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.   
      
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