● M e r c e d e s - B e n z C l u b o f A m e r i c a , S e a t t l e S e c t i o n ● May 4-5 th LeMay — Americas Car Museum Tour And Griots Garage Detailing, Tacoma May 18-22 nd StarTech 2013, Birmingham, AL. June 21-22 nd Radioactive Tour, Richland, Tri-Cities July 6th SOVREN—Pacific NW Historics, Kent July 14th Summer Night Drive to Dinner, Bellevue July 21st Forest Grove Concours, Oregon August 11th Regional Show & Shine, Mountlake Terrace December 7th Holiday Gala, Mukilteo Officers & Board Members ............... 2 From the President’s Desk................ 2 Radioacve Weekend ....................... 3 Welcome New Members .................. 4 Next MBCA Board Meeng .............. 4 LeMay & Griots Tour (cont’d) ........... 5 Interested In Membership? .............. 5 Joy in the Auto Graveyard. ............... 6-7 Member Featured Car ...................... 7 SOVREN Car Corral 2013 .................. 8 Upcoming Events .............................. 8 Forest Grove Concours ..................... 9 Mercedes Auto Recap ...................... 10 Scavenger Hunt Review .................... 12 MBCA Loyalty Program .................... 13 Technically Speaking ........................ 14 Want Ads .......................................... 14 Classified Ads .................................... 15 Other Car Events .............................. 16 By Ian Gleadle Join the MBCA-Seattle Section for an exciting weekend of events! May 4th & 5th in Tacoma. Featuring a unique guided tour of LeMay-America’s Car Museum & a Griot’s Garage Detailing Workshop. Saturday, May 4th, 2013, 2:00 pm: LeMay – America’s Car Museum (ACM) — Join us for a special Guided Tour and VIP Parking for club member cars. The LeMay museum spotlights America’s love affair with the automobile. Featuring a nine-acre campus – with a four-story museum as the centerpiece – ACM, situated atop Tacoma, Washington, 30 minutes south of Seattle and in the shadow of Mt. Rainier, is today one of world’s largest auto museums and attractions. ACM is designed to preserve history and celebrate the world’s automotive culture. The spacious facility houses up to 350 cars, trucks and motorcycles from private owners, corporations, and the LeMay collection, which amassed a Guinness Book record of more than 3,500 vehicles in the mid-‘90s. “Everybody remembers their first car, family driving vacations, a sports car they fell in love with as a teenager,” says ACM CEO David Madeira. “Personal experiences with cars are at the heart of the American experience, and we’re going to showcase more than a century of automotive lifestyle and history as well as the future of transportation.” The museum is located at 2702 East D. Street in Tacoma. Discounted entry fee and our guided tour is $10.00. Please send pre-payment by May 1st to MBCA-Seattle Section: c/o Ian Gleadle, 69 N Sunset Drive, Camano Island, WA 98282. 6:30 pm: BJ’s Brewhouse Dinner — Great food, group accommodations and reasonable price. BJ’s prides themselves on running a fun & family friendly restaurant, serving fresh & flavorful food and award winning hand-crafted beers. (Continued on page 5) LeMay Museum & Griots Garage Tour Saturday, May 4 th , 2:00 pm — Tacoma Upcoming Events Inside This Issue Mercedes-Benz Club of America - More Than a Car | We’re a Community℠
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● M e r c e d e s - B e n z C l u b o f A m e r i c a , S e a t t l e S e c t i o n ●
May 4 -5 th LeMay — Americas Car Museum Tour And Griots Garage Detailing, Tacoma
May 18 -22nd StarTech 2013, Birmingham, AL.
June 21 -22nd Radioactive Tour, Richland, Tri -Cities
July 6th SOVREN—Pacific NW Historics, Kent
July 14th
Summer Night Drive to Dinner, Bellevue
July 21st
Forest Grove Concours, Oregon
August 11th
Regional Show & Shine, Mountlake Terrace
December 7th
Holiday Gala, Mukilteo
Officers & Board Members ............... 2 From the President’s Desk................ 2 Radioactive Weekend ....................... 3 Welcome New Members .................. 4 Next MBCA Board Meeting .............. 4 LeMay & Griots Tour (cont’d) ........... 5 Interested In Membership? .............. 5 Joy in the Auto Graveyard. ............... 6-7 Member Featured Car ...................... 7 SOVREN Car Corral 2013 .................. 8 Upcoming Events .............................. 8 Forest Grove Concours ..................... 9 Mercedes Auto Recap ...................... 10 Scavenger Hunt Review .................... 12 MBCA Loyalty Program .................... 13 Technically Speaking ........................ 14 Want Ads .......................................... 14 Classified Ads .................................... 15 Other Car Events .............................. 16
By Ian Gleadle
Join the MBCA-Seattle Section for an exciting weekend of events! May 4th & 5th in
Tacoma. Featuring a unique guided tour of LeMay-America’s Car Museum & a
Griot’s Garage Detailing Workshop.
