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Topic: Here she is Boys. Our next Lemon...

http://nsf-racing.com/web_images/mb_69_1979.jpg

She is a 1979 Mercedes 450SEL 6.9 - 4380 lbs. of love, combined weight. 

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What could possibly go wrong?  Looks fantastic!

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Toothless Racing Deadbeats #110 2011 Summit Point (61st) Currently being rebuilt into the new car!

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Excellent!

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It's been done.

Justice...with a smile.

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I mean outstanding...good luck.

Justice...with a smile.

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Has someone really run a M-100 Mercedes?  How did they do.  These cars are really rare.  This one suffered an engine fire, hole in the sun roof and mold in the cabin.

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Nobody has ever run an M100 engine in Lemons. We've had a couple of W116s with veggie-oil-fueled diesels at Altamont. They did pretty well.

The 6.9 is definitely on our short list of cars we'd like to see in Lemons.

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white wall tires on a Mercedes.......... priceless.

whatever it was i didn't do it
dorifto dogs E30 - gone but not forgotten

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i have a 6.9 i was planning to shove in my 108 with a Merc 4 speed.

the Syndicate - 30 losses and counting ...
89 VW Jettarosa - #337 (11 motors later) <> 67 Mercedes 200 - #200, winner "most with the least" MSR Feb 11, IOE at MSR June 11 <> 88 Mercedes 560 SEL <> 76 Mercedes SLC - IOE at ECR March 13 <> now pimping performance parts for 1970-1980's Mercedes SEL, SEC, SL, SLC's

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I have a W112 Coupe that has a M-100 6.3 in it.  It's a love hate relationship with everything M-100 and air suspension.  Is your 72 300SEL a W108?  I thought they were all W109's w/ air suspension. 



I feel like we are talking in code.

Mercedes Nerds...

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soldmystang wrote:

white wall tires on a Mercedes.......... priceless.

Classic difference between you and me, I had to go back and look at the tires.  I did notice the boots and jeans though.

I want to live or die trying.

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On my tombstone...

A fair skinned red head was the death of him.

Justice...with a smile.

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http://nsf-racing.com/web_images/black_eims_69.jpg

I am working in Chicago this week.  Glen and his girlfriend picked up the car.  The first thing they did was change the wheels.   

Oh the humanity!

B

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hajie wrote:
soldmystang wrote:

white wall tires on a Mercedes.......... priceless.

Classic difference between you and me, I had to go back and look at the tires.  I did notice the boots and jeans though.

Oh yeah there's a car in the picture too.

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it is a 109, my daily driver sled is a 108.  I bought the 109 thinking I would swap the air ride over, but after research just replaced the coils on the 108 with bags. 

My plan is to pull the suspension on the 109 and sell it to some assuies.  From there I'll just swap over some junkyard 108 parts.  I have a 4 speed from a 450sl and the rear end and motor from a 116 i junked out.

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/59590_477944187149_669992149_6866536_5927504_n.jpg

the Syndicate - 30 losses and counting ...
89 VW Jettarosa - #337 (11 motors later) <> 67 Mercedes 200 - #200, winner "most with the least" MSR Feb 11, IOE at MSR June 11 <> 88 Mercedes 560 SEL <> 76 Mercedes SLC - IOE at ECR March 13 <> now pimping performance parts for 1970-1980's Mercedes SEL, SEC, SL, SLC's

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Judge Scott wrote:

On my tombstone...

A fair skinned red head was the death of him.

i"m not that hazardous to your health

Yee-Haw 2010 "Most Heroic Fix" & "I Got Screwed" -2 trophies for 1 lap, but I took checkered on my lap.
Gator-O-Rama 2012 "Organizers Choice" -2 laps 1 trophy, but i still finished ahead of an E30
Yee-Haw 2013 No trophy -26 laps, I think I see a pattern here
Gator-O-Rama 2014 "Waiting for the Last Minute Call from the Governor Award" -who's counting? John

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Judge Scott wrote:

On my tombstone...

A fair skinned red head was the death of him.

It must be something about Texas.   I still mourn the loss of a fair-skinned Texas red headed lass with cute freckles.   Still makes my heart go pitter-pat.

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IOE winner in Super Snipe v2.0 -- Buttonwillow 2016
"Every Super Snipe in Lemons has won an IOE!"

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red heads  are like that  wild  horse , beautiful  but  can kill you  with  one  good  buck

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CowDriver wrote:
Judge Scott wrote:

On my tombstone...

A fair skinned red head was the death of him.

It must be something about Texas.   I still mourn the loss of a fair-skinned Texas red headed lass with cute freckles.   Still makes my heart go pitter-pat.

Well come on down, John is always somewhere in the paddocks...

El Capitan de Substandard Racing -  Houston, Tx
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2010 Gator-O-Rama: 1973 Gremlin - Gremlin Express, Lassiez le Crapheaps Roulette - Gremlin - Most Heroic Fix
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Judge Scott wrote:

On my tombstone...

A fair skinned red head was the death of him.

Oh beat the drum slowly, and play the fife lowly...

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Nigerian Taxi theme????

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SWEET.....can't wait to see a 6.9 out there!!!!

Richard Doty
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http://nsf-racing.com/web_images/69_engine.jpg
http://nsf-racing.com/web_images/69_inside.jpg
http://nsf-racing.com/web_images/69_enough_said.jpg

We started it today.  Good oil pressure and a bottle of seafoam in the tank.  No smoke!!

B

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You should register for the race as early as possible, so you can reserve the much-sought-after number 69. We'll let you put a decimal point on the door numbers.

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Number 69.  Done.

An old friend of mine stoped by the shop today to see what was going on.  He just about died when he saw the car.  He and his wife tried to buy the car from me about 7-8 years ago. 

"This is not the same car" 
Yes it is, really. 
"Oh my wife would kill you if she saw what you are doing to it."   
Ya, tell her to get in line.  The whole M-100 universe will put a hit on us if they found out. 
"Well, that may be.  I'd still watch out for my wife.  She's going to kill you."

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