Re: [MBZ] Gazelle - Ford platform - $15,000

2021-08-10 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Where I'm from he would be Quebecoise.

Curt

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  On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 11:30 AM, OK Don via Mercedes 
wrote:   ROTFLMAO!

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 8:26 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
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> Totally German then
>
> --FT
>
> On 8/10/21 1:32 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
> > This fiberglass poser car looks like a fat man in a speedo.
>


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Re: [MBZ] Gazelle - Ford platform - $15,000

2021-08-10 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
Seconded. 藍

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 10:30 AM OK Don via Mercedes 
wrote:

> ROTFLMAO!
>
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 8:26 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Totally German then
> >
> > --FT
> >
> > On 8/10/21 1:32 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
> > > This fiberglass poser car looks like a fat man in a speedo.
> >
>
>
> --
> OK Don
>
> "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to
> pause and reflect." Mark Twain
>
> “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.”
> Wernher
> Von Braun
> 2013 F150, 18 mpg
> 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
> 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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Re: [MBZ] Gazelle - Ford platform - $15,000

2021-08-10 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
ROTFLMAO!

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 8:26 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Totally German then
>
> --FT
>
> On 8/10/21 1:32 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
> > This fiberglass poser car looks like a fat man in a speedo.
>


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Re: [MBZ] Gazelle - Ford platform - $15,000

2021-08-10 Thread Floyd Thursby via Mercedes

Totally German then

--FT

On 8/10/21 1:32 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:

This fiberglass poser car looks like a fat man in a speedo.


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Re: [MBZ] Gazelle - Ford platform - $15,000

2021-08-09 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
The stance is all wrong, the tires are too wide and too low ... That era
car had much taller tires and thinner profile. Fenders were more narrow
also, which gave the cars a period correct sporty look.
This fiberglass poser car looks like a fat man in a speedo.

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 9:15 PM M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes <
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> Tyres are OK, it's the track that's too wide.
>
> On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 9:11 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
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> > Whenever I see these I think the tires are much too wide. I guess it
> makes
> > for better handling and safety but just looks wrong. Tires in 1929 were
> > much narrower.
> >
> >
> >
> https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/hebron-1929-mercedes-gazelle/7362867098.html
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Re: [MBZ] Gazelle - Ford platform - $15,000

2021-08-09 Thread M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes
Tyres are OK, it's the track that's too wide.

On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 9:11 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes <
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> Whenever I see these I think the tires are much too wide. I guess it makes
> for better handling and safety but just looks wrong. Tires in 1929 were
> much narrower.
>
>
> https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/hebron-1929-mercedes-gazelle/7362867098.html
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Re: [MBZ] Gazelle - Ford platform - $15,000

2021-08-09 Thread Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
That one looks much better executed than others I have seen listed FS but not 
$15k worth. I wonder if beige was the only color in 1929

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> On Aug 8, 2021, at 10:11 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Whenever I see these I think the tires are much too wide. I guess it makes 
> for better handling and safety but just looks wrong. Tires in 1929 were much 
> narrower.
> 
> https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/hebron-1929-mercedes-gazelle/7362867098.html
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