Saturday, May 4th, 2013, 2:00 pm: LeMay – America’s Car Museum (ACM) — Join
us for a special Guided Tour and VIP Parking for club member cars. The LeMay
museum spotlights America’s love affair with the automobile. Featuring a nine-acre
campus – with a four-story museum as the centerpiece – ACM, situated atop
Tacoma, Washington, 30 minutes south of Seattle and in the shadow of Mt. Rainier,
is today one of world’s largest auto museums and attractions.
ACM is designed to preserve history and celebrate the world’s automotive
culture. The spacious facility houses up to 350 cars, trucks and motorcycles from
private owners, corporations, and the LeMay collection, which amassed a Guinness
Book record of more than 3,500 vehicles in the mid-‘90s. “Everybody remembers
their first car, family driving vacations, a sports car they fell in love with as a
teenager,” says ACM CEO David Madeira. “Personal experiences with cars are at the
heart of the American experience, and we’re going to showcase more than a
century of automotive lifestyle and history as well as the future of transportation.”
The museum is located at 2702 East D. Street in Tacoma.
Discounted entry fee and our guided tour is $10.00. Please send pre-payment by
May 1st to MBCA-Seattle Section: c/o Ian Gleadle, 69 N Sunset Drive, Camano
Island, WA 98282.
6:30 pm: BJ’s Brewhouse Dinner — Great food, group accommodations and
reasonable price. BJ’s prides themselves on running a fun & family friendly
restaurant, serving fresh & flavorful food and award winning hand-crafted beers. (Continued on page 5)
LeMay Museum & Griots Garage Tour Saturday, May 4th, 2:00 pm — Tacoma
Upcoming Events
Inside This Issue
Mercedes-Benz Club of America - More Than a Car | We’re a Community℠
The Silver Star is the bi-monthly official publication of the Seattle Section, Mercedes-Benz Club of America, Inc. and is provided solely for the benefit of its members. Opinions, ideas and suggestions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the publisher or MBCA. The MBCA Seattle Section editor and board reserves the right to edit, and to refuse any submissions and/or advertising. Permission to reproduce material original to the Silver Star is granted provided proper credit is given.
All articles, pictures, advertising, and classifieds are due by June, 1 2013 for the July/August 2013 issue of the next Silver Star. This newsletter uses mailing information supplied by the national office; mail all address changes directly to the National Office.
Seven Year Model Changes Are Gone Changes Start April 1, 2013
and car model, a certain part, or a specific tool? Ads will
run for one issue and are free for MBCA members. Ads
must be received by June 1st for the next issue.
Also, many members have asked how to obtain or upgrade
their old fashioned pin type fastener name tags to the new
magnetic type. The new gold colored, magnetic name tags
can be ordered from the MBCA National Store at http://
www.mbca.org/product/name-badge. We thank all of you
who take the time to locate their name tags and wear them
at the events. Even if you forget yours, we should always
have the old fashioned “My Name Is:” paper name tags for
you. For some people, like myself, names are often stored
too deep inside the old brain to bring out at the
appropriate time!
In case you are wondering, I am at the nostalgia stage in my
MBCA circle of life! Happy safe Spring driving!
P.S. Late Breaking News! Please join me in welcoming the
30 MBCA Idaho Section club members into our MBCA
Seattle Section. We will be working together to plan some
events in Idaho area and to share activities, want ads, club
information and communication. Thank you to Jeremy
Knopp of the Idaho Section and Barry Patchett, Northwest
Regional Director, for coordinating the transition.
President’s Letter (Continued from page 2)
MAY · JUNE 2013 PAGE 14
By Jerry Cole, Technical Advisor
If you have lived in the Pacific Northwest for more than a day,
you have probably noticed that it rains here – a lot. No
matter which year or model of Mercedes you have, it’s
equipped with drains that are designed to carry water away
from a variety of places and channel it to the ground beneath
the car. In Western Washington, we also have fir trees. Fir
trees that have been standing in the same spot for many
decades or more and they get bored. I am relatively certain
that fir trees get points for accurately dumping needles in
your gutters, in your open beverages and yes, your car’s
drains. Needles, a little dirt, a little water and you have one
effective drain plug.
These drains are located in numerous places. Behind the fuel
filler door, in the pockets around the hood and trunk hinges,
in the bottoms of the doors, the rocker panels, the trunk side
pockets and at the corners of the tray around the sunroof
opening, to name a few. When these drains get clogged, it
allows water to pool in places it shouldn’t be. This results in
anything from water dripping on your head when turning
corners (clogged sunroof tray drain), to rust from standing
water and even water damaged electronic modules that
reside beneath the trunk floor, as we learned in the January
tech session at Park Place Motors.
