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nate300d · #**121** 07-29-2007, 06:21 PM

How late did everyone stay?
Anyone have pics to post?

deerefanatic · #**122** 07-29-2007, 08:58 PM

Hi, thanks everyone for coming. Glad for the turnout we had. Yes, Nate, no new people came after you left. I'm VERY glad you and your friend brought the 190, it was by far the oldest car there. Awesome!!

Thanks to whunter for the interesting tech info and for bringing his portable junkyard!

(More on that later!

)

Picture Batch 1 of 5.........

I will warn you all, I'm bad with remembering names. So chime in if I get your name wrong or neglect it all-together........

1-3: The first Person there..... ME!

4-5: The Second Person, ( Jim?

Help me out here......) and his absolute steal 83 300SD

deerefanatic · #**123** 07-29-2007, 09:06 PM

1-3 : The Elegant 190 (Not E, this Baby's carbureted!!) That Nate and Mike brought.... Too bad you had to leave before the town convoy......

4-5 : The Hen's tooth 85 Half Cali/Half Federal 300D built October 31, 1984 that Roy (whunter) and Pete (?) came in...... AKA: The junkyard on wheels......

deerefanatic · #**124** 07-29-2007, 09:12 PM

1-3 drgreenthumb's Awesome 95 E300 Diesel.... So classy.........

4 : Roy's "300D-load of Good used parts...." the Porta-Yard.......

deerefanatic · #**125** 07-29-2007, 09:18 PM

1-4 : Paul (pawoSD) and his lovely fiancee Elizabeth came in his trusty 82 300SD straight-pipe wonder. I heard him 'fore I saw him!

(But, honest as I sit here, when he shut her down, I put my ear to the tail pipe and could hear the turbo spool down!!

)

5: Frontal Lineup shot.... the 190 was gone by this time.

deerefanatic · #**126** 07-29-2007, 09:25 PM

1-2 : More line-up shots at the park.
3-4 : The last of us leaving the Restaurant in Coldwater at the end of the day.

Thanks to everyone who came and supported the event. Hopefully it will be a bigger and better deal next year. I can hardly wait.

Paul, tell your dad he has no excuses next year as we'll be planning ahead!

Nate, don't go gettin yourself hit by lightning again!

Next year I want to see 21 cars!!

(Cause I'll be 21!

But more is always ok too!! )

nate300d · #**127** 07-29-2007, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deerefanatic

1-3 : The Elegant 190 (Not E, this Baby's carbureted!!) That Nate and Mike

Nate and Mike....that is correct. The 190 is Mike's. By the way Mike's 190 may be small and simple, but it is quit a ride.

It causes Ponton fever.

BTW...all four of my Mercs are oil burners.

pwjeep · #**128** 07-29-2007, 11:07 PM

Even before Roy and I arrived in Coldwater with our portable parts bin / salvage yard in boxes, we had the honor of being the first ones to need access to spare parts. Along the way we stopped and dove into the parts boxes. The AC control started acting up by switching to a full heat mode. (Ouch) While I drove Roy removed and disassembled the unit and toasted his fingers on it. We stopped in town and got some cotton swabs and alcohol to clean the circuit board. The bottom line was that there was plenty of scum on the board which caused cross connections as well as many dirty contacts in the temp control. Before we left town we had operational AC.

In short it was interesting to see Roy taking apart my 1985 300D as we were driving along.

After arriving and opening our hoods (open wide everyone) and comparing all of the 617 diesels things started to get more interesting. Everyone was drawn to Roy's interesting techinical discussions and tips.
Here is a recap of the attendance: 4 1980's 300D's and SD's; 1 1990's 300D; 1 1960 Ponton (gas) survivor which was in very nice shape. All of the cars were in great shape. Of course, some are works in progress, while others were pristine!

After our show and "quiet swap" we adjourned for a tour of Coldwater. There was another car show going on in the downtown of Coldwater. There were many cars of each decade from the 1920's to the 1970's parked for display along main street. That in its self was a neat bonus. After the quick town tour we stopped for lunch.
All in all it was worth the trip. It was especially fun to see all the diesels and Matt's PC driven GPS unit with a full 15 inch flat screen monitor in the front. Wow!

I hope to see more of you next year. Got an excuse why you weren't there? Not good enough!
Regards,
Pete Williams
1985 300D (green)

deerefanatic · #**129** 07-30-2007, 07:08 AM

Thanks for the compliment Pete..... And thanks for coming.....

Ah yes, Roy, the work-on-it-while-you-drive-it mechanic!

I gotta get some pics of that car up with the PC...........

pawoSD · #**130** 07-30-2007, 02:45 PM

I had a great time at the meetup, my only wish is that there were more cars.

Thanks for the compliment on my awesome straight pipe

I may try to make a video of it sometime soon so people can "experience it" here on the forum.

Lots of nice people and nice cars, I hope we have another meet soon!

Also managed to pick up some much needed parts, which was very helpful. And finally got my Mercedesshop.com window cling!

Austin814 · #**131** 07-30-2007, 03:13 PM

I dont mean to take over the thread but for anyone that thought of going but didnt, what would make you go next year? My reason for not making the trip (besides having tickets to the symphony that evening) was there was no "I'll be there" signup sheet / list of cars going to be there and I didnt want to drive 200 miles and see more Benz on the road to the meet then at the meet. It seemed like the majority of the posts were along the lines of "I might be able to come if nothing else comes up that day". What about someone talking to a local Mercedes dealership and see if the wanted to bring a couple new model cars to sit in the lot for use to look at while there? Just some thoughts!

Definitive Sign-Up List
Who is bringing the grill?
Meguirs Raffle?
New Mercedes BluTec / Gas Models from local dealership?

nate300d · #**132** 07-30-2007, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pawoSD

I had a great time at the meetup, my only wish is that there were more cars.

I wish that there was a way for me to bring all four of my Mercs and all four of Mike's Mercs.

(Car Hauler)

babymog · #**133** 08-01-2007, 09:20 PM

Got to agree with you Ausin, I would have taken it more seriously if I knew what/who I'd be seeing there. Still would love to have shown, but had a customer who needed a captain that day, ... weather was nice on the water.

deerefanatic · #**134** 08-03-2007, 11:41 AM

Good, keep the ideas rolling......

We'll make it even better next year!!

whunter · #**135** 08-03-2007, 12:42 PM

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