Author Topic: Winter's Here- please add your pics (Read 22481 times)

Mike K · « **on:** December 03, 2015, 22:35:57 »

Fitted the hard top for the winter yesterday and then took the old girl down to the port for lunch with friends...

Best,

MIke

cabrioletturbo · « **Reply #1 on:** December 04, 2015, 05:38:01 »

Mike, this is an awesome picture! It shows you gave it a thought before snapping it: red seats in the cafe with the red car in perspective, prrrrrfect!
Thanks for sharing.

AGT · « **Reply #2 on:** December 04, 2015, 11:19:24 »

Mike

That is a lovely photo... but that will not count as winter! First snow of the year in Edinburgh last night. My Pagoda is tucked up under its blanket in its heated garage with no fixed plan to get it back to France other than the looming backstop of the CT expiring in May. I am very jealous - do keep the photos coming.

Regards
Andrew

mdsalemi · « **Reply #3 on:** December 04, 2015, 16:15:21 »

Quote from: AGT on December 04, 2015, 11:19:24

Mike

That is a lovely photo... but that will not count as winter! First snow of the year in Edinburgh last night. My Pagoda is tucked up under its blanket in its heated garage with no fixed plan to get it back to France other than the looming backstop of the CT expiring in May. I am very jealous - do keep the photos coming.

Regards
Andrew

I swear it was ALMOST snowing this past July in Edinburgh...

Just in the nick of time, and after our first 8" of snow here (which melted within 5 days) I was able to move my car the 150 miles to its winter storage location, where freshly filled with fluids, freshly washed and cleaned, she sleeps under her flannel cover. If weather permits (all I ask for is 100% dry pavement) we'll take her out for a spin on December 31-Jan 2. I did that last year too, on the last day before the big snows that don't melt until spring!

Mike K · « **Reply #4 on:** December 04, 2015, 19:57:18 »

Quote from: cabrioletturbo on December 04, 2015, 05:38:01

Mike, this is an awesome picture! It shows you gave it a thought before snapping it: red seats in the cafe with the red car in perspective, prrrrrfect!
Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Igor, I parked in front of my friend's 1938 boat and only saw the photo, red tables and all, as we were leaving the restaurant...

Best,

Mike

Mike K · « **Reply #5 on:** December 04, 2015, 20:02:16 »

Quote from: AGT on December 04, 2015, 11:19:24

Mike

That is a lovely photo... but that will not count as winter! First snow of the year in Edinburgh last night. My Pagoda is tucked up under its blanket in its heated garage with no fixed plan to get it back to France other than the looming backstop of the CT expiring in May. I am very jealous - do keep the photos coming.

Regards
Andrew

Thanks Andrew. The expiring CT is a good enough reason to get her on the road in the spring! We've had a really dry winter here so far. I'm sure the rain is coming and I'll have to also tuck the old girl
under her blanket in Jan-Feb!

Best,

Mike

Panzer82 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 10, 2015, 18:08:19 »

Well, here in Minnesota this time of year means putting our cars away for the Winter. Amazingly, I just put mine away in a friend's heated warehouse yesterday... along with his 280SL, a couple of Porsche 911s and other fun Summer toys.

It was 45 degrees on the 9th of December, crazy, unseasonably warm weather we've been having, I've never put a car away this late before.

I didn't take a photos of the car with it's cover on it... too boring, but I do have two photos of the odometer.

One was taken at the beginning of the season, the car had just turned 100k miles. You can look at the odometer photos I took yesterday. I'd call that a pretty good Summer! All those miles and I didn't even make it to PUB in Ohio. A good chunk of the miles were two round trips from Minneapolis to Elkhart Lake, WI over the gorgeous back roads for vintage races and car shows. The Walleye 1000 Vintage Rally was another 500.

Already looking forward to Spring!

jackhughes81 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 10, 2015, 22:38:18 »

still trying to post pics??

49er · « **Reply #8 on:** December 14, 2015, 20:58:19 »

Rain here yesterday and some much needed snow up the hill. Below freezing at the house this morning but warmed up to 40f around 10:00am so we uncovered our car and took a short drive around our neighborhood. Top stayed up and the great little heater kept the navigator nice and toasty. This will be the SL's last drive of 2015 so Sta-Bil is in the tank, battery tender plugged in and all nice and snug under two car covers

John

Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ · « **Reply #9 on:** December 18, 2015, 20:36:13 »

This being the 18th of December and no snow in sight I decided to take my Blue Tornado for a last spin of the year (perhaps not there is no snow in the forecast and a white Christmas is not going to happen). Parked her in front of a Locomotive downtown (they used to make them here).

On the way home I stopped by the gulf club (all quiet there on the green, except for the club house, lots of drinking going on there, or whatever parking lot was packed with cars)

Cheers and Happy Holiday Wishes from our house to Yours!

Dieter

Mike K · « **Reply #10 on:** December 20, 2015, 20:24:38 »

Great pics, thanks for sharing!
Seasons Greetings to everyone.

