Re: [MBZ] OMG -- Mercedes 283S
On 15/07/2015 10:44 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: Rich wrote: https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5122180558.html fmiser wrote: A 250S (W108?) with a small block Chevy - is a rat rod??!!? Randy wrote: that is what a rat rod is. usually, just junk cobbled together - no paint etc. Yeah. Junk like stuff cobbled together is a rat rod. The complete body, including hood and roof, of one car with a not-so-very-uncommon engine swap does not seem to fit the definition. The hood and front fenders from the 240S attached to a F-250 pickup frame and a chevy small block - that could be a rat rod. ___ I have seen them both ways. Usually, semi gloss or satin black paint, or no paint. Some are really odd combinations and some are fairly complete original cars just painted black and somewhat junkyard looking. Others have had a whole lot of careful work done to make them look like they are junk when they really are not. I have some photos of an MB that was offered for sale here that is sort of a rat rod. I will try to remember to post them here. RB ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OMG -- Mercedes 283S
Rich wrote: https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5122180558.html fmiser wrote: A 250S (W108?) with a small block Chevy - is a rat rod??!!? Randy wrote: that is what a rat rod is. usually, just junk cobbled together - no paint etc. Yeah. Junk like stuff cobbled together is a rat rod. The complete body, including hood and roof, of one car with a not-so-very-uncommon engine swap does not seem to fit the definition. The hood and front fenders from the 240S attached to a F-250 pickup frame and a chevy small block - that could be a rat rod. ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OMG -- Mercedes 283S
On 14/07/2015 7:32 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: Rich wrote: https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5122180558.html A 250S (W108?) with a small block Chevy - is a rat rod??!!? ___ that is what a rat rod is. usually, just junk cobbled together - no paint etc. Some are quite inventive. I like looking at them at car shows more than the highly polished stuff that is so common. For example, I don't care to ever see another Camaro with a big block. RB ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OMG -- Mercedes 283S
I like the '60s Camaro with a blower sticking up through the hood ala the Crusher Camaro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpQlD-FLZMU -Curt From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 12:38 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OMG -- Mercedes 283S On 14/07/2015 7:32 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: Rich wrote: https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5122180558.html A 250S (W108?) with a small block Chevy - is a rat rod??!!? ___ that is what a rat rod is. usually, just junk cobbled together - no paint etc. Some are quite inventive. I like looking at them at car shows more than the highly polished stuff that is so common. For example, I don't care to ever see another Camaro with a big block. RB ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OMG -- Mercedes 283S
Rich wrote: https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5122180558.html A 250S (W108?) with a small block Chevy - is a rat rod??!!? ___ 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
Re: [MBZ] OMG -- Mercedes 283S
I would say more like,a rat's a On Jul 14, 2015 8:33 PM, fmiser via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Rich wrote: https://charleston.craigslist.org/cto/5122180558.html A 250S (W108?) with a small block Chevy - is a rat rod??!!? ___ 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 ___ 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
