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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. |
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Many don't seem to appreciate my way of mangling the English language . I think the bombshells are crazy because they can be..... I know my Sweet is sassy and always has been, she's now well past her prime yet would cause a riot if I ever took her to the Senior Center.... I'm very lucky she allows me to share her life, good looks and hot sex is fun when you're young but eventually I wanted someone I could talk to as well . BTW : I've dated red heads too and every one was put there in some way or another . (does 'speaks volumes' mean I talk too much ? )
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12.22.20, the system says this message is "too short" (?!) so I'm trying a different way to post...
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Whew ~ Old Man Rambling On
In a nut shell, German vehicles more so than any other ones I've touched can be taken apart and cleaned, adjusted and repaired further than you can get the necessary parts for so unless a thing is fried or bashed you can usually take it apart and fix it by simply (!) 'peaking and tweaking' it .
This is what I do to almost every vehicle I own ~ I find them cheap, usually not running or neglected and return them to proper service then maybe up grade a bit here and there, usually by using other factory parts~ I wish I was allowed to post attachments, my little 2001 Ford Ranger is coming along very nicely . I'm doing cosmetics now and my Sweet took her first ride in it on a few weeks and loves the simple comfort things I did for her and it looks better too .
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Maybe I am getting older, as I rather have someone to talk to more than sex... I can hear what you are saying. My Sister and I are both redheads, by the way. It took me a long time to accept I have a bit of an edge to me and learn to put the energy into doing good.
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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. |
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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. |
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I added door cards with map pockets and a passenger side assist handle (she has rheumatoid arthritis and needs help getting into anything) sun visors with vanity mirrors , lots and lots of cleaning, I added rear cab speakers (this is the base, stripper model truck) using all factory parts including the harness and screws etc. ~ I spent some time unwrapping the harness and re jiggering it so it fit as original and looked original, I had to take the interior 1/2 way out, lucky for my broken down old butt the seats are split else I'da never been able to remove them without damaging the paint on the door sills...
Of course a premium DC player out of a high end model... Factory so it fits, works / plays well and thieves won't want to steal it, no one wants stock sound systems no matter how good they sound . (try a nice original Becker in your Mercedes, with new speakers they're fantastic unlike VW's low co$t Blaupunkt units .) N.O.S. headlights, I tried polishing the originals but they were still not optically pure so I hunted up the correct Ford P/N and then searched until I found some N.O.S. ones instead of the crappy cheapo Chinese ones, then while I had the front fascia apart I hunted up a N.O.S. chrome grille (this base model had a molded in beige color and looked like it had leprosy), always some little thing to clean adjust or make better . I thought I'd cover all this before, sorry . I had a time getting the old steering wheel off, in the end I had to use heat . I *think* I finally found a source for the factory typ of vinyl (? non cloth) seat covers and will have to see if I still remember how to change those, they're not slip covers, they're original typ that should last another twenty years and 120,000 miles .... Typical DIY hobbyist typ things, knowhutimean ? . Germans tend to have screws, nuts, bolts , clips and so on where after you get deeper in other have rivets or swaged parts that are not supposed to be taken apart . I dunno if she's so happy with me, I've had some seriously awful women in my life, so when I found this one I try hard to keep her happy... Someone simpatico is better than good sex, there's always horny women around, as you get old there are way more women than men to choose from . I tell my foster boys : is you're unhappy with your G.F. relax ~ they're like city buses : another will be along shortly and maybe much cleaner... .
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Unless you are Autistic and haven't a clue where the bus stop is or have money for the trip.
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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. |
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As I said : finding the correct part number for what you want it the first step in finding N.O.S. parts ~ there are thousands of places that buy up 'distress' stock and then try to find someone who'll buy it....
I replaced the steering wheel because at only 117,000 miles the surface of the top 1/3 where your hands spend 90 + % of the time, was worn smooth and I simply didn't like it . This is just one more of the typical DIY Hobbyist things I was talking about . The center is a large bit of bare pot metal, that's the only part I heated, the propane plumber's torch has a 1" flame if not smaller ~ it's designed to sweat solder copper pipes . I agree, some one will perhaps wonder why a base model truck with rubber mats and vinyl seats has the nice CD player and up graded speakers, why not ? . I actually have the top of the line 6 disc CD player but it choked on a disc and when I researched how to take it apart and clean/fix it, I said 'maybe not, I have other things to do'. The front end picture came out well, too bad I'm banned from attachments . Becker radios have better sound and better frequency modulation.... Vinyl seats because it's a WORK TRUCK and it will get dirty ~ I hate dirty old cloth seats . These have perforations in the back rest so shouldn't be bad in Summer, I've been driving it since December last when I bought it and they're fine by me . My Sweet seems happy, who the hell knows ? . She's a sassy one and will have no problem booting me to the curb when she isn't . I too find it easier to have one at a time, wasn't always that way but it's quieter and I don't really need another woman .
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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. |
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Google is your friend here .
Yes, I know that you'll get hundreds if not thousands of results, either you want to find the deals or you don't . Little in life comes without effort . I'm retired now so I like to have a shinier shop truck than before, I'll try reducing the size of my images, if I can manage that I'll post some .
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There is diminishing return the less the part costs, say a few dollars and one spends ten hours to save a dollar, was that a good use of time? Time could be reduced with a few known sources, like eBay or here which of course I have done. Hopefully works, if not, my offer of help still stands.
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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. |
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Actually, you said : "Apparently what I am missing is knowing where to find these deals, these "thousands of places"." .
I'd forgotten you offered to help with reducing the images , THANK YOU . Beckers are simply better quality radios than are Blaupunkt . The deal with the insane VW prices is ignorant kids screwing the vintage VW scene up beyond all reason . When I saw a # 241 DeLuxe Typ II go for $200,000.00 a few years ago I knew things would never be right again . For many years your local yard & tag sales were full of good used VW radios, mostly 6 volt Bendix 'Sapphire' ones, unless you tried to make it work on 12 volts or hit it with a hammer, they all still worked perfectly and simply needed a few hours of cleaning and polishing the plastic lens . If ever I get to cleaning out my junk piles I'm sure I have a couple plus some 1968 > 12 volt units, because I'd build daily drivers for my wife and I I saved those from the trash too, many junkyards well into the 1990's cheerfully sold me those "worthless, only YOU ever want them Nate" radios for $10 or so . I have a couple that are AM/FM and stereo . Your '63 takes a Sapphire I or !! (AM/FM) with ivory knobs and push buttons, the ones with gray knobs are for 1965 and 1966 .
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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. |
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Older American Made Radios
Bendix was first and foremost an engineering company, I've yet to find a bad product of theirs .
Motorola too made affordable and hard to kill radios for the OEM's into the 1990's . DELCO back in the day made sturdy radios that worked well and got signals in to boonies where other brands didn't . I've forgotten who made the millions of auto radios SEARS sold in the 1960's & 1970's, they were absolute crap . I've seen new reproduction radio knobs in ivory, gray and black for the standards and Typ II's . They're out there, doesn't Phoenix have a Bug-O-Rama annually ? . There used to be a big VW junkyard on the South side of Phoenix, the young man who ran it 20 years ago was really nice and I was able to find several 1968 only Typ II parts and he didn't say "! that's RARE !" even once... Parts and junked older VW's are still out there, you have to enjoy the hunting aspect, I do, many don't . After I got burned on The SAMBA I discovered there's a feed back page and of course, the @$$hat who clipped me, had done so to many others before and was unrepentant as most thieves and crooks are .
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-Nate 1982 240D 408,XXX miles Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better |
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