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G350DT
Date registered: Dec 1899
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| WHY WHY WHY Would xomeone do this
OK one thing that makes a G a G is the cool front end
Why Why Why
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-G-Class-1985-Mercedes-... |
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MarcO
Elite Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Irvington, NY
Vehicle(s): G 500 SWB, Volvo XC90 V8
Posts: 835
| Re: WHY WHY WHY Would xomeone do this
What really floats my boat is the BMW rear valance with the twin exhaust extenders and the essential spoiler. Even the color is special. |
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G350DT
Date registered: Dec 1899
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I think they guy that did this to a G rode the short bus to school |
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MarcO
Elite Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Irvington, NY
Vehicle(s): G 500 SWB, Volvo XC90 V8
Posts: 835
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School???!!! |
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KERR
Date registered: Dec 1899
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that has been on there a few time. if im not mistaken he has like a Sclass station wagon too.
Id say the cars have been hit hard in the front and they just make the stuff to fit. |
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gwagen460swb
Extreme Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Vehicle(s): 280GE SWB, Toyota Highlander, BMW530i, RR HSE
Posts: 513
| Re: WHY WHY WHY Would xomeone do this
I saw this vehicle a couple months on eBay. I was surprised there were even 12 people who bid on it back then. I heard someone say this was for an MTV Pimp My Ride special.
As I mentioned in a previous posting, I hope whoever successfully bids on this will restore at least the exterior of the G to its original state. |
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G350DT
Date registered: Dec 1899
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I believe at this point that the best thing for it is to use it as a Unimog test object in a trials race. I do not think there is anything else that could help the poor thing.
If that was an MTV Pimp my ride then I know I would never let them even see my G let alone touch it. If they did that to my G I would shoot them |
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KERR
Date registered: Dec 1899
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i dont think that is a pimp my ride, Granted they do crap body work but they make up for it in the $15-25K worth of free stereo stuff. That G has stock stereo stuff.
Also if you look real close in picture 8, He has some sort of crashed car on block behind the G with a cover over it. Then in picture 10 and 11 on the left side of the screen you can see a E class front end in picture 10 but in picture 11 you can see a ML rear end.
I would not pay more than $10k for that if it was mine. Most of the stuff is junk on there not to mention what it would cost to fix back to a correct G. |
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Braingears
Expert
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: St Petersburg, FL
Vehicle(s): G320 & ML320
Posts: 1450
| Re: WHY WHY WHY Would xomeone do this
Buy the ORC fiberglass front end and panels just replace it... |
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AlanMcR
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, CA, Los Altos
Vehicle(s): G300DT E300DT 230SL
Posts: 3500
| Re: WHY WHY WHY Would xomeone do this
Braingears - 8/10/2006 12:08 PM
Buy the ORC fiberglass front end and panels just replace it...
If my G ever suffers front end damage, that is exactly what I will do. Never mind the weight savings, the improved engine access justifies the swap. |
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MarcO
Elite Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Irvington, NY
Vehicle(s): G 500 SWB, Volvo XC90 V8
Posts: 835
| Re: WHY WHY WHY Would xomeone do this
Oh, but what about the rear spoiler and the BMW X5 rear valence that marries so well to the rear quarter panel. I gotta get me one of those and the exhaust extenders to.
Wow. |
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G350DT
Date registered: Dec 1899
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Someone buy the thing and put it on tour as the best modified G ever. Hell beast the pope mobile |
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Braingears
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: St Petersburg, FL
Vehicle(s): G320 & ML320
Posts: 1450
| Re: WHY WHY WHY Would xomeone do this
I do not know what happened... but the it was removed from eBay |
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gwagen460swb
Extreme Veteran
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Vehicle(s): 280GE SWB, Toyota Highlander, BMW530i, RR HSE
Posts: 513
| Re: WHY WHY WHY Would xomeone do this
Maybe they saw our comments here on this site or were alerted by someone else who knows our site. We spooked them away. Hehehe!!! I even checked the completed eBay listings to confirm owner removal or someone who offered a "good" price for the thing--nothing there.
There is an interesting red cabrio that runs on gas and propane. Anyone checked the VIN to confirm specs and 1980 year model? |
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Braingears
Expert
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: St Petersburg, FL
Vehicle(s): G320 & ML320
Posts: 1450
| Re: WHY WHY WHY Would xomeone do this
gwagen460swb - 8/11/2006 11:04 AM Maybe they saw our comments here on this site or were alerted by someone else who knows our site. We spooked them away. Hehehe!!! I even checked the completed eBay listings to confirm owner removal or someone who offered a "good" price for the thing--nothing there. There is an interesting red cabrio that runs on gas and propane. Anyone checked the VIN to confirm specs and 1980 year model? That was on there about a year ago. |
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DUTCH
Administrator Doppelgänger
Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: US, GA, Atlanta
Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter
Posts: 9963
| Re: WHY WHY WHY Would xomeone do this
Braingears - 8/11/2006 11:54 AM
gwagen460swb - 8/11/2006 11:04 AM Maybe they saw our comments here on this site or were alerted by someone else who knows our site. We spooked them away. Hehehe!!! I even checked the completed eBay listings to confirm owner removal or someone who offered a "good" price for the thing--nothing there. There is an interesting red cabrio that runs on gas and propane. Anyone checked the VIN to confirm specs and 1980 year model? That was on there about a year ago.
Out of a dealer in Flint, MI as I remember. I guess this buyer on the East Coast didn't like it. |
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