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Ken J
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Bought a brand new 1980 white, Mercedes-Benz station wagon when I lived in Chicago. I was doing some alarm work at the dealer and fell in love with it when I saw it in the showroom. It was a 5 cylinder diesel. I put 200,000 miles on her over 10 years and she ran like she was new at 200,000. Traded it in for a 1990 M-B 190 2.6, which was a nice car, but I wish I would have kept that wagon. I only traded it in because it needed about $1500 worth of work, just to change out some leaky freeze-plugs. They said they had to pull the engine and tranny to change them. I should have paid the $1500 and kept her. I never spent a dime on her except for replaceable items like tires, batteries, belts and wipers.
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Sparky1
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Location: On the edge.....
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| 1968 hard top soft top convertable corvette, with 427 turbo jet! |
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Tram
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Location: Still Feelin' the Bern- Once you've felt it you can't un- feel it.
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| Ken J wrote: |
| Bought a brand new 1980 white, Mercedes-Benz station wagon when I lived in Chicago. I was doing some alarm work at the dealer and fell in love with it when I saw it in the showroom. It was a 5 cylinder diesel. I put 200,000 miles on her over 10 years and she ran like she was new at 200,000. Traded it in for a 1990 M-B 190 2.6, which was a nice car, but I wish I would have kept that wagon. I only traded it in because it needed about $1500 worth of work, just to change out some leaky freeze-plugs. They said they had to pull the engine and tranny to change them. I should have paid the $1500 and kept her. I never spent a dime on her except for replaceable items like tires, batteries, belts and wipers. |
We have a white 1985 300TDT that's the same way. Just about to hit 300K on the clock. My wife informs me that I'd better start setting time aside on my work calendar to go through it stem to stern, because she is NOT giving it up. Ev-er.
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chickengeorge
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Location: Spokompton Warshington
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Which is your favorite car? |
Im...possible. |
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Major Woody
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Location: Portland, OR
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68-69 Z-28 hardtop
63 Stingray
50-67 VW Kombi or camper Beetlebus NOT "slammed on earlies"
Ford GT40
Sunbeam Tiger
427 Cobra
Fiat 600
1970-71 Pantera
1967 Impala SS 427
1962 Impala bubble top
ah crap, I have to choose one? |
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letthemusicflow
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1977_L63H_P27
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Not a joke...my favorite of ALL time!
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Lee.
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Location: Denver, CO
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58758
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| That gullwing drag car is just insane! |
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letthemusicflow
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shano63 
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I like fake splits best...
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infantibus
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Other than dubs, my dream vehicle is a bagged body dropped 89 ford ranger, stripped to bare metal, convertible. with a mercury marauder drivetrain. shaved everything. caddy tailights, black half body scallops. 4 15 inch subs in the bed with rat fink shifter. and stock police steelie wheels. recessed round headlights behing full billet grill.
I have really given it some thought and probably build it in a couple years.  |
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Emeritusx
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I had one of these in 1974 I hope someday to have another.. The dash is so freakin' cool at night..
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burnt clutch
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I'm partial to these
I'd also take the black Camaro from "Better off Dead", or the '55 Chevy from "2 lane blacktop". |
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mackteck
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'73 RS  |
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TheRustySuper
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| VW bug duh xD |
other than that though, I really like early Mustangs. |
Other than the Beetle...
I'm a fan of pretty much all '50's American Iron. I just love those huge cars, dripping with chrome and massive engines
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myk648
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Russ Wolfe
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| VW bug duh xD |
other than that though, I really like early Mustangs. |
Other than the Beetle...
I'm a fan of pretty much all '50's American Iron. I just love those huge cars, dripping with chrome and massive engines |
235 6 cyl. Ford Flat heads, 265 cu in V8's? Big engines?
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LeviMan2001
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/\ That's what I was wondering! haha /\
But my favorite is this: I don't care how it drives, rides ect. It looks sooo bad ass.
1938 Heinz Phantom Corsair aka The Flying Wombat
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TheRustySuper
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| VW bug duh xD |
other than that though, I really like early Mustangs. |
Other than the Beetle...
I'm a fan of pretty much all '50's American Iron. I just love those huge cars, dripping with chrome and massive engines |
235 6 cyl. Ford Flat heads, 265 cu in V8's? Big engines? |
Massive compared to the little 4cyls that I'm used to driving 
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