O.K. cool ~

I must have mis understood .

I'm also a (damn) Yankee Born & Bred , I remember folks hating Catholics for crying out loud .

America was built my Immigrants , as long as they want to assimilate and work , they're all welcome .

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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

In other news, I am getting a hold of the frier and experimented with two Mars bars today.

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

Going to jockland then?

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

More like going to the ICU for a heart transplant!

Things have toned down a little bit; not feeling that much anxiety anymore. I have rented a tiny room that will allow me to save most of my income, so that's a good start. With a cool head, I can start planning what is that I really want out of life and focus like a laser beam.

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

"I legitimately fear I will become one of those stereotypical grumpy, bitter car hoarders.

----Hey, We rese-mble that

I want to hoard Mercedes... in the USA!

In other news, here's a tiny photo taken today. The book to the left is 400€ ($472), the one to the right is 300€ ($354). They are "courses" on "labor injuries" and checklists that we have to fill in everyday at the kitchen. It's insanity! Spain is such a bureaucratic hellhole!

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

Sorry Miguel, I have already beat you to it

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All Diesel Fleet
1985 R107 300SLD TURBODIESEL
2005 E320 CDI (daily)

LOTS of parts for sale!


EGR block kit
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/diesel-discussion/355250-sale-egr-delete-block-off-plate-kit.html

1985 CA emissions 617 owners- You Need This!
Sanden style A/C Compressor Mounting Kit for your 616/ 617 For Sale + Install Inst.

Sanden Instalation Guide (post 11):
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It's a mixed bag :

Some hoard and sell parts & cars , this is a good thing .

Others hoard and never sell / get rid of anything then one days they die and what's left behind is rusty junk of no use .

I hoarded Vintage VW stuff for decades long before it was ' cool ' , I've gotten rid of lots but still have more ' hard Parts ' and literature to get rid of , my Son doesn't seem to want any of it .

I'm down to three W-123's and am trying to figure out which one to keep when I get too old to maintain them anymore in another couple decades....

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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

This aint rational buddy, hoard cars here is fine--just dont piss in the wind with the tri stars---that is loosing money any how you look at it ( unless you start by dragging a certain silver heap U spotted on a certain carribien isle to the port and loading in a container headed to Houston you should do a quick check around and see if there are any 36 500K roadsters that can be had too.

Yep... hoarding Mercedes is something I really look forward to (as a past-time). Much like ROLLGUY or OneOwnerCarGuy. A lot of people say never to make a business out of a hobby, so I am keeping it a little bit realistic with the export business, which is still very fun!

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These days I've been remembering a lot of the good old times down the PanAmerican. So, two years later, I present you with a lot of material that was kept secret when the Gullwing story was published.

Are you ready for a trip down Memory Lane into the Cave of Wonders?

This European Life: Cuba 300SL Gullwing Galore

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

Thanx Miguel ;

I traveled Centro America in the mid 1970's and saw many many Classics like this rotting away .

The gull wing probably did have that dreaded Lada Diesel engine at one point ~ look at the poorly cobbled up motor mounts crudely arc welded to the front cross member .

Best of luck with the Green Card , America needs more hard working immigrants like you .

Your welcome back dinner awaits here....

-Nate

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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

I do wonder what kind of cars! Most likely gone by now...

Thanks for your wishes; I hope I get it once for all and get my hard work recognized! The degree of stubbornness, envy, and indifference is way too great in this little poor town!

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

Yeah , I'm sure all are long gone now , my poor Ex Wife hated me stopping to gawk at every old beater I found....

Interestingly , not far out side of Downtown Guatemala City I found lots and lots of dead BMW's and Mercedes etc. more or less curb parked , right off the actual street , not terribly old at the time , late 1960's and early 1970's .

Everywhere else were the stuff I liked ~ mostly old American tin , there was a scruffy but complete 1954 Chevy convertible street parked near where I lived in Zona 5 , I almost bought a '48 Ford ToDor Sedan , lots of stuff like that .

She freaked when I bought a 1937 Harley - Davidson EL (61") KnuckleHead Motocycle and rode it home... .

She's gone and now I have a yard full of classics , or maybe it's all junk .

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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

I'll give you $500 for that junk 37 Harley.

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Jim

I never said it was junk although the frame was broken in three places and the wiring was just a suggestion .

I took it all apart and found another frame (! $35.00 !) , have made a harness for it , it was a very good runner and I often out ran the local Military guys who had new ShovelHeads on it....

Of course , much of the City's streets were still cobblestones and riding a foot clutch ' suicide shift ' Moto in the rain on 25° hills , wasn't a whole lotta fun but in the main I had a very good time indeed .

Getting run off the Mountain by a bus on my side of the road ? not so much fun but more exciting than any ' E Ticket ' ride I ever had .

I didn't pay much for it , maybe $350 , sold it for about $500 a year later in good running order , new tires, clutch and so on .

This was in 1976 .

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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