01 Jan 70 00:00, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN>>> Does anyone know where I can get a 199x Mercedes for $500 for
 RN>>> parts?

 RW>>> LOL! Already?

 RN>> Just playing it safe.  (-:  Didja ever try priving various parts on
 RN>> one of them?

 RW>> I know that my friend Harry refused to work on them. Price of parts
 RW>> was one barrier, overly-complicated engineering was another. I know
 RW>> someone GAVE him a MB that had been sitting in a field for years.
 RW>> It sat outside the shop for quite a while, then someone inquired
 RW>> about the sale of that MB.

 RN> I see them all over town here, but am unable to track the owners
 RN> down.  I do have a mechanic friend who knows where I can get one and
 RN> we've been unable to set up a date to look it over.  Knowing what the
 RN> price of replacement parts for one is, I decided to plan ahead.  This
 RN> one is running fine and I have no complaints yet.

Put an ad in the paper and state that you'll buy old MBs, running or not.
Offer them enough to cover the cost of a tow truck taking them off to a
salvage yard and a few dollars for the scrap metal. Pull what you think
you'll need and scrap the rest. Who knows, you just might break even.

 RW>> He figured that getting it running so it could be sold might bring
 RW>> a profit, but when all else was said, it cost too much to repair
 RW>> for what he got out of it. I see it on the streets here in town
 RW>> occasionally, but I wonder about the cost of maintainence to keep
 RW>> it on the road.

 RN> I wouldn't sell this one.

I wouldn't have one. Although I might offer you my HD in a swap for a
late-model, low mileage one. 2008 or newer.

                R\%/itt


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