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I'd not do this Chip .
-Nate
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> The car has too many vacuum leaks to feel good about someone else bringing it to Texas. I am going to try and get this broker to stand by his bid. chip. Houston
Uh , I dunno (he says stupidly) you'll have to ask Tom as I don't know what a W-140 looks like , I pass right on by the newer models .
-Nate
The OTHER Nate Asked :
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>Do you ever find any W-140's ? .
The car has too many vacuum leaks to feel good about someone else bringing it to Texas. I am going to try and get this broker to stand by his bid. chip. Houston
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, john public <brad_macaboy1234@...> wrote:
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> Is it possible to find someone who is reliable that will drive it? Or would that cost too much?
> It would seem to me that there a probably a lot of young professionals that would like to see the country on a roadtrip one way then fly back home. Maybe the liability insurance would be high.
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> --- On Mon, 7/4/11, manjit <mj0a0a@...> wrote:
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> > From: manjit <mj0a0a@...>
> > Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Remember when auto transporter companies were reliable and trust
> > To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Monday, July 4, 2011, 10:51 AM
> > I transported a 300sd from DC to SF
> > last year for 900. I did some research and am not surprised
> > on the extra mileage. A lot of them are just brokers with a
> > website where they charge you, nickle diming everything,
> > giving you 'premium' services like putting your car in front
> > etc. The actual work is done by a lot of indy's. The bigger
> > cos like the german sounding one are no better, dumping your
> > car at 'depots' for pickups by another truck, loading and
> > unloading multiple times.
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> > My car made it safe, just because the indy guy who picked
> > it up was very cool.
> >
> > 1984 300sd 260+ miles
> >
> > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com,
> > JD <jdblackwell2@> wrote:
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> > > I paid $1100 to get a 190D from Raleigh, NC to
> > > Seattle. Not too unreasonable given the price of
> > > diesel but when it got here there were 52 more
> > > miles on it than when it was loaded on the truck
> > > plus all four tires were flat spotted. AA Auto
> > > transport brokered the deal and Rollover Transport
> > > was the carrier.
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Is anyone is looking for W-115 300D parts near Baltimore? There is a
complete (must have come in in the last day or two) blue one. Looks like
you could drive it away. No rust, no dents, excellent paint and as of
yesterday no one had removed anything from it.
Its in Crazy Rays, 2801 Hawkins Point Rd., Baltimore 21226.
It will be gone in a week or two...
Steve in Annapolis
| do you ever see any w140s. --- On Tue, 7/5/11, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:
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Tom and I were out hunting parts & I found a really clean W-115 Gasser , it even still had the Becker Europa radio in it , I took the grille as this is the very last Mercedes that has the star on what appears to be a radiator cap . they dinged me a lot for it but it'll look great on the wall of my garage .
I also found a very nice 1982 240D with minimal front crash damage , it had new glow plugs and other misc. parts (heater valve (! $ !) , I'd love to yank the engine & tranny out of it for SWMBO's 1982 240D as her needs both engine and tranny rebuilding , I've been nursing it along for years now but it needs help to be right .
Of course , by the time we were leaving because the sun was fully up and it was 90 + ° F , I spotted an old 1979 anniversary model MG Midget , this of course is the _only_ year equipped with the American Spec. 3.72 final drive ratio so had to stop and yank it out , in the dirt , in the blazing sun..... I'm lucky I found it before anyone else did .
-Nate