Clogged drains are usually pretty easy to clear. A vacuum
cleaner with a plastic tip (to avoid scratching the finish) for
the bulk of the cleaning, an air compressor if you have one, a
piece of coat hanger wire and a garden hose with an
adjustable spray nozzle is usually all it takes. If you find it
necessary to use coat hanger wire to clear a clog, be careful
not to apply too much pressure, since it is possible to
disconnect or poke holes in the rubber tubing that is attached
just out of sight, to many of the drain openings. One such
Technically Speaking hose location is from the sunroof tray. These hoses carry
water from the tray down the pillars alongside the windows
and drain out the bottom of the car. It is possible to
reconnect the hoses if they become dislodged, but it isn’t
much fun.
Worthy of mention is the large, black plastic assembly that
runs from side to side underneath the windshield of a W140
S Class. Underneath it is where the cabin air filter resides. It
has a drain on the bottom that seems to have been designed
to clog. When it does, that black plastic assembly gets filled
with water and you can hear it sloshing from side to side, as
you turn corners. The assembly is easily removed in minutes,
with nothing more than a Phillips screwdriver. After having
the drain clog numerous times in a single winter, I ended up
trimming off the pinched rubber end of the drain tube and it
has not clogged again for five years and counting.
Check Your Drains
1995-1999 S420 W140 OEM Front Bumper Cover. Prefer smoke silver in color, but I will consider other colors if the bumper cover is in good condition (no cracks, holes or deep gouges). Contact Jerry at [email protected]. 1955-1963 190SL Spare Parts. Got anything tucked away in your garage that you want to go to a good home? Send parts and price list. Contact Ian at [email protected].
Want Ads This is a new feature we will be adding to the Silver Star newsletter. Got anything car related you are looking for? A specific year and car model? A certain part? A specific tool? Ads will run one issue and are free for MBCA members. Ads must be received by June 1st for the next issue.
MAY · JUNE 2013 PAGE 15
Ads will run for one issue and can be placed free of charge by MBCA members. Non-club members will be charged
$10.00 per ad, $20 with a picture. The next deadline is June 1, 2013. Contact the newsletter editor to place an ad.
1972 250SE Sedan $3000 Good shape, burgundy/maroon color, 161,000 miles, second owner, needs tune-up. Best Offer or Trade for car trailer or Chevy or GMC pickup. Call Jack in Port Orchard at (253) 691-5028.
1988 560SL $12,000 Cabernet exterior with tan interior. Comes with both tops, the soft top is black. Excellent condition. 107,700 miles. Includes wind screen for comfortable top-down driving. Contact Chuck in Wenatchee at (509) 662-2374 or [email protected].
1989 560SL $22,000 One owner car. Desert Taupe w/ Parchment interior. 28,000 miles. Major service just completed. Contact: John at (425) 481-6658 or [email protected].
Classified Ads
1991 420SEL $7,599 Immaculate condition, black on black, new injector, sunroof motor, and many more. It has 153,000 miles and has never been driven in snow. Has no leaks, or rust, A/C and everything works. Contact Camran in Idaho at (208) 762-9079 or [email protected].
2007 G500 $49,000 49,000 miles, excellent condition. Charcoal with black interior. Service up to date. Contact David in Oak Harbor, at (604) 230-1912 or [email protected]. Mercedes-Benz Wheels $100 Four M-B wheels, part # 1244001802, with M-B star center caps and bolts. Excellent condition, taken off 1987 300E. Will fit several other models from approx 1985 to 1990. Either pick up in Port Ludlow, or pay shipping. Contact Terry at (360) 437-2431 or [email protected].
The latest event and ad updates are at: www.mbcaseattle.org
Other Section
and Local Car Events
May 18: All British Field Meet at Van Dusen Gardens , Vancouver.
May 18 : Gallagher Auto Spa Detailing Event , 10:00 to noon, Portland.
May 31—June 2: Cascade Classic Rallye & Tour, Olympia, http://www.collegeplan.org/rally
June 15: KMS Tools Show & Shine, 110 Woodridge Street, Coquitlam, BC 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
June 16: Italian and French Father’s Day Show - Waterfront Park, North Vancouver.
June 22-23: Islands Wine Tour, Saltspring Saturday market, Saltspring wineries, dinner and overnight on Saltspring; Cowichan Valley Wineries, lunch Cowichan Bay. Contact Stan Garrod at [email protected]
June 23: German Car Festival at Waterfront Park North
Vancouver.
July 9th: All Convertible Cruise-In. 3rd Annual event at XXX Rootbeer in Issaquah. www.triplexrootbeer.com.
July 28: Edgemont Village Show and Shine Car Show , Edgemont Boulevard, North Vancouver, 10 am to 4 pm.
July 28: Coal Point Barbeque. A mid -year afternoon barbeque, hosted by John and Cordelia McIntosh at their home on Coal Point.
June 29-30: MBCA Club Corral at Portland Historic Races, Portland International Raceway.
August 18 : Rally /Treasure Hunt. Jeff Cohen and Rob Watson have offered to put together a rally and treasure hunt in the Victoria area.
August 31st : Crescent Beach Concours d’Elegance , White Rock - Display entry by invitation only.