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    1971 Imperial Sets Sail For Europe, Joins Mercedes-Benz 600 Traveling Companion

    PCH, You Bought WHAT? Edition: Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman or Lamborghini Urraco?
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    Image of Chuckie_A Chuckie_A
    11/07/08

    In reply to 1971 Imperial Sets Sail For Europe, Joins Mercedes-Benz 600 Traveling Companion
    Shipping the 600 to Germany? Don't they have used car lots in Berlin?
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/07/08

    @Chuckie_A: Yes, and rust.
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    Image of 1300ccsoffury 1300ccsoffury
    11/07/08

    In reply to 1971 Imperial Sets Sail For Europe, Joins Mercedes-Benz 600 Traveling Companion
    Happy cars come from California.
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    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    11/07/08

    In reply to 1971 Imperial Sets Sail For Europe, Joins Mercedes-Benz 600 Traveling Companion
    On some insanely sick level I want to see a demolition derby between these two cars. But I don't want to see them destroyed either.
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    Image of Bret Bret
    11/07/08

    In reply to 1971 Imperial Sets Sail For Europe, Joins Mercedes-Benz 600 Traveling Companion
    That 600 looks familiar. Back in the late 80's, I used to see one in Oakland, by Lake Merrit, from time to time. Wonder if this is that same car?


    That 600 haunted me a little bit. I'd see the 600 on the freeway - silently exiting as I noticed it. Or it would be breezing around a corner, as I was stranded by a red light up the street.


    My attempts to find the car were always fruitless. The Mercedes-Benz 600, to this day, remains an automotive Flying Dutchman to me.

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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    11/07/08

    @Bret: Did the driver have a beard?
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    11/07/08

    @Maxichamp: I don't recall the driver's beard status. If memory serves, he looked a bit professorial.


    Do you know him?

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    11/07/08

    @Bret: I may. I'll ask him.
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    11/07/08

    @Maxichamp: Cool! Ask him if he remembers a kid in a roll caged Fiat Spider, or white Mr2 trying to chase him down.


    It's a small world here in Jalopistan...

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    11/07/08

    @Bret: He owned a brown one in Oakland from 1985 to 1988. Same car you saw?
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    11/07/08

    In reply to 1971 Imperial Sets Sail For Europe, Joins Mercedes-Benz 600 Traveling Companion
    The ride height on the 600 looks OK to my semi-trained eye. Hopefully, it'll go someplace like Kienle Automobiltechnik and get a proper restoration.


    [www.kienle.com]

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    11/07/08

    In reply to 1971 Imperial Sets Sail For Europe, Joins Mercedes-Benz 600 Traveling Companion
    Question for fellow Californians: How do you feel about rust free classics being bought up and exported to Europe and Asia?


    A few months ago, I met a guy at a gas station who was delivering a Citroen SM from LA to the docks to be shipped to Asia. I thought: What a shame.

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    Image of combat chuck combat chuck
    11/07/08

    @Maxichamp: They're takin' our cars!
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    11/07/08

    @combat chuck: But they can never take OUR FREEDOM!
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/07/08

    @combat chuck: Yeah, but these cars will be worshiped over there.
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    11/07/08

    @Murilee Martin: Well the Mercedes will be.
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    11/07/08

    @Maxichamp: Hopefully they won't just be limited to collectors in filthy-rich Japan - one of my perverse fantasies is to cruise the streets of Shanghai in an SM just for a break from all the Cherys and Santanas clogging the highways. Maybe not, say, Cambodia - though South Asia might have some Traction-Avants from the French Indochina days - but there's definitely a burgeoning group of car enthusiasts that would eventually come to appreciate such magnificent iron.


    With all the news of China becoming global, it's a shame there aren't any bigwigs there with the fine taste of classic cars.

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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    11/07/08

    @Maxichamp: I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, it would suck if ALL the good cars got shipped away and we were left with nothing. As it stands now, however, classics are still surprisingly thick on the ground in CA. It would take a pretty massive exodus to make a noticeable dent. I can't tell you how many times I've seen a car advertised as "rare" somewhere else, and later hop on Craigslist SF and find five of the same model for sale.
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    11/07/08

    In reply to 1971 Imperial Sets Sail For Europe, Joins Mercedes-Benz 600 Traveling Companion
    Hop in my Chrysler, it's as big as a whale and it's about to set sail!
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    11/07/08

    @LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: I hear it seats about 20, so come on, bring your jukebox MONEY!
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    11/07/08

    @LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: As much as I love B52s references, Imperial was still its own brand in '71.


    Just sayin'.

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    11/07/08

    @Tomsk: Hop in my rebadged Chrysler, it's as big as a whale!
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    Image of bzr bzr
    11/07/08

    In reply to 1971 Imperial Sets Sail For Europe, Joins Mercedes-Benz 600 Traveling Companion
    Does Clarkson need a parts car or something?
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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    11/07/08

    In reply to 1971 Imperial Sets Sail For Europe, Joins Mercedes-Benz 600 Traveling Companion
    Hmmm, traveling companions of ample comportment.


    Reminds me of . . .


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