Today went to look at the 300TD that was offered to me last week. There is a story here.
The owner has lived pretty far back in the weeds for 30 years, is a bright and articulate man. He has befriended the black bears in the area and was feeding them, as many as 30 bears at a time, they know him and respond to him.
The car;- pale blue 85 with around 500,000 Kilometers. It is a mess, a bear got locked in it which kinda made a mess of the interior & another bear climbed on the hood and sun roof, dented them quite well. We could not get the hood open & I broke off the grill pull bit. (tips on how to open the hood short of a can opener?) Is an automatic has bundt wheels, tires do not even look too bad. Forgot to check the tail lights was busy watching out for bears,sorry :-{ swmbo thinks they are ok though. No back bumper, windshield cracked glass ok. So it wont be a car again, dunno if I should get it and part it out?? Prolly cost about $100/$200 to get it home on a truck. There are clouds of mozzies where the car is & that makes it just about impossible for me to work on where it is.
The owner made headlines last fall for feeding bears and growing a patch. His driveway has ponds in it that are as much as 2' deep and is very rough, I would not take our Mercedes in, but he says he will tow the TD out with his tractor. The experience was very interesting, he has a pet three legged bear which has two cubs. We kinda happily did not get introduced to them.
Tony
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