by "Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
Published 07/05/2017 at 10:47
by "Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
Published 07/05/2017 at 10:47
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Seen maybe a dozen of these cars in my life - here, one example was slowly destroyed, and one will bring great joy to its owner.
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Always thought these were among the coolest things on the road ....
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"deprecated account" (savethei4s)
07/05/2017 at 10:51, STARS: 0
I found a real nice 560 SEL back when I still had the 4Runner and wanted to go check it out as a replacement, but my dad flaked on me and said I’d have to make due.
"fintail" (fintail)
07/05/2017 at 11:07, STARS: 0
Too bad comments are disabled on the first one, I bet the internet peanut gallery was up in arms - people who cry about the fate of a car, but won’t do anything to stop it. Many of these cars can’t be feasibly saved, they are enormous complex money pits, and once past a certain point, take Scrooge McDuck’s vault to bring back to proper condition. Definitely a case of buying the best one you can afford, a dollar saved will be ten dollars spent later on.
I knew Kent Bergsma when he still operated a shop and took normal walk-in customers. He did some work on my fintail over the years, and also on a W126 I used to own.
"DrJohannVegas" (drjohannvegas)
07/05/2017 at 11:16, STARS: 1
nice
(or... ni.ce)
"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
07/05/2017 at 11:35, STARS: 0
Yeah - on that first car not only the sheer neglect, but a bad RHD conversion. It is, sadly, barely a parts car.
"fintail" (fintail)
07/05/2017 at 11:58, STARS: 0
Yeah, not much of value other than maybe some 6.9 specific bits. But someone got their money’s worth, the car lived a good life.
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
07/05/2017 at 13:13, STARS: 0
Oh Kent, I get stuff from him. His stories from being a bush pilot in PNG are nuts. He has some stuff on his site and a video I think. They were writing a book.