Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: norton on February 18, 2005, 06:51:25

Title: Early 230SL on eBay
Post by: norton on February 18, 2005, 06:51:25

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6338&item=4529173117&rd=1

Title: Re: Early 230SL on eBay
Post by: rwmastel on February 18, 2005, 14:02:16

Not bad, it would take on-site inspection to find serious issues.

Problems:
- no trunk mat.
- no speaker grill
- odd firewall material
- dents in chrome near trunk lock
- white shift knob, black steering wheel w/ white center star (should all match?)

Rodd
Powell, Ohio, USA
1966 230SL, Euro, Auto, Leather, both  tops
1994 E420

Title: Re: Early 230SL on eBay
Post by: KevinC on February 18, 2005, 14:34:08

The greatest potential problem is what you dont see...yet a reminder is in almost every photo. Snow means road salt, especially in Massachusetts (I grew up there). Unless the car was off the road every November to May, it probably has or as had "issues".

Rodd is correct. On-site (even "on-lift) would be imperative!

Boca Raton, FL
1967 230 SL Automatic
670 Light Ivory
113 Bronze/Brown MB Tex

Title: Re: Early 230SL on eBay
Post by: Douglas on February 20, 2005, 12:09:27

I knew I remembered this car -- it was at H&R Fuel Injection for some work with Hans. I just confirmed that with the seller.

If anyone is interested in it, you should call Hans for his perspective. I can't imagine he gets too many of these really early cars very often so he'll probably remember it.

Douglas Kim
New York, NY
280 SL #016220