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W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: Jonny B on June 19, 2007, 10:40:05

Title: How NOT to store your Pagoda
Post by: Jonny B on June 19, 2007, 10:40:05

Not really related to Pagoda-ites, but still cool. Check out www.buriedcar.com A recently unearthed 1957 Plymouth stored in a "time capsule" that was just not quite as water tight as might have been originally hoped or promised.

Jonny B
1967 250SL Auto

Title: Re: How NOT to store your Pagoda
Post by: enochbell on June 19, 2007, 12:29:55

Will show up on ebay soon enough, look for description including words like "not a trailer queen"; "classic patina"; "some surface bubbling but not really an issue"; "ran perfectly when put into storage"; and "unmolested survivor".

g

'64 230sl, fully sorted out...ooops, spoke too soon

Title: Re: How NOT to store your Pagoda
Post by: mdsalemi on June 19, 2007, 14:46:21

I humbly suggest, that either left in a barn; in a field, or for goodness sakes, parked in front of Tulsa City Hall it would have been in better condition.  So much for sealed time capsules.

Michael Salemi
1969 280SL
Signal Red 568G w/Black Leather (Restored)
President, International Stars Section
Mercedes-Benz Club of America

Title: Re: How NOT to store your Pagoda
Post by: Chad on June 20, 2007, 23:19:15

I don't understand why the time capsules were somewhat popular back in the day. Anyone know why?

1967 230SL

Title: Re: How NOT to store your Pagoda
Post by: Raymond on June 22, 2007, 20:44:47

Folks would do them a civc spectacle just because it was fun. Some of us believed we would be around to see it opened. ...
 Dad gum!  I made it.

Ray
'68 280SL 4-spd Coupe

Title: Re: How NOT to store your Pagoda
Post by: Rolf on June 23, 2007, 11:33:36

It seems to be better to have your car stolen and sold on Ebay than stored.
The story:

(June 23) - Imagine Ronald Leung's surprise. The 59-year-old Northern California car enthusiast and former sheriff's deputy learned Thursday that a prized 1956 Ford Thunderbird stolen from his mechanic's shop in 1976 had been recovered by the California Highway Patrol.


'It's Like My Baby Finally Coming Home'
 
Jason Redmond, Ventura County Star / AP
This 1956 Ford Thunderbird, stolen 31 years ago, was returned to its owner due in part to the detective work of California Highway Patrol Officer Christopher Throgmorton, seen behind the car.
"I said, 'You're not kidding me,'" Leung, still giddy from the news, told ABC News. "The car's been gone longer than my son is old. My son's 30, the car's been gone for 31 years."

In fact, Palo Alto police called him on the same exact day -- June 21 -- that the car was swiped in 1976.

Leung has a sharp-thinking California Highway Patrol officer named Christopher Throgmorton to thank for the classic car's discovery.

A Ventura County woman bought the Thunderbird, now restored and painted blue, on eBay from an Ohio seller.

When trying to register the car, the buyer contacted authorities because the vehicle identification number listed on the car's title didn't exist in the California Department of Motor Vehicles registry. Throgmorton, reportedly an ace on these type of recoveries, picked up the detective work from there.




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Rolf
1966 230SL Auto
1992 300D
1991 FLHS