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17968 messages, Last post on Nov 30, 2009 at 6:45 AM
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 03, 2008 12:03 pm) If anything, maybe nice period style wheels would suit these cars (no 20+ inch chrome monsters). I also don't like the SEC grilles/hoods adopted to fit that period's E class sedans or coupes. They seem too wide and not a nice fit in my opinion.
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...a poorly restored 1971 MGB, (had red-orange overspray on the tires) and a late 1980s Dodge Omni - kind of reminded me of my Mom's old car.
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 03, 2008 1:10 pm) That is a bad paintjob when the TIRES get overspray. |
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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 03, 2008 12:59 pm) I have seen those dumb SEC grilles all the way down to W201/190 series cars - and on everything up from there. I don't think they look right at all, especially on a sedan.
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 03, 2008 1:28 pm) I also wasn't a big fan of any 80s MB with the stand up hood ornament rtemoved and replaced with a gigantic grille mounted one. Most looked out of place imo except on models that had it originally from the factory.
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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 03, 2008 1:31 pm) Here's a good example of grille star badness, from CL...this one is noteworthy as it has the grille star and still has the hood star.
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 03, 2008 1:51 pm) I too liked to look at the star when driving.  Very nice feeling.
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Replying to: boomchek (Nov 03, 2008 9:58 am) 5900+ euros repairs mit(with) mwst(don't know what that means). 11000 euros parts ohno(without) mwst. also, 'bi turbo' did not translate over to the actual engine either.
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Yeah, well, me neither until I googled it. Anyway, last weekend out in Missouri wine country (no jokes please), I'd just come around a corner and saw what my instant impression said was a F50, except, well, shrunk. After I came to my senses I realized I didn't know what the hell it was but luckily turned into the same parking lot as this guy and was able to get a good look at it. It's pretty much styled like your 8th-grade-boy-fantasy-car-to-get-the-chick-with-big-boobs drawings I made in math class. However, after looking it up and seeing that it does 0-60 in 3.2 and costs under $80 large, I'm intrigued. You do however have to put it together yourself...
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Nov 03, 2008 3:56 pm) I did see in the tuner paperwork that a Mosselman biturbo system was mentioned, that was an aftermarket system made for the Euro market. Probably not cheap to rebuild or replace. |
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