HMC New CHUMMY

[wuvvum]

On 26/09/2025 at 18:24, HMC said:

Its a “320 CDI L” but confusingly has a 3.0l V6- its hardly like the “320” label was some sort of iconic calling card for MB after all.

Same engine as my C Class.  My reasoning is that the 3-litre OM642 replaced the 3.2-litre OM613, and Mercedes didn't want to make customers think they were getting a downgrade by changing the model designation from 320 to 300, especially as the new engine was more powerful than the old one.  That is pure conjecture though.

[HMC]

6 hours ago, wuvvum said:

Same engine as my C Class.  My reasoning is that the 3-litre OM642 replaced the 3.2-litre OM613, and Mercedes didn't want to make customers think they were getting a downgrade by changing the model designation from 320 to 300, especially as the new engine was more powerful than the old one.  That is pure conjecture though.

Wonder if thats the earliest instance of MB going against their fairly sober, rigid and descriptive model naming policy. 

[hairnet]

7 quid for a mag now

ouch

wonder why dont buy them anymore

[Dick Cheeseburger]

On 04/10/2025 at 17:03, captain_cal said:

Neat, I remember seeing the pic of this on the Bodinnick ferry but didn't realise you bought it from Fowey.

Went to school there and now live very local (in fact folks still live there) and have never seen it in my life!

Ditto. I'm only 20 minutes from Fowey. 

[wuvvum]

6 hours ago, HMC said:

Wonder if thats the earliest instance of MB going against their fairly sober, rigid and descriptive model naming policy. 

Well if you discount the 450SEL 6.9 and the earlier 300SEL 6.3, the W114 250 was fitted with a 2.8-litre engine in some markets.

[HMC]

Fleet news-

Merc s class is class. It might have done nearly 200k but it is working perfectly (at least today!) 

Meanwhile i sold the swift on, for the price i paid for it…

Because? well - i usually have little to no reason to sell a car, but with VSCC glory* in mind, I decided in the face of a 1.1L plucky brit vs 3.3l ford model in the same class needed levelling.

How to do that? Get a model A? Or just buy something with a massive engine, left field, and ratty enough to trial? In the end I decided to get down and dirty with vehicles of the same displacment- and get hold of a 1929 7 chummy…

 

[Matty]

My God that is magnificent. The genesis of modern motoring in my eyes.

[stuboy]

dont mick fleetwood own one?

[Schaefft]

I know that Austin is the spectacular purchase here but I really want that W221! Incredible what so little money can buy you nowadays.

[flat4alfa]

1 hour ago, stuboy said:

dont mick fleetwood own one?

Since he was in his twenties

It’s called ‘Lettuce Leaf’. His children named it that and the name stayed

[High Jetter]

12 minutes ago, flat4alfa said:

Since he was in his twenties

It’s called ‘Lettuce Leaf’. His children named it that and the name stayed

Droopy handle, tho...😀

[flat4alfa]

21 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Droopy handle, tho...😀

I wonder if….

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[stuboy]

21 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Droopy handle, tho...😀

lets not mention side effects of magical powders of the 70s...lol

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, flat4alfa said:

I wonder if….

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Rumours, tho, that's bollocks. 

[N Dentressangle]

On 12/10/2025 at 23:49, flat4alfa said:

Since he was in his twenties

It’s called ‘Lettuce Leaf’. His children named it that and the name stayed

I'm guessing that pic is Hawaii, where he's lived for years.

Encountering Mick Fleetwood in an Austin 7 on the backroads of Maui. Surreal