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Rainbow!



So we didn't get to a camp spot till midnight, 12 miles down dirt roads at night....away from all towns....tottally fun!!! and the euro lights are the best!











welcome to denver!





Car has been doing excellent, not burning one drop....starting every time and giving me 25mpg. Stopped at the JY's....didn't find anything....just a gas door vac pod.....but I found a w126 with euro lights, was side swapped so a one headlamp was destroyed but got the lenses!

Well back on the road!!

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cooljjay, glad to see you all are safe and doing well! Nice photographs too!

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Current fleet:

1985 Mercedes-Benz 280TE - Waiting for heart surgery.

1985 Mercedes-Benz 300TDT - Rear ended 23 September 2016 and now looking for a new home.

1979 Mercedes-Benz 300TD - Parted out.

1964 Volkswgen Beetle - Vater's since September 1968 and undergoing a restoration.

1971 Volkswagen Sunroof Squareback with F.I. - in need of full restoration.

1971 Volkswagen Squareback automatic with F.I. - Vacationing with her caretaker until he is in better health.

Gorgeous pictures ... I would love to do something like this with Bodhi someday.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

Nice pictures Cooljay. If you made it up and over Wolf Creek Pass it must be running pretty good. From Denver to our home via I-70 is right at 1050 miles. But you are going the long way and it will be a bit more. Well, hurry on, and we'll leave the lights on for you.

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Junqueyardjim
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. C.S. Lewis



1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

Cool photos man! So jealous. It is my dream to take an old mercedes diesel across the western part of the country some day

OK, you HAVE to come by my place... if for nothing else to get a matching set of rims on your car!

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Thanks all!!!

Yeh he is doing really great, besides the darn washer jets always messing up.....getting so many bugs on the windshield, I am not able to see.

I noticed a few oil drops when we stopped, I know the ip to block gaskets needs replacing but this was up in the front, maybe the front seal is leaking....so much crud up there I just can't tell from where.

vstech, I would be up there in a heart beat if I had the funds! I have a matching set, just one of the used tires I bought for those two, was worn to un even for a comfortable trip....and they were smaller then the front....so couldn't switch them to the rear.

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We are currently in York, Nebraska...

So not much here to see or in Kansas.....just fields of corn and prairies....










We camped in Mccok, NE....well tried too....it was sooooo humid...Got in at 12:20am



This is awesome, behind all those trees, was a dry creek bed, I decided to go check it out, as we heard a train back there....I seen a car sticking out of the edge of the creek. Went up and found a huge mangled pile of cars, there was a nash, plymouths, a spectra....all kinds....its like when they built the track that was elevated...they just pushed them all in the creek....found a old 55 license plat, tiny tiny blue vicks bottle, medicine bottles, 10 cent fodgers coffee can....I was looking around for a mercedes

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Found an old old cemetery



Stopped off at the archway



Thing has an AWESOME museum inside













Can you spot my car?



Can you tell what is growing wild? I almost fell over backwards, but realized it was the non smoking kind



Now back to the road!!

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Love the Colorado pic's. How many people are you cramming into that car?

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

Excellent restaurant in downtown York. "Chances R."

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'06 E320 CDI
'17 Corvette Stingray Vert

Well we will be cramming 3, a scooter, and more bins on top tomorrow...

Well the od says 189k but it didn't work when I got it, no idea if the km od was added to the mp when it was federlized....I am going to guess over 200k...

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cooljay, How many miles on your car>

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06 MB E320 CDI 123k miles
14 Sienna (wife's DD) 36k miles
11 GL350 Bluetec 136k (Sold)
96 E300; 292k+ miles (Donated)
11 Sprinter 22K+ miles (Sold)

Finally in Dothan Alabama and now I have time to post an update...

So our last camp out was in Iowa....That was fun, GPS had me on a dirt road that ended up in a corn filled and this was at least an 1am....that was fun! Got so tired and almost out of gas, that we just said hell and was heading back to a walmart...when we discovered a camp ground on a lake. Finally sleep time!!





This is how we camp in the car.



Welcome to Michigan...oh my bad "pure" michigan :p







Welcome to Lake Michigan, South Heaven.











more in a moment!

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After Michigan, we headed down to Indiana to meet member junqueyardjim from peachparts, who had a wonderful lunch/early dinner for us and a set of tires for the car! We were both happy, he has so many spare parts and engines in his car, I am totally jealous :p Lunch was awesome! The weather was perfect so we sat on the porch, ate and talk. Had a good ol time. Then on the way off, his wife packed us an amazing spread for night time snacks, and gave our friend a huge bin of bandages. If anyone takes a rod trip up there, stop by!!! You won't be disappointed!

Here's the car, loaded on top with 4 tires and bins....we are getting more stuff



Welcome to Alabama...





1000watt mercury lamps, to light the shuttle up!...that is a piece!





In brumingham al we found a junk yard that had a 79 240D that was complete minus the radio and it was a 4 speed! Looks like it sat for a longggg time...331k on the od! I spent to much on parts I got a bottom seat skin for the 78, hazard switch, window switches, glow relay, idle cable, glove box liner, wood trim, and a few misc stuffs 62$

So we are in Dothan for one more night and 2 days, then going to head out

Oh forgot car details. He is running like a champ, did an oil change yesterday, that stuff was nasty!!!! My air filter is horrible looking, having one ordered. Fuel has been in the 23-25....horrible mileage last tank 17...probably because I was going 95 and playing with a big rig :p Something is up with the speedo, it takes a while to register unless I hit the dash then it works right away..

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