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grizz Probably posted too much REZIN ROCKIT......🚀 Posts: 28,504	Just because it made me smile....grizz @grizz
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	1966 Chevy C10 V8 REDNECK EXPRESS. (Restoration now) GRIZZ-POD Build Thread grizzmakes.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-birth-of-grizzmakes.html IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE. .

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grizz Probably posted too much REZIN ROCKIT......🚀 Posts: 28,504	Just because it made me smile....grizz @grizz
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	1966 Chevy C10 V8 REDNECK EXPRESS. (Restoration now) GRIZZ-POD Build Thread grizzmakes.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-birth-of-grizzmakes.html IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE. .

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grizz Probably posted too much REZIN ROCKIT......🚀 Posts: 28,504	Just because it made me smile....grizz @grizz
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	Last Edit: Nov 14, 2023 7:35:12 GMT by grizz 1966 Chevy C10 V8 REDNECK EXPRESS. (Restoration now) GRIZZ-POD Build Thread grizzmakes.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-birth-of-grizzmakes.html IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE. .

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grizz Probably posted too much REZIN ROCKIT......🚀 Posts: 28,504	Just because it made me smile....grizz @grizz
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	1966 Chevy C10 V8 REDNECK EXPRESS. (Restoration now) GRIZZ-POD Build Thread grizzmakes.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-birth-of-grizzmakes.html IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE. .

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grizz Probably posted too much REZIN ROCKIT......🚀 Posts: 28,504	Just because it made me smile....grizz @grizz
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	Now this is a serious post. Most/many of you know I am a South African originally, not been back for almost 11 years. I love the life I have here, miss little things from time to time, but am more than happy living as a Brit. My dad was one who drove white Mercedes Benz’s and had a stack light 230 at one point in the mid 70’s It certainly was partly a symbol of success for many, and partly about reliability for him. I think mostly though, reliability and the cars attributes were what he wanted, he was never flashy. However……. Think Apartheid South Africa of the era, and black kids would see these cars as hugely aspirational. I have discovered a group on FB that have taken a love of older Benz’s and a sharp sense of humour and pride in their rides and made it a thing. Looking at the pics posted in the group, I long to be part of their group, having liked these cars for as long as I can remember. The dress code at events is 100% Fun and a poke at the rich (Indebted/overdrawn) white farmers of the 80’s 70’s and before. So what you see are a caricature of times gone by. I love it. PRIDE in it all. Lots of restoring going on in the scene.
	Last Edit: Nov 14, 2023 9:22:40 GMT by grizz 1966 Chevy C10 V8 REDNECK EXPRESS. (Restoration now) GRIZZ-POD Build Thread grizzmakes.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-birth-of-grizzmakes.html IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE. .

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pedalcarjoe Posted a lot Posts: 2,104	Just because it made me smile....pedalcarjoe @pedalcarjoe
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	I'm in I have always liked that style of Mercedes and still do. From memory I think I have only owned two W123's and always said I'd have another but that is looking less likely these days. looking forward to more pics


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disastra98 Part of things Posts: 890	Just because it made me smile....disastra98 @disastra98
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The Cat Herder Part of things Posts: 97	Just because it made me smile....The Cat Herder @thecatherder
	Nov 18, 2023 5:40:10 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	(Mods: if this is pushing the boundaries of taste, go ahead and delete. Won’t hurt my feelings.) We were driving through town a while back and I could see this little red car zipping in and out of traffic behind me. As it got closer, I could here the tell-tale sounds of a tuned turbo motor… Brraaappp…pssshhhhh…pop…pop… When it got close enough, could see it was a Fiesta ST with all the right mods, lowered, fat tires, dark windows, looked like someone plucked it off the Southend sea front and dropped it into the middle of Kansas. Nice. When the driver pulled in front of me at the next light, I mentioned to my wife “that guys probably British.” She asked how I figured that… the license plate… I guess the arbiters of taste at the Kansas DMV aren’t well versed on British slang. But then I had to have a long conversation with my Kansas born and bred wife about male canine reproductive organs and now they are used as a signal something is good or bad. Fun times.
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bmcnut Posted hell of a lot Posts: 5,985	Just because it made me smile....bmcnut @bmcnut
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disastra98 Part of things Posts: 890	Just because it made me smile....disastra98 @disastra98
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glenanderson Club Retro Rides Member Posts: 4,332 Club RR Member Number: 64 Member is Online	Just because it made me smile....glenanderson @glenanderson Club Retro Rides Member 64
	Nov 19, 2023 3:55:39 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	That era of Merc always puts me in mind of my dad’s brothers, Alf and Don, who had a succession of them when I was a kid. Don was still driving a W123 up until the early 2000s.
	My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...

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disastra98 Part of things Posts: 890	Just because it made me smile....disastra98 @disastra98
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grizz Probably posted too much REZIN ROCKIT......🚀 Posts: 28,504	Just because it made me smile....grizz @grizz
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	Nov 19, 2023 3:55:39 GMT glenanderson said: That era of Merc always puts me in mind of my dad’s brothers, Alf and Don, who had a succession of them when I was a kid. Don was still driving a W123 up until the early 2000s. Interesting My dad was one of 10 kids, 5 boys, 5 girls. Mum was one of 6 one boy and 5 girls. Born in 1935/38 respectively. Two of dads brothers, drive them, one being a farmer who did over 600k miles in his diesel. One or two of mums sisters and her brother as well. Perception and reality of use in Africa I guess. Today those to me are just very basic with and expectation of reliability. And a certain emotional pull.
	1966 Chevy C10 V8 REDNECK EXPRESS. (Restoration now) GRIZZ-POD Build Thread grizzmakes.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-birth-of-grizzmakes.html IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE. .

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redratbike Posted a lot Posts: 1,810	Just because it made me smile....redratbike @redratbike
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	saw this www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/848390067075059/ an and thought of one of these


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truckdoctor Part of things mgb roadster Posts: 533	Just because it made me smile....truckdoctor @truckdoctor
	Nov 23, 2023 21:14:09 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	NSU


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pedalcarjoe Posted a lot Posts: 2,104	Just because it made me smile....pedalcarjoe @pedalcarjoe
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	Nov 23, 2023 21:14:09 GMT truckdoctor said: NSU very nice


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disastra98 Part of things Posts: 890	Just because it made me smile....disastra98 @disastra98
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disastra98 Part of things Posts: 890	Just because it made me smile....disastra98 @disastra98
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