I'm a sucker for high displacement engines, this time it's a 6.9L benz (Page 3 of 5)

I'm not too sure which rims are on the car but the 6.9 had one off wheels that are a little wider.  People who need them will kill to have them.  They were offered on 6.9 only.

Check the casting numbers.

there's also a bunch of parts on the car that are worth a small mint if i wasn't using the hydropneumatic stuff:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hydropneumatic- … mp;vxp=mtr

but it's just too cool not to use it. also, i don't have springs and shocks with the miata stuff, so i'd have to buy some anyways.

it's ok. i still think it was a good deal for free, even without the original wheels but that means the spare in the trunk may be a 15".

besides, last time i tried to apply a credit from selling wheels to a Lemons build, Phil said no go since it's considered a safety item. so even if i had rims worth $500 i'd sell them but could not apply it towards the build.

If you're coming over this way to pickup some junk, you could bring a trailer full of junk to get rid of.  A title is required for a complete-ish car, but if it is chopped into small parts, or is a random collection of parts it's no problem to drop and get $270/ton.  The usual rules apply: all fluids drained, freon evac-ed, gas tanks removed or cut open, etc.

My problem with that is that the car is worth less without the wheels, so why not offset purchase price with wheels sold?  As long as they came with the car... Potential solution: buy car without wheels for $x, and then wheels separately for $y.

I mean Phil classed our '65 Rambler in class C up until last year. Complete with Injected Chevy 454. Added 2 blowers (the 3800 buick ones) Class C. After blowing that all to hell (the blowers not the motor) added a Donated Holley and a Performer intake. Class C. Never a penalty lap. I will claim to know Phil but I have never ever thought he would class our car differently or give any kind of preferential treatment. It's also sort of understood that should I or my teammates actually get our act together and attempt to really "race" the car and start winning that he would class us accordingly. Nobody on the team really wants to win....we just like to play. We stop for lunch.....do 30 min fuel stops....start late....hey, we are there to have fun. Phil did finally class us in B last year. Not sure what-in-the-hell he sees in us....LOL! Mind you the car IS B class material.....just not the fools driving it....

thing is, i'm starting to get e-mails rolling on for some of the bits on the car that i would have never expected. i just got an offer for $250 for the front bumper and $100 for each headlight.

so i'm altering the plan a bit, i'm going to keep the mercedes chassis around during the build so i can sell as much as possible from it. i want to get enough money from it to turbo the 6.9L benz motor.

so help me keep peace with my wife and get this thing out of my driveway to make room for the decrepit merc: http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewt … p?id=26028

yup, i've been hearing lots of this already and same thing as the airplane guys, i got it for cheap because nobody else wanted it. at least i'm giving the parts a 2nd life.

Factory dry-sump?      that has domination written all over it!!!

Just in case you need more Jeep chassis http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/4386326200.html

damn, this thing up up a hell of a fight. but i won!

and here are two blurry cell phone pictures. i went ahead and ordered a digital camera to replace the one i lost so i can get better pictures of this project again.

i'll try to get back out there this weekend and strip it all down. and no, i don't have a way to weigh it right now. trying to find someone with a scale that goes that high.