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May 13-15, Pendleton Week-end Get Away with the Seattle Section. June 19th Fathers Day Picnic Champoeg State Park July 8-10th Portland Vintage Racing Festival (details in the June edition)

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Fathers Day Event…...…........ 1 President’s Message…….…...3 May Board Meeting …..….......4 MBI Spring Recap……..….......5 Springtime Prep……………….6 MBCA PDX History Part 2 ......7 The Petersen Museum…...…..8 M100 Club Event……….……..9 Legends of the Autobahn…...10 Classified Ads………...……...11

Joel Bafus Vancouver Robert Bagaason Longview Ora Deathrage Portland Michael Hickey Lake Oswego Garry Noy Gresham Jeff Walker Lincoln City Marci Benden Silverton James Herzog Ridgefield Rand Wintermute Seal Rock

Fathers Day at Champoeg State Park

Join fellow MBCA Portland members at Champoeg State Park in Saint Paul Oregon for a Fathers Day picnic . This is a historic State Park on the river with hiking, biking, boating , camping and picnic facilities. The covered pavilion has water and electrici-ty. Bring out your car & kids or any combination and enjoy the day as the summer season begins. Bring your own food. We hope to see you there. WHAT : Father’s Day Picnic WHEN: Sunday June 19th 12 noon WHERE : Champoeg State Park , Oak Grove , Pavilion 2 HOW MUCH : $ 5.00 entrance fee at the gate CONTACT: Jim Thompson @ jim814817@hotmail.com or 503-694-8131

Next Event:

Pendleton Week Get Away with the Seattle Section

May 13-15th

http://www.mbcaseattle.org/pendelton-weekend.html

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Mercedes-Benz Club of America,

Portland Section

Officers: President Ron Woodruff……………….503-708-8151 ronwoodruff9@gmail.com Vice President TBD Secretary/Treasurer Kenneth Holtan (2015)………360-574-6168 kennethholtan@comcast.net Board of Directors: (Expiration Year) Stacy Rollins (2017) ………..503-645-0675 stacy@stacyrollins.com Mike Spicer (2017) ………….503-550-1403 mike_p_spicer@hotmail.com Ron Woodruff (2017)………..503-708-8151 rbwgroup1@yahoo.com David Abarr (2017)………….541-981-1919 abarr63@comcast.net Kenneth Holtan (2017)………Phone TBD kennethholtan@comcast.net Paul Pietrowski (2017)………360-666-0755 spietro122@comcast.net Northwest Regional Director: Barry Patchett……………….250-246-5329 bmpatchett@shaw.ca Newsletter Editor/Advertising: David Abarr…………………...541-981-1919 abarr63@comcast.net Portland Section Webmaster: David Abarr…………………...541-981-1919 abarr63@comcast.net Membership: Pam Burback………………..503-236-1737 burbs5@aol.com Historian: Jim Thompson……………...503-633-2366 jim814817@hotmail.com Past President: Rus Eppler ...……………….503-720-3637

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President’s Message

I got a call the other day from a gal with a car that could not stay. She said I could have it all, if I would just haul it away.

Find a parts car for me that has all the doors and a trunk with a key. Make it a Mer-cedes-Benz before the summer time ends.

Asked my buddies about what it’s worth. Won’t know ‘til we check the girth, Change the filters, add some gas, and maybe it will run at last.

Find a parts car for me that has all the doors and a trunk with a key. Make it a Mer-cedes-Benz before the summer time ends.

These verses are part of a song I wrote (with the help of my wife) about a car that “found” me. A woman called me and said she had purchased some property about a year-and-a-half ago, and there was an old car parked in a field. She said it was a Mercedes Benz and that she wanted to get rid of it. I thought it was going to be an early 70’s mod-el that had been sitting around for a long time, just rusting away. I drove out to the Orchards/Vancouver area and discovered, to my great surprise, that it was a 1959 220 SE sedan – nicknamed “Ponton” because the fenders reminded people of the pontoon floats on floating bridges. It was a fairly rare car – one of only 1974 cars made in 1958 and ’59. It was missing a trunk and all the doors. The dash board was mostly complete, with the original radio, gauges, steering wheel, etc. Even the original driving lights were on the car and in restorable condition! The headliner and grab rails were missing and the rear leather seats could have been cleaned up and used, but the front seats needed to be completely restored. The main drawback was that it had a LOT of rust problems. I was able to get the needed parts to complete the missing doors, the wood door trim, a trunk, as well as a spare set of fenders and extra hood. Then I needed to figure out what to do with it. Unless someone could do all the metal and paintwork by them-selves, the cost of restoration would have quickly exceeded the value of the car. It could have been parted-out for an equivalent – and much more valuable – coupe or cabriolet model. A club member told me he had sold a Ponton sedan and gave me the contact information for someone who might be interested in this car. I called the guy, and he was, indeed, interested in buying it. I sold it to the new East Coast owner – and he re-sold the car on EBay! While these transactions were going on, the car sat in my little sin-gle-car garage, waiting to be trailered to the new owners. A few weeks ago, the Ponton was moved to a new home, spare parts and all. I have attempted to find out who the new owners are. Maybe the story will continue. But for now, my song has an ending … however, it could have another verse or two in the near future. Happy Trails, Ron

