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The granny tranny has a pto output but mine didn’t have a pto . I also didn’t have the throttle knob.
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 https://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/cto/d/tacoma-1960-mercedes-benz-190-ponton/7215998824.html quote:The time has come to sell our classic Mercedes. Been in our family for about 6 years now and purchased it from a family friend prior which he owned since the early 80s. Reason for sale is because we just don’t have time to enjoy it like we used to. It’s been in a few classic shows and it’s time for someone else to appreciate it. Tell me I'm crazy for wanting to go check out a 1960s Mercedes as a possible daily driver (not that anyone is driving much these days, including me), cause I'm in love with the looks on this car, and it seems like a pretty reasonable price based on some quick googling. Reliability isn't paramount to me, as I don't really have any where to go, and I'm honestly pretty bored with the GTI so this would be a main car (though I also have a motorcycle). Are parts unobtanium or simply difficult to find?
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BUY IT I mean, I have no direct answers to your questions, but fuuuuuuuuck, that thing is cool.
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Parts would be main concern, checking a couple sites real quick (fcp, pelican) I'm not seeing much. Rockauto actually has a somewhat better selection of basic maintenance items. I'm sure you can find most general parts but might be at the mercy of ebay or special interest groups for anything else. IMO buy it, daily drive it and start a thread on here. I've been thinking about selling the newer DD and using one of the older cars since I've gone from ~175 miles a week to under 40.
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The listing title coupled with the map view led me to believe someone made a pontoon boat out of a classic Mercedes lol
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Oct 20, 2020 19:14
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angryrobots posted:Did your dad's truck have a PTO? Nope. As far as I know it was for setting the speed in the field, while loading hay, for example.
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Supposedly Mercedes has all the parts for their old classic cars, so I wouldn't worry about availability. I would worry a bit about  though.
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I reached out to the owner no response yet; I’m gonna at least check it out, you only live once
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Nebakenezzer posted:Is there a thread where y'all can opine (and point and laugh) at a old car I'm currently thinking of buying? The heater cores tend to get clogged with GM's anti-freeze. If you have to replace the heater core, there is a little 90* rubber boot on the evaporator drain on the firewall that will get removed during the process. Make sure you put this back on or the evaporator will leak water under the passenger side carpet. I didn't know this when I replaced the core on my 95 and after a couple weeks I couldn't figure out why the car was starting to smell like a sewer. Upon investigating the backseat, I poked the carpet and it waved like a water bed with the amount of water that had collected there. Also, the nut holding the headlight switch in place is plastic and should be replaced with the metal piece from an 80's GM car. The little plastic pieces on the side door window regulators are a weak point, but kits are made to replace them.
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Oh ya, and the radiators are aluminum with plastic end tanks, which love to crack and fail. They’re not designed to be field-serviceable but you can swap end tanks if you’re careful, and can find intact tanks.
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PeterCat posted:
Ah yes, the plastic slide pieces. And yeah, Dorman sells a replacement. They are rollers and not slides. Also look into deleting the air pump.
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Oct 21, 2020 12:56
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another loser posted:Hmm, I need a beater car for the winter.... It's kind of what I want to make but with a Yaris or Fit for budgetary reasons.
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another loser posted:Hmm, I need a beater car for the winter.... Um, yeah, would. Daily. edit: hmmmmm, this but an LS400... Darchangel fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Oct 21, 2020 |
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Oct 21, 2020 20:32
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mobby_6kl posted:That's awesome, do it (if reasonably priced). It is tempting, and going to go check it out. I was looking to do something dumb with a cheap Cayenne, but this is already done. He's asking $4800 CAD, but I'm sure he's flexible.
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Lacks engine 250,000 km $400   I dunno, a Toyota Tercel but smaller? I bet this thing would get amazing mileage if fixed up.
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Oct 21, 2020 21:57
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Asked for some interior pics, wasn't disappointed 
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That Lexus has been trading hands often, and gets posted in this thread every couple of years. I'm sure it's a horrendous piece of crap at this point.
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another loser posted:Asked for some interior pics, wasn't disappointed Are those shotgun shells and a banana magazine in the... cupholder slot?
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Oct 21, 2020 23:45
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Real gold? https://portland.craigslist.org/nco/cto/d/netarts-1990-mercury-cougar-xr7-sc-rare/7217731068.html
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We were talking about those a few months ago. On my wish list too.
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ADINSX posted:I reached out to the owner no response yet; I’m gonna at least check it out, you only live once Well this ended up being a bit of a waste of time... cars in rougher shape than the ads suggest, carpet doesn't look attached to the floor, the wooden dash looks unfinished with some really out of place looking screws holding it in, headliner is dingy, rubber bits were all dry rotted, etc... Under the car looked relatively rust free, but the diff was leaking oil, engine looked ok. When I went to start it, it weakly turned over then nothing... battery seemed dead. The owner said it had been running just yesterday when some other people saw it. All of that could be forgiven (maybe not for 10k...) but my biggest red flag was the owner didn't know anything about the car, not even where the choke was. Apparently it was his wife's but they've had it for 6 years and neither of them drive it (she didn't know how to drive stick).... how do you keep a car for 6 years without knowing a single thing about it? So my guess it, its essentially sat unused for 6 years, that's why they had the gas tank cleaned out and the carb reworked (which looked clean, so that checked out). But that's a long way off from being something you could be confident in as a daily driver. So anyway, a bit more work than I had in mind, especially at that price... but I think a 70s or 80s mercedes is what I want... I had one in highschool (a 1980 300D) and when I sat in this car, it smelled just like I remembered. No idea how, the two models were 20 years apart, and the memory itself is 20 years old, but it smelled like an old mercedes.
