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
--- 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 .
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> It looked at least as good as new , maybe better .
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> 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 .
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> 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
> Rob wrote :
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> > I'm not sure what the oldest MB's on this list are, though we hear about
> > some oldies here and there. Those folks with oldies can chime in for
> > themselves, though it seems like the bulk of members on this list have
> > MB diesels from the late 70's-early 80's. That said, I'm sure we all
> > would at least ponder getting an older model if we saw one for sale, and
> > it wasn't too trashed, as they sure look cool.
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> > Rob
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