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Johnboy Mac · 2009-03-10 14:17:54

Hi Guys & Gals. Just signed up, found the Classic Car section by pure accident. There seems to be a great cross section of members with many different motors. Anyway I'll contribute where I can and hopefully I can assist since I'm a bit of a car nut in general, particulary for classis of the 60's-80's era. I'm member of a…

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Hi Guys & Gals.

Just signed up, found the Classic Car section by pure accident.

There seems to be a great cross section of members with many different motors.

Anyway I'll contribute where I can and hopefully I can assist since I'm a bit of a car nut in general, particulary for classis of the 60's-80's era.

I'm member of a couple of classic Mercedes-Benz clubs as I run a couple of Merc's and have a backround from within the motor industry.

Cheers,

JohnBoy Mac.

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#2 10-03-2009 2:36pm

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Hi JohnBoy,

you're very welcome. Look forward to your posts. What are you running at the mo? And before everyone else asks, could you post some pics?

I have a 280E W123 as my daily driver, had a W114 230.6 prior to that.

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#3 10-03-2009 2:43pm

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tc20 wrote: »

Hi JohnBoy,

you're very welcome. Look forward to your posts. What are you running at the mo? And before everyone else asks, could you post some pics?

I have a 280E W123 as my daily driver, had a W114 230.6 prior to that.

Hi & thank you.

I've been running a 190E 2.5-16 non cat (RUF) 204bhp man & 2.6 auto which is semi retired.

Sorry no photos at present. Is it difficult to post these?

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#4 10-03-2009 3:36pm

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Welcome.
I've a 350 SL and am itching to get the hardtop off!

Johnboy Mac wrote: »

Sorry no photos at present. Is it difficult to post these?

Real easy to post pics...

Upload the picture using this webpage:
http://wthax.org/
And just copy and paste the code it gives you after into a reply here.

Alternatively you can just "attach" an image by clicking on the paperclip icon () above your draft reply, and follow the instructions.

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#5 10-03-2009 3:55pm

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Dades wrote: »

Welcome.
I've a 350 SL and am itching to get the hardtop off!

Real easy to post pics...

Upload the picture using this webpage:
http://wthax.org/
And just copy and paste the code it gives you after into a reply here.

Alternatively you can just "attach" an image by clicking on the paperclip icon () above your draft reply, and follow the instructions.

Nice car with a lovely V8, the way to go. What's the bodywork like?

I'll take a few photos and try & upload.

Thank you.

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#6 10-03-2009 5:32pm

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Johnboy Mac wrote: »

Nice car with a lovely V8, the way to go. What's the bodywork like?

Shines up nicely. No doubt a bit rough underneath in parts but nothing terminal I think. Most importantly - nice and reliable.

Good luck with your pics...

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#7 10-03-2009 7:03pm

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Welcome on boards john..lots of merc fans on here..:D

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#8 10-03-2009 7:40pm

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carchaeologist wrote: »

Welcome on boards john..lots of merc fans on here..:D

Thank you.

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#9 10-03-2009 9:44pm

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welcome john

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#10 11-03-2009 9:57am

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Welcome John, lovely cars the W201's especially the 16V. I have a '68 W111 280SE Coupe and a '64 230SL Pagoda, W202 C-Class and W209 CLK.

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#11 11-03-2009 2:38pm

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chiefwiggum wrote: »

welcome john

Thank you.

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#12 11-03-2009 2:45pm

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MercMad wrote: »

Welcome John, lovely cars the W201's especially the 16V. I have a '68 W111 280SE Coupe and a '64 230SL Pagoda, W202 C-Class and W209 CLK.

Thank you.

Wow, who's a Merc nut or I should say connoisseur?

I'll have the W111 then as I'm sure you won't miss it!

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#13 11-03-2009 5:00pm

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Welcome John.

W123 driver here, '85 230E auto in fairly good nick, + an '83 200 manual thats feeling a bit tired at the moment.

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#14 11-03-2009 8:29pm

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gyppo wrote: »

Welcome John.

W123 driver here, '85 230E auto in fairly good nick, + an '83 200 manual thats feeling a bit tired at the moment.

Thank you.

Men of good taste,eh?

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#15 12-03-2009 12:12pm

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Johnboy Mac wrote: »

Thank you.

