Hey did you all see the new york times article about old benz diesels. their theme of the week seems to be diesel cars in general, but had a nice write up about 70s-80's benzs and their collectability. I particularly like the story about the guy that got one for 50 bucks because of a loose vaccuum line. I hope it's ok to post the link. I thought it would be a good topic for discussion of what the "mainstream" media and people think about our passion.


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/automobiles/collectibles/18SMOKE.html?_r=1&ref=automobiles&oref=slogin


Dale

Oh crap...

"
Brady Joy, who owns an import repair shop in Portland, has worked on a number of these cars and said they were popular with the biodiesel crowd because the cars were cheap and their low-tech injections systems “will pass a gallstone without doing damage.” He added, “You wouldn’t want to try that with a new diesel that has $1,000 injectors.”"


Here we go! Lots of Lovecrap conversions on the horizon!

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Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Any talk of "collectability" is hilarious IMHO.

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We've already discussed this article in two other threads.

See:

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=222551

and

http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=222608

I don't see why. What's your rationale?

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

Heartwarming

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90 350sdl