Author Topic: Poll- Favorite color combo for the Pagoda? (Read 42127 times)

signalred280sl · « **Reply #25 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:36:13 »

TheEngineer: Love your car best of all - got a '70 just like it with interior red paint and light cognag tan MB Tex, bamboo tan soft top, and red hard top. BTW I too am a retired engineer (Western Electric, AT&T, Lucent)(currently still on a second career) with a year or so on you!
Les

n/a · « **Reply #26 on:** September 29, 2004, 14:10:24 »

I think that Hauser's car and color combo are great. I have to interject a plug for my own car as well, though with DB904 (dark blue) and parchment full leather interior. See photo attached, and let me know what you think...

Joe
71 280SL
Los Angeles

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hauser · « **Reply #27 on:** September 29, 2004, 16:03:06 »

Here's a few I have collected over the years that I'd like to share with you. Perhaps someone may know the color codes.

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1969 280sl 5 spd 1999 ML320 Gainesville,Fl.

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Bob G · « **Reply #28 on:** September 29, 2004, 16:47:37 »

I have always felt the Pagoda body was timeless craftmanship. It seems that light colors with dark rich leather interiors and dark hard tops set off the elegance of this 2 seater roadster the best.

Bob Geco
158 white grey
040 black hard top & black MB tex material.

A Dalton · « **Reply #29 on:** September 29, 2004, 17:30:32 »

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I dislike Red, but this one sure does look good..
Don't think that is a Benz color, though..
Looks like a Candy Apple Red.

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hauser · « **Reply #30 on:** September 29, 2004, 19:00:11 »

A Dalton, are you refering to the first one on my list? If so that is a fresh Mark Passarelli restoration on a 230sl. I don't know how they got the color to look that way but there is so much depth to it that it looks amazing.

1969 280sl 5 spd 1999 ML320 Gainesville,Fl.

A Dalton · « **Reply #31 on:** September 29, 2004, 20:01:01 »

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Dalton, are you refering to the first one on my list? If so that is a fresh Mark Passarelli restoration on a 230sl. I don't know how they got the color to look that way but there is so much depth to it that it looks amazing.

1969 280sl 5 spd 1999 ML320 Gainesville,Fl.

Yes .. Atttachment 196
Looks like the Canndy Apple common on Rods in the '60s... Stunning..
Right interior, too.....
As you say, it just may be the depth..might be the new poly paint everyone is usin now...
Big $$$ paint jobs

TA250SL · « **Reply #32 on:** September 29, 2004, 21:27:58 »

I always thought silver, signal red, and beige-grey metallic colors were extremely appealing. My early 250SL looks pretty good in it's original dark-blue with parchment interior. It's a somewhat rare color, and also highlights the chrome details quite well.

Tom

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A Dalton · « **Reply #33 on:** September 29, 2004, 22:09:11 »

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I always thought silver, signal red, and beige-grey metallic colors were extremely appealing. My early 250SL looks pretty good in it's original dark-blue with parchment interior. It's a somewhat rare color, and also highlights the chrome details quite well.

Tom

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Beautiful.. kinda of like a 904 Midnight Blue of the E320s... Very Nice...
Hard to beat the smooth Euro look, specially with the early caps/rings..

Ben · « **Reply #34 on:** September 30, 2004, 06:05:56 »

Wow ! that Passerelli car is magnificent !

I LOVE the anthracite with the red, definitely my favourite... and the other, is it black, with the red ?

In this months "Mercedes Enthusiast" magazine there is a small feature about Mercedes cars at the Nurburgring and on it there is a small photo of a georgeous 113, which the author says looked like it was set up for track use. Anyway the car was spotless, red, with the bundcake alloys, but they looked different, like a wider rim (they never made 15" did they) and it also has lowered suspension. Very purposefull but what caught my eye was it appears to have bright red carpets and the whole thing looked very racy..........really reminded me of the 300SL's

Regards,
Ben in Ireland.
'64 230SL 4sp.
'03 CLK Kompressor

n/a · « **Reply #35 on:** September 30, 2004, 06:57:17 »

Yes, but......my 280SL is 571 red metallic with a cognac interior. This is a nice combination and is growing on me, but the best color on a 113 has to be the beige-grey or beige-grey metallic, with a cognac or brown interior. It is beyond elegant. It just drips class. (sorry, Klasse). Others I think are up there: black with dark red interior, moss green metallic with cognac or bamboo, ivory with red or dark red. I'm not crazy about the baby blue or the bright red, but I have seen sterling examples of each that I would have loved to own. Incidentally, a friend of mine has a 71 6.3 that is beige-grey with cognac and burl walnut woodwork that may be the best looking 6.3 on the planet. And, no, he won't sell it- I tried. My 6.3 is moss-green metallic with black, another nice combo, but it does make the AC work hard.

hauser · « **Reply #36 on:** September 30, 2004, 07:46:56 »

Ben, here is a 113 with 15" alloy wheels.

