He looked no more than 40 , wasn't looking happy as I surely would were I driving that dreamboat .
-Nate
Max wrote :
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> My 59 190D(55hp) would go very fast, it just took a while to get there. It would cruise at 65, very steady, just did not like stopping fast. Was this guy old, or maybe just off the farm?Max
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> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "vwnate1" <vwnate1@> wrote:
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> >
> > Last night close to midnight I was testing the repairs made to my trusty if battered 1959 Metropolitan Nash Fixed Head Coupe , as I entered the freeway I passed an early 1960's Mercedes Drop Head Coupe (Convertible) plodding along in the slow lane doing under 55 MPH .
> >
> > It looked at least as good as new , maybe better .
> >
> > It was silent in operation , I wonder why he was driving so slowly ~ my Metro barely goes 65 and I passed him like a rabbit in a thicket as others were zooming up behind him and swerving wildly to avoid crashing into him so I didn't stick around to enjoy the view .
> >
> > I'm not so sure older Mercedes are necessarily slow , my '81 240D W/ slushbox is no ball of fire but it goes along @ 60 just fine , faster if I don't mind wa$ting fuel .
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> > -Nate
> >
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