Sorry, forgot about fintails. Hate because the bad guys drove them in Goldfinger. :-)

BenT

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On Jan 11, 2013, at 5:13 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote:

> Yes it is a fin-tail body, and it's the one that still has the fender
> mounted marker lights - a carry-over from the 190 ponton body . The 59 220S
> I used to own was a ponton body.
> 
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> Zeitgeist
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 5:53 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: F/you think we have problems? Try owning a MB600
> 
> Ach so...but isn't a '63 190dc actually a Heckflosse body?
> 
> 
> Years ago I outfitted my '73 220D with the rims and hubcaps off of my '82
> Vanagon diesel.  Since they fit and looked so good, I then proceeded to
> debadge all the MB logos and emblems, and replace them with VW
> versions...even the horn badge on the steering wheel.  I had Wolfsburg
> crests front and rear as well as a Type III Variant script on the trunk.
> It got lots of double-takes
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Ben T <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> It you look at my posting, it refers to Tom's pontoon body diesel
>> 190's rather than the 600.
>> 
>> My former RE brokers in the San Francisco Bay Area is still tooling
>> around in his/her SWB 600. They don't have two 600's. The husband and
>> wife team uses it as a taxi of sorts when showing property. That was
>> until they had two of the air bladders in back explode at the same
>> time.:-)
>> 
>> BTW, if anyone is looking for W108 bits, I've got a grill and some
>> e-codes for those puppies. Gigante headlights though not as big as the
>> 600's. I have thought about sticking the grill onto the front of one of my
> Vanagons.
>> It fits, sort of.
>> 
>> 
>> BenT Hugh Moore
>> 
>> sent from my electronic leash
>> 
>> On Jan 11, 2013, at 3:07 PM, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> 
>>> I wonder if you're thinking of the W108 or W114/115 Mercedes.  The
>>> 600 Pullman is a *very* rare animal, and highly unlikely to be
>>> placed into
>> taxi
>>> service for the mere riff raff of the general public.
>> 
> 
> 
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