Stay up late or set your DVRs for midnight on the Discovery channel. 12am or 11pm central. They are re-airing the episode of Texas Car Wars.

One of the teams buys a non-running 95 S500 for $1700. I only caught the tail end of it so I'll rewatch it later.

So far not so good. Obviously fake staged auctions... Cars are taken apart for no reason other than to look more beat up than it actually is.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Oh joy

"It was worth $85,000 new. If we can get it running its easily worth five grand."

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Oh, I wondered why that door was off leaning against the car at an angle. Yeah, that car might have been worth what, $2000 running? the interior did look nice though.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

It didn't look too bad. it boiled down to having to have someone come out to diagnose it. They told them that it needed a new throttlebody, @$1200, which they didn't do. They sold it at a loss, I believe.

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

yes.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Another reason not to watch that show....IMO the Discovery car shows are awful.

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Remember when TLC, discovery, and history channel had good shows?

Like documentaries and even Junkyard wars....Thank goodness for torrents!

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Junkyard wars was probably one of my favorite shows from the 90s! Small wonder it came out of England though

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

I enjoy the projects they do on Fast and Loud. The staged theatrics, crude comments about women and beer....not so much.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

We should bring Junkyard Wars back to life !

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daw_two
Germantown, TN

Links:
Sold last car --- 05/2012 1984 300D Light Ivory, Red interior
Cluster Needles Paint
New Old Stock (NOS) parts

Past:
3/2008 1986 300SDL "Coda"
04/2010 1965 190D(c) "Ben"
& many more

Same here! I was also a sucker for BattleBots but that wasn't TLC.

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

So ,junkyard wars ,is it guys waiting at the gate til opening then running to fill their parts bag ,for laughs the yard owner leaves 3 pitbulls roaming the yard .If so Ive got the perfect training ground ,the yard owner loves pitbulls and its a bit un nerving when your under a car and you see a 4 legged pit walk by and smell your leg.If it lifted , leaked ,then moved on I dont think I would react,just a sigh of relief.

Crude comments about BEER?
There is a limit to what any man can take.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting