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Old 06-05-2007, 09:14 AM
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The incredible p**pmobile!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320120375491&rd=1,1

I saw this yesterday just as it was closing. Amazing! No year, no mileage, "off road only"?!?

Sad -- it's my favorite body style (though I'm addicted to turbos for driving), but what he's done to it -- No vintage, classy MBZ should be plated within an inch of it's life and forced to dance!

OTOH, that interior is awfully nice, though I'm not sure how long it would stay that way!

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Old 06-05-2007, 09:37 AM
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Poor Freddy TX plated car for sale in VA off road only which probably means there was not title. Funny - some mods were done very well but then others were just slammed in (like the hydraulic controls).
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Old 06-05-2007, 10:40 AM
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"powerful diesel engine"

What's an N/A 617 have? 75-80hp?
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Another good question! That car's about a what, '74 - '78 or so? I could be wrong on that. My recollection of the diesels from that era -- which is when they were new, so that's a little fuzzy through the mists of time -- is that they were incredibly slow off the mark and felt underpowered.

So since Freddy can't burn rubber in a drag race, he pimps her out and makes her dance. Geez....
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Old 06-05-2007, 11:15 AM
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we have talked about this car several times on here. always same theme. nice seats, scary everything else.
how many more times will it come up?
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Old 06-05-2007, 11:39 AM
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Old 06-05-2007, 11:49 AM
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Make a good parts car, if the parts suit your taste..Ruined P.O.S. in my oppinion, but I can't stand pimped cars, no matter what year, make, model they are. It's ruined..and the guy who built it, in very poor taste.. My oppinion.
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Old 06-05-2007, 12:46 PM
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Another good question! That car's about a what, '74 - '78 or so? I could be wrong on that. My recollection of the diesels from that era -- which is when they were new, so that's a little fuzzy through the mists of time -- is that they were incredibly slow off the mark and felt underpowered.

So since Freddy can't burn rubber in a drag race, he pimps her out and makes her dance. Geez....
'76 was the last year for the 115 chassis.
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Old 06-05-2007, 12:54 PM
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It probably DOES feel strong to Freddy. When you put such small wheels on a car which is geared the way these things are, it will allow it to very easily spin/smoke the tires. The ratio, of wheel diameter, to gear ratio is effected. The thing will probably smoke those tires right off of the rims, so he thinks it's strong/powerful, whatever.

Put the correct wheel/tire size on the car, and it becomes a dog again, and can't even break them loose.
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Old 06-05-2007, 01:37 PM
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"powerful diesel engine"

What's an N/A 617 have? 75-80hp?
That's the first thing that caught my eye! Mine is 83 net. It's a lot of things, powerful is not one of them.

That poor, poor car.
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Old 06-05-2007, 09:33 PM
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The incredible p**pmobile!

The incredible pimpmobile has been on ebay a few times now. Nobody wants to pay money for it.
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Old 06-05-2007, 09:43 PM
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I'm pretty sure prolonged exposure to those seats will make you go sterile. Heck, looking at them long enough will.

Poor 115 ... such a nice-looking car doesn't deserve that. Then again, to each his own ... at least someone cares enough to keep it on the road (some road, in some capacity ...).
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always same theme. nice seats.........
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That sure as heck is not a theme I am in agreement with!!! I have retinal scarring from just looking at that interior.
Wouldn't it be ironic for that car to be virtually rust free, yet so defiled in so many other areas.
At least with it hopping the batteries aren't falling through the bottom of the trunk.....
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I think it is the sparkle paint that does it for me! LOL!!

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