Eastern Los Angeles , they're all over So. Cal. and W-123 Wagons show up on a regular basis , more gray market ones than I ever expected to see .
This one is gone already .
I'm P.O.'d because I was *so* worn out & overheated , I forgot to grabe the *perfect* , FULLY ASSEMBLED right rear wagon door with electric window I desperately need....
Also the *perfect* driver's side CD door check off the 1984 300CD with repairable rear crash damage ~ that one had un touched doors too , rare in Coupes as the jerkoff scavangers tend to *shred* the doors ripping the window lift motors out as rapidly as possible whilst destroying as many parts as possible...
Oops ~ I seem to be ranting again .
-Nate
Nick wrote:
>
> Uh....
> ... WHERE is that P-A-P yard ?
>
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Nate <vwnate1@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Saturday morning Tom and headed out to the local P-A-P yard with special
> > tools in hand and my regular 5 gallon bucket o' tools to find some un bent
> > tie rods (dang tow truck !) for the Euro Station Wagon I'm building for my
> > sweet , I quickly found a W-123 with no front wheels and tried the <magic>
> > Chinese tool ~ it popped the tie rods loose in a minute or less , NO DAMAGE
> > to the rubber dust boots ! .
> >
> > Tom wandered 'round looking for elusive W-126 parts and came back to report
> > some old gasser wagon was nearby , I went to have a look and discovered a
> > gray market 280TE (M-110 engine) that still had the front European bumper on
> > it so I grabbed that , prolly will install it to my '84 Diesel Coupe .
> >
> > I also found , in a W-124 , a _Japanese_ made Mercedes logoed
> > AM/FM/Cassette radio that has the _same_ electrical plugs as our beloved
> > W-116 ,W-123 & W-126's do , I waffled about buying it , Tom (the
> > Electronical Genious) read the manufacturer's labels and asked me to look
> > closely at it ~ it turns out to have THREE bands , one is a weather band wow
> > ! he bought it for $17.00 , I prolly should have bought it for my truck but
> > now I know there's yet another good DIN sized radio to look out for .
> >
> > Oddly , the front of the radio doesn't mention the weather band . it has
> > electronic tuning and so should be a good one .
> >
> > It's been warming up a bit here , 44° last night but it was 80 + ° in the
> > yard yesterday , I sweated out too much and nearly passed out in the yard .
> >
> > -Nate
> >
> >
> >
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