Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: Cortez-Campos on December 01, 2006, 04:35:26

Title: yes a car can be too expensive.....
Post by: Cortez-Campos on December 01, 2006, 04:35:26

How many mistakes can there be on one car?? headrests, doorpanels, paintcolor on dashboard, wheelcaps etc....

http://www.bilbasen.dk/biler/forhandlere/showpics.asp?id=480901186&page=

Price 65.000 $


I guess I will sell my 280 for 300.000$

Christian Cortez-Campos

280 SL 1969 anthracite 172, with red inteior.

Title: Re: yes a car can be too expensive.....
Post by: mdsalemi on December 01, 2006, 07:10:43

Hello Christian,

Clearly, a repaint job where they did not do the dash.  My guess is the car was originally white 050 maybe, hard to tell exactly, which would explain the dash and the wheel covers.

The interior was redone as well, perhaps with an eye for "nice" as opposed to "accurate".  I like the red horn pad, too!  Never saw one of those before. ;)

This is the way most 113's are treated in the repaint, rework or restoration process.  There's always something.  Post the links here--just like the eBay gems we often see--and they'll be picked apart for accuracy.

Michael Salemi
1969 280SL
Signal Red w/Black Leather
Restored

Title: Re: yes a car can be too expensive.....
Post by: joelj on December 01, 2006, 18:21:30

Yea you're right mike, it may look nice, but not acccurate. Its a pitty that someone will go out of their way to restore a pagoda, spend all that money, and not bother to make it accurate. Oh well, some people have a lot of money to burn...

Cheers group,

Joel

1969 280sl auto
White exterior
Blue interior