|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#1
06-01-2006, 01:00 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
This just doesn't seem quite right...
__________________
-livin' in the terminally flippant zone  
|
|
#2
06-01-2006, 01:05 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
It looks like someone really hacked up a euro wagon.
|
|
#4
06-01-2006, 01:10 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
I agree it is a terrible thing to do to a euro wagon, but if the alternative was to send it to the crusher, I'd be all for what they did. That thing must be FAST though! I'd not mind having it!
 I'd probably at least make the gauge cluster stock again....otherwise I'd be ok with it.
__________________
-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-  '15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800) '17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k) '09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k) '13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k) '01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km) '16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)
|
|
#5
06-01-2006, 01:13 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Yea, I agree that it's an ok thing to do if you're saving it from the crusher. Not so sure if the guy tore apart a good wagon to do what he did.
Interior is green and looks like cloth. Bet it was a manual shift euro wagon...
__________________
-livin' in the terminally flippant zone
|
|
#7
06-01-2006, 01:30 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I kinda like it. I would rather have a 350small block in my car rather than a stinky old low HP diesel. One things for shure parts will be alot easier to come by.
I would prefer a blown small block ,but I think the guy has his head in the right place.
|
|
#8
06-01-2006, 01:35 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
A powerstroke diesel probably weighs about 800+lbs, it'd sink these cars to the ground in front, and wouldn't fit either, have you seen one of those engines? they're huge! Additionally, the torque would probably turn the unibody into a corkscrew shape the first time you mashed the pedal
__________________
-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life- '15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800) '17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k) '09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k) '13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k) '01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km) '16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)
|
|
#9
06-01-2006, 09:52 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
you'd think if he really wanted to sell this,
that better details on the engine would be available. the accessory kit on that motor probably set him back 1000.00, I hope there is an electric fan, because there is not a fan on the WP...
it looks like a nice install. I will follow it and see what it sells for. John
|
|
#10
06-01-2006, 01:33 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Its a travesty that he butchered a euro wagon, but if you really wanted to make a solid, quality street rod, the 123 ain't too bad of platform to use. I'm not saying THAT one is cool though, he should have left the body and interior the same. Some people cringe at the idea, but I think a well built 123 with small block 8 in it would be fun.
__________________
"spreading a trail of obnoxious where ever we go" 1981 300sd w/ 341,500 miles http://www.wecrash.com/pics/ddda_banner.gif
|
|
#11
06-01-2006, 02:19 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I've posted this link before, but here's a nice W123 hot-rod: www.badbenz.com
__________________
TXBill Former owner of a few diesel MB cars 1998 Lexus ES 300 In Chicago We Trust
|
|
#12
06-03-2006, 10:58 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
OMG!!! I emailed the "SELLER" and read what he replied
"John,
I emailed you back immediately after recieveing your first email. I am emailing you directly through ebay this time, so I dont know what else to do. The car has 1101 miles on the new engine, I dont know how old the engine is nor what heads are on it, I purchased it the way that it is now, and never did anyting to it. I dont know why the AC isnt working, whether it isnt hokked up or not, I never messed with it. I dont know what was done to the motor prior to transplant. The transmission is chevrolet and the rear end is stock. I dont know what, if any driveshaft mods were made. All i really know is that the car is super fast, and that when we bought it, it ran great, but we dont drive it anymore, and the last time i started it, it overheated after 20 minutes or so just idling. I never worked on it or did anything else to it. If you have any other questions that I might be able to answer, please feel free to call me at" I left off the number... but Gee isn't the overheating something that should be mentioned in the ebay listing? it sounds like an blown head gasket to me. also the picture clearly shows the compressor has no fan belt, so what an odd respponse to my query about the a/c function. Um, I don't think I am interested in the car... John
|
|
#14
06-04-2006, 01:05 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Man, I would love that wagon just for the green interior!!!!
I wonder what was done with the SLS for the rear suspension? The wagon is sitting up nicely, but I wonder how the ride is. Leaving out the fact of the car overheating in the auction listing is THE reason to stay away from this. Then the fuzzy explanation of the AC? Uh, no.......
__________________
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
|
 |
| Bookmarks |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
