Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: suzy on April 09, 2008, 12:44:48

Title: great youtube video
Post by: suzy on April 09, 2008, 12:44:48

has anyone mentioned this video?

i don't understand much german but it's fun to watch anyway.

i was amazed at how easily the hardtop and softtop lifted up -- mine sure don't  :evil:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMIStW3Qb9M

suzy
1967 250SL auto beige/green

Title: Re: great youtube video
Post by: paulr on April 09, 2008, 14:26:57

It's a useful video for sure. I think the top was made of fiberglass for the demo .(1.06 mins ) Also the tyres look quite tall. It's shows the slimming effect of the grey/black rocker covers well too.

paulr
1970 280 SL

Title: Re: great youtube video
Post by: Kemal on April 09, 2008, 16:03:50

Quote

Originally posted by suzy

has anyone mentioned this video?


Yes,has been mentioned before, however, always good to see again.

Kemal
280SL
Manual LHD 69

Title: Re: great youtube video
Post by: bsimaz on April 10, 2008, 07:55:06

Near the end when the pagoda is passing, it looks like he downshifted for a little extra power.  The tach jumps waaayyy up past red line.

Very cool video.


Bill Simaz
'66 230sl
Back on the Road

Title: Re: great youtube video
Post by: PnHi on April 10, 2008, 08:29:30

He fixed the soft top backwards also. ;)

Title: Re: great youtube video
Post by: mdsalemi on April 10, 2008, 09:42:12

My goodness, did you check out the nose diving in the straight line braking?  How about the body roll in those high speed corners?

Suzy, the soft-top demo had several breaks in it; this is the part where many of us struggle a bit with latching it down.  Clearly they have been edited out.

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

Title: Re: great youtube video
Post by: pago41 on April 12, 2008, 21:51:46

I have not seen the previous posts about this video. Sorry if this has been mentioned before. The English version was broadcased on the History Channel in the early ninties. The whole program was about Mrecedes SLs and included the pagoda. The silver haired gentleman driving the the pagoda at the Ring and demonstrating the ease of operation for the hard top and the soft top is no other than Karl Kling the Mercedes racing driver of the fifties who won the Carrera Panamerica in a 300SL in 1952 and later became the head of motorsports in the early 60's. In the original video the soft top operates up and down very smoothly and there are no lapses in the video.