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01-02-2010, 11:55 AM
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Battle of the Diesel Beaters
Here is an article from Car and Driver magazine (April 2006) that I know everyone will enjoy. The article features a cross country race between Datsun, Oldsmobile, and Mercedes diesels. There are also interesting car specifications.
http://www.caranddriver.com/features/06q2/battle_of_the_diesel_beaters-feature 
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01-02-2010, 12:37 PM
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"With only $100 left in the kitty, I pleaded with a Mercedes parts house called Adsit Company (www.adsitco.com, 800-521-7656: buy something, dear readers, anything) to provide parts gratis for our scientific expedition."
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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01-02-2010, 03:44 PM
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I have that issue laying around here somewhere.
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01-02-2010, 07:34 PM
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Good fun!
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01-02-2010, 07:38 PM
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it was a good event. I actually owned a Datsun Maxima diesel wagon at the time this went on. The Maxima from the race went on to be sold on Ebay for like a pittance but the event was pretty fun.
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01-02-2010, 09:29 PM
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Strelnik Invest in America: Buy a Congressman! 1950 170SD 1951 Citroen 11BN 1953 Citroen 11BNF limo 1953 220a project 1959 180D 1960 190D 1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr 1983 240D daily driver 1983 380SL 1990 350SDL daily driver alt 3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5 3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6
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01-02-2010, 10:04 PM
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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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01-02-2010, 11:50 PM
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As Russ exclaimed... "you can't kill a Mercedes"
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01-03-2010, 12:06 AM
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Odd that they had to plead with adistco to get their parts. Most of the time you just won't get them!
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#12
01-03-2010, 06:59 PM
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That was a fun article to read. I'd like to do that someday...
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01-03-2010, 07:47 PM
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I'd be game for a cross country trip in someone else's car and at their expense. That might be fun!
I'd pick a 504 Peugeot--very much like a 240 D--underpowered, but indestructible.
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