Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => W11x chassis cars => Topic started by: stickandrudderman on April 27, 2011, 20:35:05

Title: Completed restoration.
Post by: stickandrudderman on April 27, 2011, 20:35:05

So, last week we handed over a 250SE convertible that we've been restoring for a customer for 18 months. We stripped it back to a bare shell and every peice has been subjected to repair, renewal, replacement or overhaul as necessary. (Pics to follow).
We handed the car over last thursday ( start of a long weekend here in the UK) and the owner was back this morning under a dark cloud. He was behind another car at a junction, car in front moves off, my customer looks to the right for oncoming traffic, see none and moves off. Can you guess what happened next?

Title: Re: Completed restoration.
Post by: Garry on April 27, 2011, 22:04:43

An extra 6 months of restoration. :'(

Title: Re: Completed restoration.
Post by: badali on April 27, 2011, 23:08:43

Nooooooo!!!!! :'( :o

Title: Re: Completed restoration.
Post by: wwheeler on April 28, 2011, 19:09:43

That hurts to think about!

Title: Re: Completed restoration.
Post by: stickandrudderman on May 01, 2011, 11:30:19

Not as bad as it might have been but the really annoying thing is that the front wings (fenders) were NLA and I managed to find a NOS pair from a wiley old character who knew exactly what he had and charged £1000 each for them! Sure,, we can repair this but......

Title: Re: Completed restoration.
Post by: JamesL on May 02, 2011, 07:39:41

ouch! :(

You must be as gutted as the owner. Sure it's "work" but ...