Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: Peter van Es on September 27, 2010, 19:41:25
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Are now visible here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/europeanevent2010/
There's hundreds of them, so grab a drink, sit back, start the slideshow and enjoy!
Peter
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Very nice - but what's the story about the blue Pagoda on a trailer - breakdown or unfinished restoration that was brought along?
Ulf
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Fantastic! I felt like I was there and wish I was. :o
When I lived in the Stuttgart area I visited the Alsace region several times, traveled the Route de Vins d'Alsace, visited all of the small villages
and went to the Cite de l'Automobile museum in Mulhouse.
But I had a BMW :'( at that time.
Everybody did a great job on the pictures.
Thanks,
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Great pics! Wish I was there.
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Fantastic !!
Thank you for sharing.
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Great pictures!
Is the owner of 348GNM (?) the dark blue UK car a member here? ???
Cheers!
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Very nice - but what's the story about the blue Pagoda on a trailer - breakdown or unfinished restoration that was brought along?
Ulf
Car was fine, owners wanted a bit of comfort on the way there and back... I didn't see it.. but Martijn S (the owner) added some really excellent photographs to the set today... so if you looked before this post, look again!
Peter
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Great pictures!
Is the owner of 348GNM (?) the dark blue UK car a member here? ???
Cheers!
One car was rented (a white one with German Registration). All the others are owned by members of this group... I think that might be Naj's!
Peter
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Hello Danesgate,
Is the owner of 348GNM (?) the dark blue UK car a member here?
Yes, that's correct; it is Naj 'Hillclimber' Jesani's car.
;)
Best,
Achim
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Ulf,
I must confess that the Pagoda on the trailer is my car. :o There was and is nothing wrong with it. The reason was the distance we had to travel from Holland to France. I never drove the Pagoda about 500 miles in one day before. We thought it was more comfortable to drive a modern car with a trailer behind it. And the other reason was that we wanted a backup in case of technical problems with the Pagoda.
My friend has an Alfa Romeo Spider from 1986. Once he drove it from Holland to Portugal. In Portugal the gear box broke down. So he had two options. Wait a week for parts or transport the car back to Holland on a truck. He chose the last option.
That is how the idea of the trailer came up. We did not want to experience something like that again. Of course in this case it was no Alfa! We had no troubles at all. We don't regret we brought the Pagoda on a trailer, but of course all the other members laughed at us when we arrived in France :-)
Martijn
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Besides, he wanted me to have the award for the dirtiest blue Pagoda on the rally :( :(
naj
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There are a lot of very nice pictures from everyone. When I look it at them I experience the event all over again.
Tonight I have uploaded the rest of my photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagodaslgroup/sets/72157624929443195/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagodaslgroup/sets/72157624929443195/)
Martijn
P.S.: To everyone who didn't met me last week: I am the one with the orange cap behind the steering wheel.
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Looks a great trip.. Some very nice cars!
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Thanks for this refreshing story. Pics are truly phenomenal; this story is a real expression of this group. Hope that you did not speed up to much on these roads. French gendarmes are tough to negotiate with ;D
Great stuff
Stan
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What a weekend .... ;D
It would be great to have more weekends like this, & more time to meet you all. ;)
AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN ;)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54389137@N05/sets/72157625062862634/
All the best,
Kemal
280SL
Manual LHD69
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I hadn't known about the trailer so may I please take this opportunity to laugh at Martijn :D :D Have some faith!
Apart from Larry's shifter bushing, did anyone have any troubles with their car that meant they had to do repairs (or worse)? 24 Pagodas, I know i did 1700km as did the other Brits (Naj and Rob likely more). At a guess that's likely to be approx 30,000km over the weekend by the time we factor in the Stuttgart rentals and so on.
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fantastic photos kemal, enjoyed the slideshow
rob
What a weekend .... ;D
It would be great to have more weekends like this, & more time to meet you all. ;)
AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN ;)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54389137@N05/sets/72157625062862634/
All the best,
Kemal
280SL
Manual LHD69
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Very nice photos, Kemal. One can see that these are not just snapshots. Great!
Tosh, I know you are right. I must have some faith in the reliability of the Pagoda. Just after I bought the car (two and half years ago) I had some technical problems. First a failing water pump and then a failing fuel pump during a drive. These issues have been fixed, and many others too. It is much more reliable now.
Peter told me last week that he had visited Van Dijk just before the event. He told the mechanics about my trailer adventure. I guess they reacted the same as you. And they will laugh at me again next time I visit Van Dijk.
So next event I will drive the Pagoda. And if not, I will park the trailer very, very, very far out of sight ;D
Martijn
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Great pictures! Thanks....
At a glance, it appears that there are more white, light ivory, etc. colored cars than there are are darker colors.
Second observation, in every instance, the woman is far more attractive than the man she is photographed with.
Joe
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Second observation, in every instance, the woman is far more attractive than the man she is photographed with.
And your point is... ???
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Peter, the point is that the women are beautiful!
Joe
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well, duh! ;D
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Quite... a superflous observation. ;)
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???-I must have been on the wrong page. No offence - ;D
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None taken. My wife wasn't there! ;D
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It's nice to see somebody caught me taking a picture from the bunch, you have a trained eye Karin ;) Seeing all these sets gives me a good feeling: it has been a great W.E. and a nice group to spend it with. Thank you all...hope there comes a sequel
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I hadn't known about the trailer so may I please take this opportunity to laugh at Martijn :D :D Have some faith!
Apart from Larry's shifter bushing, did anyone have any troubles with their car that meant they had to do repairs (or worse)? 24 Pagodas, I know i did 1700km as did the other Brits (Naj and Rob likely more). At a guess that's likely to be approx 30,000km over the weekend by the time we factor in the Stuttgart rentals and so on.
James, Lynda and I and the car, finished with the run down to Marbella after the European event and covered 3,600 kms (genuine on the Garmin) only used 1 litre of oil, but still working through the fuel!!! :o
Just goes to show how great these cars are.
Rob
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Fantastic Rob, always nice to hear how reliable these cars are when looked after.
A litre of oil over that distance is a fraction of what the service book suggests so you've nothing to worry about on that front ;)