The Free 220 SE AKA “The Parts Cars Blues”

Board Meeting May

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The next Portland Section Board Meeting is Saturday, May

7th 2016 at 10AM at Mercedes Benz of Wilsonville located at

25035 SW Parkway Ave, Wilsonville, OR 97070 We invite all

members to attend a board meeting to provide suggestions

on how we can improve the club and provide ideas for

upcoming events.

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MBI Spring Tech Day Recap

By David Abarr Portland Section

A glorious spring day greeted members of the Portland section on April 2nd at MBI in Portland. A great turn out and Er-nie Brawley brought in his 300SL / W196 in. I brought in my newly acquired SLK230 r170 for fluid changes. I was helped by Seth Lee. The techs here are first class. Greg Carlson always puts on a great event with the generosity of the staff at MBI. There was flurry of activity from transmission services, wheel alignments, oil changes, CIS fuel injection trouble shooting and under carriage inspections. These events are very informative for those wanting to learn and get a little dirty. Prime rib lunch as always was served and a highlight to my spring every year. Thanks to Hal Harper for the great photos ! Dave

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Springtime is HERE! By Greg Buechler Portland Section

As the weather warms and dries (FINALLY!), it's time to get Sunhilde spiffed up for the season. Yesterday after-noon she was thoroughly washed, dried, and clayed, then covered in cotton bedsheets overnight. This morn-ing, she has been waxed (Griot's Best of Show and 6" buffer to apply; removal by hand). The interior has also been vacuumed, and all the leather is marinating in Gri-ot's Leather Care for a couple of hours before buffing out. Once I'm done with this email, I clay the windshield and use the buffer to apply glass polish. I'll eat lunch while that dries, then buff it out and apply Griot's Glass Sealant (Rain-X, for all intents and purposes. Buffing out the leather will be the last job for today, and Sun-hilde will move back to her accustomed spot so her old-er sister can come back inside. Tomorrow, the wheels come off one by one to be clayed & waxed, and tire shine applied inside and out. The front wheel wells will also get wiped down with Griot's Undercarriage Spray. Once the wheels are finished, she is fully ready for the world. I'll also take care of lubricating all the roof seals and latches in the next couple of days, too. Five weeks and counting until DiamondGrind Floors comes to grind, fill, seal, and polish the garage floor.... Greg

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MBCA-Portland Club History (An Ongoing Documentation Series)

2016 marks the 20 year anniversary of the Portland section hosting the annual MBCA Starfest. Here is a reprint of the article from the September/October 1996 edition of the STAR .

Starfest Host Section Chair and

Portland Section member

The author’s 190e track whip in action !

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My Day @ the Petersen By David Abarr Portland Section

On a recent trip to Los Angeles I had the opportunity to visit the new refurbished Petersen Automotive Museum. It is an amazing journey through the history of everything automo-tive. The Rolling Sculpture exhibit on level one is a amazing look into the art of European automotive manufacturing of the 1920 and 30’s. The art of BMW with a special look at the famed BMW art cars was wonderful. My favorite was the Precious Metal gallery of all silver iconic cars. The 1954 W196 R streamliner number 16 was the one of these icons on display. This car helped Moss and Fangio clinch the F1 world championship title in 1954 and 1955. I took the famous vault tour as well. Not being able to take pictures here are some Mercedes Benz highlights I saw. Saddam Hussein’s 1978 W100 600 Landaulet Jack Nicolson's 1972 Short WB W100 600 A W126 chassis European model S Guard 1954 Buick Coupe with a G55 engine and interior

(Named as a G54) 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen replica 1923 Mercedes Targa Florio So many other great cars at this time. If your in the area I highly recommend a visit.

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By Jim Hendershot Portland Section

The International M-100 Group Lode Fest 2016 is here - Visit beautiful Portland, Oregon !