I have only seen these wheels twice. The first time was on the car pictured below and the other set was on a 600 that someone chopped and turned it into a coupe.

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Ben · « **Reply #37 on:** September 30, 2004, 09:54:15 »

Actually that looks like the actual car featured !

I think it looks great, the rims appear to be polished !

Not much chance of finding a 600 around these parts !! I wonder if you could use the 15" steel wheels and hubcaps and a low profile tyre ?

Regards,
Ben in Ireland.
'64 230SL 4sp.
'03 CLK Kompressor

Malc · « **Reply #38 on:** October 01, 2004, 02:26:10 »

Guys,
The BEST colour combination is.....

The one the wife chooses when I rebuild the old girl

Malc

gugel · « **Reply #39 on:** November 14, 2004, 02:23:38 »

This is my car, so of course it's my favorite color combo. Dark green (268) body and hardtop, with cognac leather (216).

Chris Earnest

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J. Huber · « **Reply #40 on:** November 14, 2004, 13:22:44 »

If it was Christmas morning, and I went out to open the garage and found a perfectly restored 230SL, these would be my picks:

1. White w/blue (what can I say? -- I'm attached!)
2. Signal Red w/ Black
3. Dark Green w/Cognac
4. Midnight Blue w/oyster (parchment?)

James
63 230SL

n/a · « **Reply #41 on:** November 15, 2004, 14:26:36 »

My vote goes for midnight blue with parchment interior, very elegant. There is also a beautiful metallic kelly green that I always fall in love with cognac hides. My current car is light blue with dark blue interior. I am really thinking about changing this color combination to midnight blue with parchment interior.

n/a · « **Reply #42 on:** November 15, 2004, 19:07:09 »

My vote is with James: Midnight Blue with parchment interior...

Here's a photo of my '71

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n/a · « **Reply #43 on:** November 15, 2004, 21:54:41 »

Hey, thanks for the pic of your midnight blue car, I am drooling and would love to see my car finished the same. What is the paint number for midnight blue? Thanks!

James

n/a · « **Reply #44 on:** November 15, 2004, 22:41:43 »

Midnight blue is DB904.

Best of luck!

Joe

230SL67 · « **Reply #45 on:** November 16, 2004, 13:56:23 »

I also like blue with parchment. Here is my DB180 silver grey with parchment (originally called white-grey by MB but very, very close).

Chris

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n/a · « **Reply #46 on:** December 30, 2004, 07:30:08 »

Not that I'm biased or anything, but my all-original unrestored Horizon Blue (304) '64 230SL with Parchment MB-tex (121) is the most beautiful I've ever seen. Soft top (number 723 on the datacard option list) is the original Navy Blue (896), as are the rocker panels at the bottom of the car for those interested in originality - they weren't all black!

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Now if I could just find a correct lid for the ashtray...

Douglas · « **Reply #47 on:** December 30, 2004, 08:22:49 »

Nice car. My mother has an MB sedan of that vintage in horizon blue, so I know it well. Always liked it.

As luck would have it, I believe someone is selling a used ashtray with that exact color lid. Check the "For Sale" section in the forums.

Alternatively, you could buy a new ashtray with a black lid and either disassemble the top and insert a matching piece of Tex, or you could simply re-dye the black Tex in there. Either would work.

Douglas Kim
New York, NY
280 SL #016220

France · « **Reply #48 on:** December 30, 2004, 12:08:16 »

Hi Guys,

OK,here's a stumper to me. My Datenblatt says my paint colours should be 268/268 (that's in the way the Lackierung section reads for UT/OT). That is, Dark Green. The trim number is 131, which should have been black, but 131 does not list Dark Green as one of the acceptable paint colours. There is a 740 black soft top listed. The hard top must have been black? or green? Hunh?

Someone repainted everything Signal Red--another clue to the colour mystery (besides the Datenblatt) came when we lifted out the shifter cover and found blue--yes, metallic blue!

Any surmises, surprises, and theories will be entertained...

Trice
1968 280SL US, signal red/bl leather, auto, kinder

Bob G · « **Reply #49 on:** December 30, 2004, 13:08:37 »

I have sereral favorit colors.
1) 904 Midnight blue with parment leather and cream hard-top
2) 180 Silver with dark blue leather
3) 158 white grey with black hard top & black leather
4) I do not know the code number but it is that dark green metellic with Conack leather. Very rich.
Bob Geco

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Author Topic: Poll- Favorite color combo for the Pagoda? (Read 42127 times)

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