Man, you are trading up a bunch of cars lately.

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My Primary Driver - '85 300CD - 4-speed conversion, 2.47 rear, lowered, euro headlights, rebuilding (not restoring so much)

Wife's - '08 Saab Sportcombi Aero

Riding a '03 Yamaha Warrior

Only the 2nd MB I've sold since 2004, and the first one was smoking like a coal burning freight train!
Now buying them has been a different story......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Takin' up the slack??? I'd better get busy.

First, off, you poseur.... (Using the French iteration is less harsh)

Then, you come out of left field with the "pull a Norm" comment. If Colin and his cronies had not man handled the vacuum lines Norm would have been ship shape in under 1 minute.

What's next for you, Jimmy, a W124 too?

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Another thought... Squash was your show pony of the fleet, hardly a workhorse. I hauled everything from furniture, to scrap copper, to $5,000 worth of wine. What did Squash ever haul other than your crotchety self?

Seriously, Jimmy, congrats... I never really bonded with Norm like I did with Ol' Turbo either. I guess some you adopt, and others you only lovingly foster. The Excelsior brings some warmth inside me, but I haven't decided if its because I'm bonding with the new wagon, or just the warmth of the heated seats.

Is the new owner planning on making WVO modifications as well?

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Well, at 67hp, hauling arse was out of the question....
I could have hauled a bunch of wine also but the boxes wouldn't stack evenly in the trunk.
And I did work out of Ol' Squash for almost 6 weeks. Had about 400lbs or so of tools and parts in the trunk. At night the headlights shown up in the tree tops!
Oh, and no idea if Andy is planning WVO mods. I don't think he is, though.
And everybody in the DFW area better hurry and buy up some cars while Dan is still working on his house fleet. You know he had as many houses as I do Mercedes! Once his construction/remodel work is done he will be back with a Craigslist IV straight in the arm.......

**BTW Andy, here is that pic of the hubcap painting thing**

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

BTW, the day I took the Squash over to show him to Andy, this was right down the street from where we were meeting.




uh, yep, those front wheels are not pointing the same direction. Lower control arm on passenger side was destroyed. Spindle looked bent also. Tie rod was toast.







And I pulled up behind it for the photo-op



And don't think for a second that I wasn't eyeballing these:



I tried to leave a folded up sheet of paper at the top of the driver's door with my # on it, but it probably blew off. BTW, the front bumper and bumper shocks were down the street and around the corner about 1/4 mile. Hit a green street light base.
Coming to a salvage yard soon?????? Actually I hope not....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

The wine part sounded snobbish on the second read. I was hauling it as a favor to an Art Gallery fancy shmancy thing.

Norm never hauled arse, but Colin did buy a blanket for Norm. Perhaps his glovebox will look like Squash's when he passes through.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

I had to Google poseur..... You've been here before. I'm back in the sticks.....
Just give me time and I'll have "Pulling a Norm" on Wikipedia!!
Hmmm, W124 eh? Just might have to try that. And you know my favorite color......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

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Originally Posted by JimmyL;2041344Now [U
buying[/u] them has been a different story......


Hey Dan and Jimmy -- you guys don't have to take up the slack. Just look how much the forum has changed in less than 2 years. Tyler and I both joined.

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
No longer selling Cluster Needles Paint
No longer selling New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

I am a moron. I got you and Tyler confused for about a minute. It think it was the "pulling a norm" title.

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My Primary Driver - '85 300CD - 4-speed conversion, 2.47 rear, lowered, euro headlights, rebuilding (not restoring so much)

Wife's - '08 Saab Sportcombi Aero

Riding a '03 Yamaha Warrior

That's OK. I'm a maroon too......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I got a text from Andy earlier today saying that he had already put 300 problem free miles on the Squash, getting 25.4 mpg.
That was awesome to hear.......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

I thought that alot of you guys were older gents. You guys cannot be that old if your texting...

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

46 and breaking down more than Norm........

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John