Yep, cost of tires doesn't apply to the 500 bucks if they're sold separately. This car is virtually guaranteed a low-sweat passage through the BS inspection, anyway. Come on, Roten Sau theme, V8 power, plenty of stuff to sell off, and you'd be the heroes of the race- finish in the top third and you'd be a powerful IOE contender. Someone jump on this deal!

man i just saw one of those on the road yesterday.  thing was mint on the outside

Why aren't any of you guys near me?!?!?

Early Bosch Jetronic fuel injection? Does it come with a live-in electrical engineer? Maybe you can win IOE by pushing it into the paddock...

jimeditorial wrote:

Early Bosch Jetronic fuel injection? Does it come with a live-in electrical engineer? Maybe you can win IOE by pushing it into the paddock...

For what it's worth the system in the Benz is so overbuilt that there's very little that goes wrong that can't be fixed through a few hours of attention with some emory cloth.  And I've already done that part.

Come on!  Somebody make me an offer!

I'll even do custom vinyl layouts for your team.  Getting them cut is another story, since I don't have a plotter/cutter yet, but at least you can get pro graphic design without paying for it.

What else can I offer?  A dang shoeshine?

The car is completely drivable.  I'd keep some extra power steering fluid handy and  be sure to lubricate the throttle linkage before you go (it tends to stick at WOT if it sits for a while, which gets interesting, but easily rectified by a shot of WD40 or PB).

Other than that, it's 100% ready for the road mechanically.

This was intended to be my 2009 BA/BE Rally car.  The title thing flummoxed me at the last minute.

Here is ACTUAL PROOF that it is drivable.

Last edited by TWHansen (2009-10-21 04:50 PM)

kalpol wrote:

[also it's way too nice to race!!!!

No, it's way too nice to spend years as a back-burner project in someone's back yard, then get towed to The Crusher. Time for it to start its second career as a glorious race machine!

Last edited by MurileeMartin (2009-10-21 05:35 PM)

Tim, I'm glad you're not closer, I need more projects like I need a hole in the head but that benz is just too sweet.

Someone needs to take this thing off your hands already.   If I had time and a trailer I'd probably come get it and just DD the darn thing.

I'm with Murilee. Someone needs to get this. Fear of early Jetronic? Bah. These LeMons kids can make Spica run, for Pete's sake.

And that van in the video looks like a Mitsubishi. What you're looking for is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4skJ763zjM

I will also consider partial trades of parts and/or parts cars.

I need a radiator and fan clutch assembly and some other bits for a grey-market '86 BMW 528i.  My brother hit a deer with his and we're putting it back together.

I also really need a decent set of wheels and tires for my 1994 Volvo 960 wagon; in fact, I could use a complete 960 with working climate control for parts since my fuse box is all melty.  If it's a job you want to help me with I'll count your labor towards the trade as well.

While we're at it, I've got a '77 MGB with a flaky Zenith Stromberg carburetor that could do with an upgrade.  If any of you are old hands with those and have the parts and knowhow to help me upgrade to twin SU's or something, I'd be interested.

I also have friends that are intent on fielding a team in the Chicago-area LeMons race next year but they have no interest in the Benz or the van.  They demand a stick shift and a car shape.  Again, I am encouraging them to find a 5-speed Volvo, turbo or not, but consideration will be given to whatever you've got.

Last edited by TWHansen (2009-10-21 08:28 PM)

MurileeMartin wrote:

TWHansen wrote:

I also have friends that are intent on fielding a team in the Chicago-area LeMons race next year but they have no interest in the Benz or the van.  They demand a stick shift and a car shape.

I betcha the Blitzen-Benz dudes can find a 4-speed out of an R107, cheap. That's what they used in that chopped 300E. You want their contact info?

As first timers they're more concerned with finishing than with the Index of Effluency.  Meaning they're shopping for the most reliable thing they can get their hands on that isn't a Toyota (see? they're not totally dull!)

Still, your proposal is intriguing and that 300E is one of the most amazing LeMons contraptions I've seen yet.  If there was an Index of Badassery they probably would have won it.  Let's have that contact info.  I'll go pour twenty bucks worth of Smithwick's down one of my friends' necks and see if we can't make something happen.