Calling all Texas Mercedes-Benz owners! It's that time of year again! On Saturday, June 30th, 2007, the second Texas Mercedes-Benz get together will be held in Centerville, TX. Caravans from Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin will converge on Centerville for an arrival time of 12pm. You need not be from Texas to attend. We had Mercedes-Benz owners from as far away as Mississippi attend last year. We will have a BBQ lunch at Woody's Smokehouse #2 located at the northbound side of I-45 and Highway 7. There is ample parking, and a private room has been reserved just for us. After we've had our fill of BBQ, we will head on over to beautiful Fort Boggy State park, about 4 miles south of Centerville on Highway 75. Admission for park entry is $2 for each person over the age of 13, children 12 and under are admitted free. The park features a small lake with a beach, picnic tables, restrooms, a pavillion, and a 2 mile long circular hike and bike trail through the East Texas Piney Woods. In the park, we will kick tires, and present our rides for viewing by other owners. We will then have a "Show and Shine", and awards will be given out after a vote is taken by attendees. Categories for awards will be "Best Vintage" (1979 and older), "Best 80's", "Best 90's", and "Best 00's". Last year, we had a great turnout, over 30 Mercedes-Benz models spanning 31 years were present in all conditions, from exotic SLs to utilitarian wagons. We're looking forward to seeing you there this year. Bring the family along, and don't forget to invite your other Mercedes-Benz owning friends and family members too!

Caravan depature locations and times:

Austin:
The Dell Diamond
3400 E Palm Valley Blvd.
Round Rock, TX 78664
Meet up at 8:30am, depart at 9:00am.

Dallas:
Carl's Jr.
2500 S IH-45
Hutchins, TX 75141-4256
Meet up at 10:00am, depart at 10:30am.

Ft. Worth:
TBA

Houston:
Cracker Barrel
14765 North Fwy.
Houston, TX 77090
Meet up at 10:00am, or earlier if you'd like to get something to eat. Depart at 10:30am.

Various photos from last year's event:

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

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1996 E320 since 1/16/08, 171K miles as of Feb 2011

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1989 300CE - R.I.P. Dec 29 2007
Other MBs (sold): 1992 300E-24 - 1979 350SLC - 1984 230E - 1990 300CE

Sounds like a good meeting spot for the Dallas contingent. Is that the same place as last year?

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=&city=Hutchins&state=TX&zipcode=75141&country=US&geod iff=1

The Ft. Worth crowd will probably have a good idea on where to meet up. Maybe at the same spot. Would like to travel in a large group again. That was one of the most fun things about last year........

This was a great event last year, and H-Town does a great job of planning. Lunch at the same place as last year??????

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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

Not many coupes represented last year ,time to roll up the sleeves on old Iron Horse ,found a horse shoe in the trunk so Im guessing it was luck I had found the car ,or luck for the seller ,Im not sure.That was good bar bee qu ,the smoke house was detected 2 miles away before the turn off,thats a popular establishment.Ive got family history up in those parts so I might do alittle sight seeing and pull out on the Hwy earlier that morning to get it in. I ve got this marked down on my calender as day off for a german holiday. Good Day

Yes Leon county- next to I-45
Carwash is in next town south

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15 VW Passat TDI
00 E420
98 E300 DT
97 E420 Donor Car - NEED PARTS? PM ME!
97 S500
97 E300D
86 Holden Jackaroo Turbo D
86 300SDL
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Hey, they've got a coin op carwash in Centerville, but it's tucked away off Hwy 7 somewhere. I don't even think I remember how to get to it anymore.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

The one I found in town hadn't worked since the first Bush was in office. The other near park was for city vehicles (or as I was told).

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15 VW Passat TDI
00 E420
98 E300 DT
97 E420 Donor Car - NEED PARTS? PM ME!
97 S500
97 E300D
86 Holden Jackaroo Turbo D
86 300SDL
(o\|/o)

I'm in! I can handle late June with no A/C in the car...late summer would have been a no-go for me though.

Looking forward to seeing you folks again (and meeting some new ones).

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Drew
1993 300E 2.8 (Ol' Army)
Garnet Red/Palomino 62K
(and also this and this)

Ok, slight change of plans for the Austin caravan. You will assemble at the Dell Diamond at 8:30am, and leave for Centerville at 9:00am, I'd forgotten how long it takes to get from Round Rock to Centerville. At a later date, I'll post all the city departure locations and time again.
Attendees so far:
1. H-townbenzboy (HOU)
2. chasinthesun (HOU)
3. drewser3 (Dallas)
4. justinperkins (AUS)

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

I could probably do this. If I can fix the massive oil leak and the A/C in my 6.9 it will come along. Else it will have to be the 97 E420.

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With best regards

Al

Most probably I'll be there.

Are there facilities to wash the car. After the long ride from North Dallas I'd like my car to be presentable .

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1996 E320 since 1/16/08, 171K miles as of Feb 2011

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1989 300CE - R.I.P. Dec 29 2007
Other MBs (sold): 1992 300E-24 - 1979 350SLC - 1984 230E - 1990 300CE

I think there might be one there. Though it may be easier just for you to bring some microfiber towels and Meguiars Quik Detail Spray.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Attendees so far:
1. H-townbenzboy (HOU)
2. chasinthesun (HOU)
3. drewser3 (Dallas)
4. justinperkins (AUS)
5. alabbasi
6. Texholdem (Dallas)
7. tarbe (HOU)
8. redassag00 (HOU)

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

Update:

For you guys in the DFW area, a second caravan has been added in addition to the caravan departing the Carl's Jr. in Hutchins. The Ft. Worth and Dallas #2 caravans will be meeting up at the Wal-Mart parking lot in Waxahachie. So you guys in the Metroplex now have two choices.

Here's the new, updated list of caravans.

Caravan depature locations and times:

Austin:
The Dell Diamond
3400 E Palm Valley Blvd.
Round Rock, TX 78664
Meet up at 8:30am, depart at 9:00am.

Dallas #1:
Carl's Jr.
2500 S IH-45
Hutchins, TX 75141-4256
Meet up at 10:00am, depart at 10:30am.

Dallas #2/Ft. Worth:
Wal-Mart parking lot right behind the IHOP and Wall Chinese Cafe
1200 N Highway 77
Waxahachie, TX
To get to the spot from I-35E, take the exit for Highway 287 east. From Highway 287, take the Highway 77 exit and stay on the feeder road. Go through the intersection at Highway 77 and make the right turn into the Wal-Mart lot. Make another right immediately after turning into the lot and you'll find yourself at the spot behind the IHOP and Wall Chinese Cafe.
Meet up at 10:00am, depart at 10:30am.

Houston:
Cracker Barrel
14765 North Fwy.
Houston, TX 77090
Meet up at 10:00am, or earlier if you'd like to get something to eat. Depart at 10:30am.

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'81 MB 300SD, '82 MB 300D Turbo (sold/RIP), '04 Lincoln Town Car Ultimate

Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

I was hoping to get my 84 cd on the road to make the trip up to Centerville ,whats better is that I located an 85 300 cd 2 days ago with a really clean body ,just has that baked hood problem.Its road worthy enough ,replaced the usually filters and man ,what a difference a day makes ,this ones a keeper ,Its a lite turq blue with a dark blue interior and after brakes ,shocks and a few greasy rags itll be ready for the meet ,good day.