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Old 02-14-2010, 03:45 PM
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Look what I just bought!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14814619@N07/4147178529/in/set-72157622907110464/

Drives superbly, needs a little fettling to get up to standard, but, Well pleased so far...

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Old 02-14-2010, 03:48 PM
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Nice! The parking brake knob needs to go.
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Old 02-14-2010, 03:55 PM
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Simply beautiful!!! Very very nice!!
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Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Great color. Painted hubcaps are a plus.
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Wow. What a beautiful car.

By the way, thanks for your help over on my thread about no start/IP problems. You were right.
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Old 02-14-2010, 04:09 PM
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That's a beautiful car!
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Old 02-14-2010, 04:46 PM
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Wow. What a beautiful car.

By the way, thanks for your help over on my thread about no start/IP problems. You were right.

Glad to be of help......Although I cant remember the thread now!--Getting more and more 'senior moments' these days!

The colour in real life is slightly different. Its sorta Baige, --but with a hint of green...If that Makes Any Sense!

Cant quite believe it really, Saw it on fleagay, and paid a fair amount--Please dont ask how much!--Still cringe when I think about it--I basically 'bet' all I had for it!
--Still in dog-house with O/H.....
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-Most recent M.B. purchase, Cost-a-plenty, Gulps BioDiesel extravagantly, and I love it like an old dog.

W114, 1975 280E Custard Yellow,
-Great above decks needs chassis welding--Really will do it this year....
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Don't you typically not see many 123's over there nowadays? How did this one survive?
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Old 02-14-2010, 04:55 PM
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Don't you typically not see many 123's over there nowadays? How did this one survive?

Thats the trouble, That four letter word kills 'em all. Not many left now. I do 500 miles a week, If I see 1 or 2 W123, Thats a LOT!

Guys in nice warm places overseas are just SO lucky! Here in U.K (Pronounced Yuck!), we wage a constant war with, RUST.
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-Most recent M.B. purchase, Cost-a-plenty, Gulps BioDiesel extravagantly, and I love it like an old dog.

W114, 1975 280E Custard Yellow,
-Great above decks needs chassis welding--Really will do it this year....
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Old 02-14-2010, 04:57 PM
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Beautiful! Added one of your photos to my faves. Congrats!
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Old 02-14-2010, 05:05 PM
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Damn man.... Nice looking car!!
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Old 02-14-2010, 05:10 PM
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Guys in nice warm places overseas are just SO lucky! Here in U.K (Pronounced Yuck!), we wage a constant war with, RUST.
Not in Michigan... Here's my Bora after a winter weekend's drive:



And for some reason they don't sell many cars here with headlamp cleaners But anyway... nice score with that TD! I love the red interior.

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Old 02-14-2010, 05:24 PM
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Agree with the red interior!

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Old 02-14-2010, 05:38 PM
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Cant quite believe it really, Saw it on fleagay, and paid a fair amount--Please dont ask how much!--Still cringe when I think about it--I basically 'bet' all I had for it!
--Still in dog-house with O/H.....
There is nothing wrong with paying top dollar for a really exquisite example of something. And THAT is such an auto. You simply can't expect to get something that nice on the cheap, and there's nothing wrong with that.
Having said that, good luck with SWMBO. I know how that goes.....

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'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
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