Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: Richard Madison on March 26, 2008, 05:19:47

Title: Tonneau Cover
Post by: Richard Madison on March 26, 2008, 05:19:47

An Ebay car is a Euro model with rear folding seat and a clip on  Tonneau Cover.

What happened to the soft top horseshoe cover? or was the soft top added?

I'm confused (not unusual).

Richard M

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Title: Re: Tonneau Cover
Post by: psmith on March 26, 2008, 12:05:34

If it has a folding rear seat it's a "California Coupe" and there is a rear seat in place of the soft top box and cover.  There's no soft top only a hard top.  The tonneau was not standard, it was probably added to make it look more like a typical pagoda.

Pete S.

Title: Re: Tonneau Cover
Post by: Richard Madison on March 26, 2008, 12:13:49

Pete: I took another look...it looks like the softtop is snapped to the car using the Tonneau snaps. Seems to be a way to have a soft top and a folding rear seat.  Ebay item 120237790794

Richard M

Title: Re: Tonneau Cover
Post by: Douglas on March 26, 2008, 13:43:03

That is indeed a CA Coupe. I noticed that one online a few days ago as well. The tonneau cover with snaps was a popular addition to this model, for obvious reasons.

Douglas Kim
New York
USA

Title: Re: Tonneau Cover
Post by: Mike Hughes on March 26, 2008, 14:37:27

Must've been white originally.  The snapped on cloth tonneau does make for a tidy looking CA Coupe with an add-on soft top in the stowed position.

- Mike Hughes  -ô¿ô-
  1966 230SL Auto P/S
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Title: Re: Tonneau Cover
Post by: psmith on March 27, 2008, 00:29:02

It does look like it has a soft top under there.  I assume you can't use the seat with the top down (although you don't have any leg room in either case)

Pete S.