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Nebakenezzer posted:Lacks engine Second gen Paseos were pretty rare in the US. They are mechanically identical to a Tercel (95+ in this case), though I feel like I haven't seen one of those on the road in a years either. Dunno how plentiful they are in junkyards anymore. You'd be looking for a 5E-FE. Or just do it right and drop a 4E-FTE in it.
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opengl128 posted:Second gen Paseos were pretty rare in the US. They are mechanically identical to a Tercel (95+ in this case), though I feel like I haven't seen one of those on the road in a years either. Dunno how plentiful they are in junkyards anymore. You'd be looking for a 5E-FE. Yeah, that's why it jumped out at me; in addition to being Tercel based I'd forgotten the things existed.
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Darchangel posted:Um, yeah, would. Daily. About that... https://www.instagram.com/p/CFK9P5SnI5y/
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So, for $5,300 here is a five speed van the size of a side-by-side, using ATV wheels, driven mostly off road but actually street legal. Also a rear bench with literally no seat belts? quote:Selling my 1993 Honda Acty sdx 4wd.    
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NHSTA Side Impact Rating: We loving hope not
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Nebakenezzer posted:So, for $5,300 here is a five speed van the size of a side-by-side, using ATV wheels, driven mostly off road but actually street legal. Kei vans didn't come with rear seatbelts deep into the 90s if not even further than that. Note too that Actys, like this one, are full-time 4WD and not a true low-range selectable 4WD system like other kei vans. I bet it rides like dogshit on ATV tires especially because this Acty can hit 65 normally. They're cool, daily drove a 91 2WD Acty like this for over 2 years here in Florida without issues. Insanely practical, gas-sipping deathtrap. Price seems pretty fair for Canada but better check for rust. Japan doesn't do winters like North America does. This one is a low-spec version, bet it doesn't even have air conditioning like mine did 
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Krakkles posted:About that... Perfect. Excellent choice of graphics as well. AND she appears to have a lifted Volvo 945 and a V8 Volvo 240 Bertone coupe. https://www.youtube.com/c/NatashasCars/videos
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So if you want a 1991 Pontiac Bonneville SSE for $1500 cdn, I know where one is. It comes with a extra engine, but no side photos, so I guess they didn't move it to take pictures to sell it I just glanced at the interior photos (holy gently caress, is that wood grain or aftermarket...wood?)  and I saw this steering wheel and knew I had to post it 
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That inspired me to find out what the first car with steering wheel controls was and apparently it was indeed a Pontiac. 1986 Pontiac 6000: 
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9/10 I am very disappointed I can't adjust the EQ from the wheel.
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Nebakenezzer posted:and I saw this steering wheel and knew I had to post it Christ, '90s GM interior design. Chunky toylike buttons on the wheel, tiny unusable buttons for the stereo and HVAC on the dash. Oh and lets cover the dash of this sport sedan with incredibly fake woodgrain trim.
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Krakkles posted:About that...  
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I forgot to screenshot the actual ad because I ate a lot of crayons growing up but here's a Mercedes-AMG futuretruck from 1989 It's a one-off promo vehicle for Dekra, a company whose core business seems to be supplying hats to German racing drivers.  'But wait!!' you cry, 'where are the mirrors!?'  It's got old rear end analog cameras connected to CRTs in the dash for mirrors! And satnav! And a fax machine!  I think I had a jacket like this.  Custom glass. There are no spares anywhere.  Here she is back in the day, kind of disappointed they put normal mirrors on but yeah I was wondering how on earth that would've been road legal back in the day. IIRC the dude wanted like 30 grand. Snackula fucked around with this message at 16:49 on Oct 24, 2020 |
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Ror posted:That inspired me to find out what the first car with steering wheel controls was and apparently it was indeed a Pontiac. A 1989 Pontiac 6000 was my first car. Crank windows and a lock up torque converter that wouldn't unlock when the car got warmed up. A loving automatic car that would stall out. But bench seats front and back I would have 6 people in the car many a times taking people home on finals week in high school.
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Number_6 posted:Christ, '90s GM interior design. Chunky toylike buttons on the wheel, tiny unusable buttons for the stereo and HVAC on the dash. Oh and lets cover the dash of this sport sedan with incredibly fake woodgrain trim. You may not like it, but this is what peak automotive design looks like.
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Number_6 posted:...Incredibly fake woodgrain trim. The nineties, summed up into a sentence.
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