Join us in the beautiful Rose City for the 2016 International M100 Group's Lodefest. Meet hosts Luis Pacheco and Ash-ley Aitken, as well as the Group's Board of Directors. Dates for the event are August 25-28, 2016. Thursday August 25th: 7:00 PM Welcome reception in hotel conference room with heavy hors d'oeuvres (included in your registration fee) Friday August 26th 8:45 AM - 10:30 AM Drive to Mt. Hood - Timberline Lodge Free time before lunch to enjoy the views and see lodge property via a free Lodge Tour Noon Lunch at the Lodge Restaurant (included in your registration fee) Following Lunch, drive 1 hour to Hood River, Oregon 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Wine Tasting at a Winery in Hood River (cost not included, tasting is approximately $15 per per-son) 7:30 PM Dinner in Hood River (included in your registration fee) Saturday August 27th Breakfast on your own Use the morning hours to explore Portland 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM Tech Session and Cars on the Lift at Hartmann Motors (catered lunch included in your registration fee) Judging of cars and photo opportunities while cars are lined up 7:00 PM Farewell Dinner (included in your registration fee) Sunday August 28th 9:00 AM Informal Farewell Breakfast and Board of Directors Meeting at hotel (not included in registration fee) Please consider early registration so we may provide the hotel and dining facilities with a fairly accurate estimate of the number of attendees. This year we will reward early registrations until May 1st, see below. Registration fees for members are $350.00 per person, for significant others $300.00. Non-Members please add $50 dollars, which will go directly to a year long membership to the club. In order to encourage early registration, we are offering an "Early Bird Special". Registration BEFORE May 1st 2016 will be $300 per member, $250 per significant other. However, these registration fees are non-refundable. In addition, if you register after August 1st, there will be a late registration surcharge of $50.00. Registrations may be sent to: BY INTERNET: e-mail the details listed below to JackEEnglish@cs.com and send your payment via PayPal entering the following e-mail address as payment - m100jenglish@gmail.com Click here to link to PayPal.

OR BY MAIL: M-100 Group Meet, c/o Jack English 131 White Oaks Lane Carmel Valley, CA 93924 USA Please fill in registration information below Name: ___________________________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________ Email: _______________________ Driving to Meet? ___________ Yes ____________ No _______________ Maybe Vehicle(s) ________________________________________________________________________ Contact for Meet: Phone 831.236.2058 email JackEEnglish@cs.com For more info, updates or questions (use the "members only" or "M100 Events Section" section of the message board)

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Celebrate Classic Performance at Legends of the Autobahn® Legends of the Autobahn® returns to Monterey Car Week on Friday, August 19

th at the Nicklaus Club in Monterey, Cali-

fornia. Be a part of the celebration of the world’s pre-eminent German vehicle brands – Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Au-di. MBCA Members are invited to enter their automobiles in the judged Concours classes, the display-only corral, or the Silver Star Preservation class. For 2016, Mercedes-Benz at Legends of the Autobahn will feature a special performance class for cars that have been modified or tuned. This includes cars that have been modified for performance and/or appearance, such as pre-merger models from AMG, or modified Mercedes-Benz from Lorinser or Brabus. Mercedes-Benz automobiles used in racing are also invited to participate. To be eligible for this class, your Mercedes-Benz must be manufactured prior to 1997. Register your Mercedes-Benz at www.legendsoftheautobahn.org. The deadline to register is July 31

st. For more infor-

mation contact Allen Stephens at 503-708-0397 or allen.c.stephens@gmail.com.

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Classified Ads

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FOR SALE :1992 Mercedes 500SL VIN# wdbfa66eonfo43639 Black/gray with bronze trim palomino leather car is in fair condition Soft top like new, new injectors and new starter Project car acts like low battery sometimes other times runs and drives fine $2,500 OBO. Wayne Richardson #541-979-7816. Albany, OR

WANTED: Club member is looking to purchase a 2004 or newer clk55 AMG cabriolet clean, no accidents, non smoker, no pet vehicle with maintenance records. Steve Golden Woodburn Oregon 503-780-3320

FOR SALE: Large Collection Cars And Parts Parts and running cars available mostly of the C107 and R107 chassis. 40+ cars. Located in Wilsonville area Larrybrock@gmail.com Can ship parts out of town

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Schedule of Events

May 13-15th, Pendleton Weekend Get Away with the Seattle Section June 19th, Fathers Day @ Champoeg State Park 12 noon July 8-10th Portland Vintage Racing Festi-val (details in the June edition ) July 17th Forest Grove Concours d ’ Ele-gance (details in the June edition )

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