[W126 Coupe] Collection must be sold

[Gary Peck]

I have a friend her in London Ontario, Canada, that also has an extensive 
collection of Indy cars, would no doubt be interested in that part of the 
collection, including signed Indy models and photos etc. He is currently at 
the Indy 500. do you have a Flordia phone # and which city to go to, as that 
he may have some time on Saturday to view the collection. Please advise 
ASAP.
Yours truly

Gary Peck - gary.peck at sympatico.ca - Home phone 1-519-472-0705


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Landiss" <dan at landiss.com>
To: "MBCoupes" <mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com>; <StlBenchRacing at googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:45 AM
Subject: [W126 Coupe] Collection must be sold



>I have, sadly, received this from a friend. Perhaps someone here is 

>interested. You may reach Mark directly at <markweberracer at aol.com>:

>

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>

> Hello from Florida,

>

>  I am here helping some friends cope with the death grip of cancer.  My 

> long-time car buddy, Chuck Fischer, has but weeks to go before cancer 

> takes its deadly toll.

>  Chuck was a Mercedes guy for years, collecting 4 or 5 of the drive-around 

> kind and many more of the display-case variety.  I am trying to get his 

> extensive model collection inventoried and packed up.  I think there are 

> about 300-400 models.  Most are race cars.  Many, maybe half, are DTM 

> touring cars.  There are a lot of Indy cars and a lot of McLaren F1 cars. 

> Most are 1:43 scale but they range from 1:87 to 1:18th.  Most are in their 

> original boxes.  There are also about 30 unbuilt kits, all scales and 

> descriptions.  There are several transporters  (haulers to the Nascar 

> fans) as well.

>

>  He also has about every book about Mercedes ever written, including some 

> coffee-table ones, in German and English, that need to be lifted with a 

> crane.  Sales brochures, MB club monthlies, service manuals, etc, etc. 

> etc.

>

>  All kinds of stuff!  So..... does anybody know a collector that can help 

> us out?

>

>  It would be great if one person wanted the full magilla but parting it 

> out is OK too.

>  I have no idea what its worth but each one of the 73 DTM cars in the 

> Paul's Model Art series probably sold for $125 new 10-15 years ago.  There 

> is a receipt for a glass enclosed  F-1 car for $250.

>

>  This collection took years to build, I hope I can find it a new home.

>

>  Please e-mail me if you know of somebody that might want to expand their 

> collection.

>

> Mark

>

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