Wow, who's a Merc nut or I should say connoisseur?

I'll have the W111 then as I'm sure you won't miss it!

..................I intend to keep it forever !! I still long for a really minty W123 !

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#16 12-03-2009 2:13pm

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MercMad wrote: »

..................I intend to keep it forever !! I still long for a really minty W123 !

The most under valued and rare Merc which is unique, is my car..............
190E 2.5-16. Get one of those as values are low put starting to rise slowly. Totally different than any other 20yr old Merc and you can get an auto version as well.

That's a top tip which hopefully you'll be thanking me in kind very soon, cash only I'm afraid!

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#17 12-03-2009 7:55pm

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MercMad wrote: »

..................I intend to keep it forever !! I still long for a really minty W123 !

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=59386319&postcount=5

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=59091323&postcount=1

Your prayers are answered MercMad!

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#18 13-03-2009 5:05am

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Johnboy Mac wrote: »

Hi Guys & Gals.

Just signed up, found the Classic Car section by pure accident.

There seems to be a great cross section of members with many different motors.

Anyway I'll contribute where I can and hopefully I can assist since I'm a bit of a car nut in general, particulary for classis of the 60's-80's era.

I'm member of a couple of classic Mercedes-Benz clubs as I run a couple of Merc's and have a backround from within the motor industry.

Cheers,

JohnBoy Mac.

Welcome along, not the biggest merc fan ( soft spot for early 90's merc though... 190e )

plenty more room for more W12x fans.

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#19 13-03-2009 10:10am

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S.I.R wrote: »

Welcome along, not the biggest merc fan ( soft spot for early 90's merc though... 190e )

plenty more room for more W12x fans.

Thank you kind S.I.R.

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#20 13-03-2009 10:12am

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gyppo wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=59386319&postcount=5

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=59091323&postcount=1

Your prayers are answered MercMad!

Really a very nice looking example.

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#21 14-03-2009 9:05pm

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hey there johnboy ,im new to this site myself ,hows things ???:o

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#22 14-03-2009 10:13pm

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xxxevelinexxx wrote: »

hey there johnboy ,im new to this site myself ,hows things ???:o

Hiya, what do you drive?

Things are fair'ish to be candid. Need a new job, new to spend a few bob on my cars and need a holiday! Other than o.k.. How about you?:)

J.

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#23 14-03-2009 10:34pm

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Johnboy Mac wrote: »

Hiya, what do you drive?

Things are fair'ish to be candid. Need a new job, new to spend a few bob on my cars and need a holiday! Other than o.k.. How about you?:)

J.

a sure go for gold ,i have a morris 1000 its been compleatly restored at the moment lets just say its costin a lot more than i was thinking ,my fella n out friend are doin it ,but to be fair,:o i do what i can ,other than that life is quiet and i still have a job so thats always good ,n you is work gone quiet or just would like a change ???

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#24 15-03-2009 3:26am

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Old cars always cost more than they should,but its all part of it IMO.:)

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#25 15-03-2009 4:24pm

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carchaeologist wrote: »

Old cars always cost more than they should,but its all part of it IMO.:)

Yep, set a reasonable figure for restoration and allow an extra 50% again. Worse than adding a house extension!

But the real secret I find to keeping costs 'under control' is to join the relevent club for you car & some good old fashioned research. I always hear of people complaining how much it's costing to overhaul their classic and many times they have either purchased the car without any real prior knowledge of the particular model or see everthing with rose tinted glasses until the hard facts come home to roost.
I've been guilty of this in the past too.

My latest car was purchsed in the U.K. after making several trips to view cars for sale. I ended up buying nearly the cheapest one I came across (not generally advisable) and allowed twice it's purchase cost on a rolling restoration. Well, I've done 30k mls in it over the last 20 months, spent twice its initial cost on it and still need to spend another few grand more. Never ending. But no complaints.

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#26 15-03-2009 4:26pm

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xxxevelinexxx wrote: »

a sure go for gold ,i have a morris 1000 its been compleatly restored at the moment lets just say its costin a lot more than i was thinking ,my fella n out friend are doin it ,but to be fair,:o i do what i can ,other than that life is quiet and i still have a job so thats always good ,n you is work gone quiet or just would like a change ???

If it's the car you wanted it will be worth the cost I'm sure.

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