Pagoda SL Group

Off Topic => Other cars => Topic started by: doitwright on March 22, 2025, 03:07:19

Title: SadGoda (Emphasis on Sad)
Post by: doitwright on March 22, 2025, 03:07:19
I found this listing on Facebook Marketplace and just for kicks (does anyone still say that?) I thought I would share it here . It is being sold in the town next to where I live. My 1st impression is that it was someone's attempt to create a pagoda from a sedan. Sort of a Frankenstein 280SE/280SL. I don't think there are any SL parts in this creation. Lots of time spent toward a dead end.

https://www.facebook.com/share/167YDd4wPL/
Title: Re: SadGoda (Emphasis on Sad)
Post by: johnk on March 22, 2025, 03:49:35
Leaves me speachless……..
Title: Re: SadGoda (Emphasis on Sad)
Post by: Garry on March 22, 2025, 10:23:16
Looks like the backend of a w114/5
Title: Re: SadGoda (Emphasis on Sad)
Post by: BobH on March 22, 2025, 10:46:34
This is the sellers description:

White car on one picture shows original  condition when I found it 7 years ago.
Gray car pictures  is current vehicle condition after new paint job and body work .
Green car  is parts car for the interior and exterior parts .
1970 Mercedes 250 Vin 11401012033996 Gray car
1976 Mercedes 300D w115 Vin 11511412031504 green car
1976 is Parts car and is included in this listing

I'm selling my Mercedes W114 250 project. 7  years ago, this car was found in Washington in operational condition with 82000 miles(white car on pictures) .It was build in 80's by Mercedes mechanic . It is a really unique body style. This vehicle was four doors w114 model originally. The entire front was moved to the rear. The steering column and all necessary components were extended. This car is actually operated from the back seats. Euro headlights and bumpers with new rubbers included in this sale/!There is green 1976 Mercedes w115 also included in this sale
Title: Re: SadGoda (Emphasis on Sad)
Post by: Jonny B on March 22, 2025, 16:43:45
There are some things that simply should not be done...!
Title: Re: SadGoda (Emphasis on Sad)
Post by: zak on March 25, 2025, 20:37:22
I can't stop laughing.
And the quote " This car is actually is actually operated from the back seats ".
Thanks for the laugh.

jz
Title: Re: SadGoda (Emphasis on Sad)
Post by: mdsalemi on March 27, 2025, 14:16:58
Quote from: doitwright on March 22, 2025, 03:07:19
I found this listing on Facebook Marketplace and just for kicks (does anyone still say that?) I thought I would share it here . It is being sold in the town next to where I live. My 1st impression is that it was someone's attempt to create a pagoda from a sedan. Sort of a Frankenstein 280SE/280SL. I don't think there are any SL parts in this creation. Lots of time spent toward a dead end.

https://www.facebook.com/share/167YDd4wPL/

It's a mystery to me why people spend valuable time and good money doing really stupid things. What purpose could this have possibly served? Let's say it was completely finished. Then, what is it and why, and why doesn't any other old used car fit the bill?

There are plenty of fully completed oddball low volume cars out there if you want to make a statement; they take little effort just a purchase.

But travel the highways and byways of America and you'll see all kinds of useless junk, unfinished projects, littering the front and back yards...things like this.

Nice find Frank.
Title: Re: SadGoda (Emphasis on Sad)
Post by: IkeKitman on March 27, 2025, 16:26:50
Kind of incredible. So bad it's good. Obviously, I'd never subject a car to this punishment...

Reminds me of the backwards French cars from Michel Gondry's Mood Indigo...