[R129 SL] R129LIST Digest, Vol 49, Issue 12

[William Ricketts]

Hi Peter et al;

We'll be around 24 degrees C tonight ourselves, minus 24 that is!  Bit of a cold snap, but Wilson (98 SL500) is doing very well in the cold...excellent heating system that I will continue to test for cold weather performance.

But I do envy your temperature and rally weather, enjoy!

Bill
Halifax, Canada
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter S 
  To: SL Mailing List 
  Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:43 PM
  Subject: Re: [R129 SL] R129LIST Digest, Vol 49, Issue 12


  Hi Henry,

  It takes ages, but I have gleaned a lot of production figures etc for Merc Benz Cars off the net, and some of the data sits in files that I have on 3 PC's.  Luckily I have a SATA drive backup of all our home and office PC's in case something crashes!

  However, the figures I grabbed for yesterdays email came from a book by Robert Nitske.  He wrote a number of books on Mercedes Benz cars and is the owner of a Wankel C111 (Only about 5 were made) - never went into production.  The book I have covers production cars from 1946 to 1995 and has some interesting information - I believe this book is a must for Mercedes Benz enthusiasts. I do have about 50 books on Mercedes Benz Cars though!  The book only has production model numbers up to 1992 and there may be a later edition out now as the book keeps getting updated.  

  Wikipedia on the net is also a very interesting source of information, and some of the information is misplaced.  For instance, production years for MB cars for 1980 to the present day seems to sit under Mercedes Benz C111 (just google Mercedes Benz C111 - Wiki and you should have the site available to log onto.) 

  There are also sites (reference is in my high speed home PC) that display an array of the fuel use, acceleration details etc of every model from about 1940 to today.  You can not download or even print from this site, but, you can view and write out details if required.  If interested, I will get the website details for this information.   

  Hope this information helps.
  Our "Tour de Tararua", Mercedes Benz Rally starts at 5 pm tonight (4 day Rally around the mid lower central North Island of New Zealand), so have just got a Warrant of Fitness (MOT in the UK), and have washed the 123 and the 129 so am all ready and gassed up!  Temperature is 24 degrees C at the moment so the rest of the day could be 'warm'.  Have a few reports and specifications to write before I can begin the long weekend.

  Kind Regards, and have a great weekend, Peter S.  

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Mainwari8 at aol.com 
    To: r129list at mbcoupes.com 
    Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 4:11 AM
    Subject: Re: [R129 SL] R129LIST Digest, Vol 49, Issue 12



    In a message dated 1/14/09 6:47:51 PM, r129list-request at mbcoupes.com writes:



      From: "Peter S" <joyce.pm at xtra.co.nz>



    HI Peter, Read your e mail on the R129 site with interest. I'm interested in getting production figures for all the R129 years (1990-2002) and sales figures for the USA foR those years. I'd appreciate any suggestions you have on sources for this info. 
    Thanks
    Henry
    1998 SL500


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