I'm still working one one of 'em. After a deal he had set with an '83 240D went sour (the seller decided that the car wasn't for sale anymore...after promising the car to the friend and after we drove up to Berkeley and back twice), he's wavering back and forth between getting a Benz (if so, it'll be a 240D 4 speed) or pouring the $$ he's saved up into his '65 Corvair. I think I've finally convinced him to not try and make the Corvair his daily driver (it basically needs a frame-up restoration; I think he needs to get the 240D as a daily driver while he restores the Corvair, then make it a show car/weekend driver), but I think he's still wavering back and forth.

The other friend...well, last I heard (around 3pm today), he's in El Paso with his new-to-him '84 300D, and had just learned the art of changing OM617 fuel filters (with me talking him through it over the phone). Other than that, his trip's been flawless thus far, and he's completely fallen in love.

Congrats on the 126 How's everything been out there?