarek (SN) had a set of them that came with the S500 coupe, so when it went

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Buy this and turn into an S500. It'll be 80 better. https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5828509415.html --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail

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My 92 300sd has the mud flaps Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 15, 2016, at 4:28 PM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes > wrote: > > I like the mudflaps. Do they come with little chrome naked biermadchens on > 'em? > > -MMM- > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > >

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I like the mudflaps. Do they come with little chrome naked biermadchens on 'em? -MMM- ___ 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/listin

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Not a single SDL in the litter. clay via Mercedes October 15, 2016 at 3:25 PM A few replacements for Dan from out west http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5782316843.html http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5813047678.html http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/c

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There was one around here somewhere in the same color for way way cheaper. I will have to see if I can find it. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 15, 2016, at 3:43 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > Actually, I have a guy lined up to swap a nice 1984 300SD for my S420 +cash, > but he’s in f

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UR SALES PRISE IS A RIPEOFF THAN! --CL On 10/15/16 3:43 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Not sure about that. I don’t recall seeing the zundfogle casting mark on an M119. Dan questioning the authenticity of his engine Man On Oct 15, 2016, at 3:40 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote:

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Actually, I have a guy lined up to swap a nice 1984 300SD for my S420 +cash, but he’s in flippin’ Portland. I don’t have the time to do a cross-country car recovery, not to mention I don’t want to do 3,000+ miles in a car I’m not familiar with. If that 1990 350SDL rodbender is still for sale w

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Quite an array. No great bargains. On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 4:25 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > A few replacements for Dan from out west > > http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5782316843.html > > http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5813047678.html > > http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5

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A few replacements for Dan from out west http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5782316843.html http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5813047678.html http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5821385295.html - 1991 300TD third row http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/5816394006.html http://seattl

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He is on crack Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 15, 2016, at 2:45 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > That is a sweet looking ride. Should be able to get close to asking > > clay > >> On Oct 15, 2016, at 12:26 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> In anticipation of finding a nice W126 I p

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Hope so. I’m more interested in finding a nice W126 diesel…. Dan > On Oct 15, 2016, at 3:45 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > > That is a sweet looking ride. Should be able to get close to asking > > clay > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list arch

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That is a sweet looking ride. Should be able to get close to asking clay > On Oct 15, 2016, at 12:26 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > In anticipation of finding a nice W126 I prepped the S420 for sale today. It > may still be a few weeks or more, but I’ve got to get some photos done

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Not sure about that. I don’t recall seeing the zundfogle casting mark on an M119. Dan questioning the authenticity of his engine Man > On Oct 15, 2016, at 3:40 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > wrote: > > It has the rare zundfogle engine > > --FT > > > On 10/15/16 3:39 PM, Dwight Giles via

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It has the rare zundfogle engine --FT On 10/15/16 3:39 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: Will it go a million miles? Dwight Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 1990 300D Wickford RI On Oct 15, 2016 3:27 PM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" wrote: In anticipation of finding a nice W126 I prepped the S420 for

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Will it go a million miles? Dwight Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 1990 300D Wickford RI On Oct 15, 2016 3:27 PM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" wrote: > In anticipation of finding a nice W126 I prepped the S420 for sale today. > It may still be a few weeks or more, but I’ve got to get some photos done > after

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Stop looking! Then they show up everywhere! Dan Penoff via Mercedes October 15, 2016 at 2:26 PM In anticipation of finding a nice W126 I prepped the S420 for sale today. It may still be a few weeks or more, but I’ve got to get some photos done after a good Mart

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WHAT IS THE LOWES U WILL GO TO SALES ME THIS CAR 2DAY CASH MUNEY? --CL On 10/15/16 3:26 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: In anticipation of finding a nice W126 I prepped the S420 for sale today. It may still be a few weeks or more, but I’ve got to get some photos done after a good Martha’