Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: Allan on October 28, 2016, 13:35:14

Title: Good restoration shop in New England
Post by: Allan on October 28, 2016, 13:35:14

Can anyone recommend a good restoration shop in New England, ideally Vermont?

Title: Re: Good restoration shop in New England
Post by: tom.hanson on October 28, 2016, 16:58:09

Paul Russell & Co in MA. 978 768-6965

Title: Re: Good restoration shop in New England
Post by: w113NY on November 03, 2016, 01:06:23

Or SL-tech in arundel Maine. Excellent!

Title: Re: Good restoration shop in New England
Post by: steven harris on November 03, 2016, 16:21:47

I know them both and both are excellent. Paul Russell specializes in Pebble Beach Concours quality restorations - typically for exceedingly rare and valuable cars. They also typically have extraordinarily long backlog of projects. He is, arguably, the pre-eminent restorer of important cars. Gernold Nisius probably knows more about SL113s than anyone on the planet. It is the virtually the only car he works on and he knows EVERYTHING about them.

Paul is charming, polite, soft spoken. Gernold is direct, blunt, and GERMAN. I really like them both. (Gernold worked on my 280SL in a previous life.)

Another (VERY BUSY) knowledgeable NE restorer is Mark Allen, formerly with Paul Russell. His shop is in Massachusetts/New Hampshire near Paul Russell.