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Originally Posted by MBZ123 (Post 3270436)

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Your story of two some years ago gave me an idear!:eek: The yayarea is loaded right about now and I have been wantin to make the trek. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS YET? Wonder if that's OEM. Dunno, but somebody needs to snap that up. I've only eyeballed that once before. Can't justify the expense rollin solo, buuuuuuuuuut if I had say, a cohort or two, roadtrippin might be less painful and way more productive, heh? What's your schedule like the next couple a weeks buddy? Wanna go halfers on fuel?

O ya, with all that room you got, what's the rush in getting rid of the stripped carcasses? Looked pretty orderly when I was there. Besides, the rust belt will always be wanting... Got around two empty acres over this way and just now starting to stock up, can't stand looking at empty dirt.:P

MBZ123

I was having problems with code enforcement, so having a lot of room to store junk (sorry, I mean good used) cars does not mean I can. I have 3 bodies behind my fence right now, and have plans for 2 of them. The 1980 300D is missing the core support (sold to SirNic84 for his mom's car http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/346395-moms-new-car.html), so the rest of the body is not much good to me other than stripping the rest of the good parts off. I may just sell it to someone in the rust belt for what I could get for scrap. As far as a parts pickin' road trip, I will be out of town till the 24th, so I can't do anything till then. I have found that going on a Wednesday or Thursday to the self serve yards is best. They usually put out the cars before the weekend. My schedule is fairly open during the week, so I could easily plan a mid-week road trip to parts pick.....Rich

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Originally Posted by MBZ123 (Post 3270436)

I see what you did there:D:D:D

Rich - Easy fellar, you trying to incite a riot in here! We really do have it made out here and no matter how slim it keeps getting, it will always be juicier than most every other corner of our country.;)

Your story of two some years ago gave me an idear!:eek: The yayarea is loaded right about now and I have been wantin to make the trek. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS YET? Wonder if that's OEM. Dunno, but somebody needs to snap that up. I've only eyeballed that once before. Can't justify the expense rollin solo, buuuuuuuuuut if I had say, a cohort or two, roadtrippin might be less painful and way more productive, heh? What's your schedule like the next couple a weeks buddy? Wanna go halfers on fuel?

O ya, with all that room you got, what's the rush in getting rid of the stripped carcasses? Looked pretty orderly when I was there. Besides, the rust belt will always be wanting... Got around two empty acres over this way and just now starting to stock up, can't stand looking at empty dirt.:P

MBZ123

Does anyone know if that roof rack is OEM? I have someone pulling and shipping it to me.

i've had good luck in sun valley socal. i seen a few w123 - was able to get what i needed - 240d auto trans xcross mount and 240d manual shifter for my conversion. one car was about a day old, the other 2 weeks - based on their inventory list. there is a pack of vultures ready to pick cars clean as soon as they drop and open a new car row. These w123s looked like the were spared a heavy pick over.

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Originally Posted by neumann (Post 3274456)

Does anyone know if that roof rack is OEM? I have someone pulling and shipping it to me.

Oh man.... Where on earth did you find it? That is most def OEM.

I almost won one on ebay.uk, but flaked out when I thought about shipping.

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Originally Posted by mike-81-240d (Post 3274627)

Oh man.... Where on earth did you find it? That is most def OEM.

I almost won one on ebay.uk, but flaked out when I thought about shipping.

A pick and pull in Merced, CA.

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Originally Posted by neumann (Post 3274747)

A pick and pull in Merced, CA.

If you ever sell it in the future PM me.

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Originally Posted by tjts1 (Post 3269770)

Last time I went to the Wilmington PyP they had a euro 123 complete with plaid cloth interior and 5spd

There are two locations in Wilmington, do you know which one it was?

1903 Blinn Avenue. That was 2 months ago. Good luck.

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