Best,
Mike

cabrioletturbo · « **Reply #11 on:** December 20, 2015, 21:20:00 »

I have taken this, hm - new ride today, on a trailer though...

Mike K · « **Reply #12 on:** December 22, 2015, 08:32:51 »

Went out for a late afternoon drive on Sunday, while the weather's still dry and pleasant.

Best,
Mike

Pinder · « **Reply #13 on:** December 23, 2015, 01:23:20 »

A few weeks ago when engine was installed after rebuildh

Pinder · « **Reply #14 on:** December 23, 2015, 01:42:01 »

My current projects. a 1970 stick shift (no AC) and a 1969 Stick with AC. The Red one is suppsoed to be white and the white one is supposed to be Olive Green. Will paint both this spring back to original. Red one has engine rebuilt and running as of last two dayts. the White one is already running engine. Brakes / fuel pump and gas tank being worked on.

66andBlue · « **Reply #15 on:** December 28, 2015, 06:05:13 »

All packages delivered, now off to Joe's shop for a wheel change.

star63 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 12, 2016, 21:04:27 »

Today...

Garry · « **Reply #17 on:** January 12, 2016, 21:20:15 »

Like the photo,,, Whats the white stuff

From Down Under

Mike K · « **Reply #18 on:** January 18, 2016, 11:59:43 »

Nice pic, it seems a little colder than here!
I took the old girl out for a drive on Saturday, a cold but clear sunny day.

49er · « **Reply #19 on:** January 18, 2016, 17:52:39 »

OK

, so these are not to current and i have posted them before, but thought they might fit this topic. They were taken in December 1967 near Monument Valley, Arizona. The car pictured was my first SL, a 250SL. It was truly an amazing journey. Getting out the hotel's parking lot with over a foot of snow covering the car was a major challenge.

John

StevenF · « **Reply #20 on:** January 18, 2016, 18:31:56 »

Beautiful!
Who did the rebuild?
Regards
Steven

Mike K · « **Reply #21 on:** January 18, 2016, 19:52:14 »

Fantastic images, thanks for adding these in here!

Best,
Mike

Solbekk · « **Reply #22 on:** January 19, 2016, 01:22:18 »

Very nice photos! Almost feel like taking mine out for a spin, but I better not given the current weather..

Mike K · « **Reply #23 on:** February 05, 2016, 21:21:05 »

Another beautiful winter day....

Flyair · « **Reply #24 on:** February 14, 2016, 08:00:02 »

Hi Mike,
it looks like a great time to enjoy Pagoda with the roof on.
Please enlighten me with the plate of your car.
It looks like the old French plate before the white/yellow period, but it has no department numbers...?

ejboyd5 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 14, 2016, 13:50:38 »

Taken from the front porch this AM. Sea fog is not too common on the bay but today we're slightly below zero F. Cars are resting comfortably in their garages on the other side of the house. Forecast is for temperatures in the high 40s with rain by Tuesday. Weatherwise, the eastern end of Long Island is an interesting place to live.

Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ · « **Reply #26 on:** February 14, 2016, 19:53:06 »

Mine has been sleeping the winter slummer for a few months so it was time to wake her up to
circulate some of that engine oil and let her idle for a spell.

I moved the DD our of the so I could open the driver door once the winter cover was removed
started her up and moved her into the driveway. like Mike's car mine only gets to see the road
in the winter time when the roads are absolutely bone dry

Enjoyed the idle sound while Blue Tornado got some fresh cold winter air (-24C this morning).

We had about 8 inches of fresh snow that may melt soon with a warm front aproaching from
the west, so the weatherman promises, then we don't much believe in him do we now

ptooner · « **Reply #27 on:** February 15, 2016, 16:45:08 »

Well, winter here isn't all that exciting.

Mike K · « **Reply #28 on:** February 16, 2016, 07:31:51 »

"Hi Mike,
it looks like a great time to enjoy Pagoda with the roof on.
Please enlighten me with the plate of your car.
It looks like the old French plate before the white/yellow period, but it has no department numbers...?"

Hi Stan,
There are 2 types of plates for older cars that one can get in France.
1. If your car is registered as a "Classic Car" you're allowed to use the old style registration plates.
2. If a car's first registration was pre Dec. 1992 you can also use the old style plates.

I never registered mine as classic car, so went for option no.2. Since about 3 years ago the new French plates no longer show the department no.

Best,

Mike

mmizesko · « **Reply #29 on:** February 21, 2016, 17:52:44 »

Come on guys, winter means riding around topless!!!

Joe Alexander, Alex Djuric, and I spent a sunny afternoon in February Driving around the back roads of Central Ohio. 63 Degrees in mid-February....

Mike Mizesko
Columbus, OH

Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ · « **Reply #30 on:** February 21, 2016, 18:08:30 »

Mike,

Great to see this three great fellows getting together with there toys

if you would have driven east you would have hit -25 C (-35 C with the windchill) around our area of the woods

BTW. Thanks for blowing the warm wether our way our snow is melting now local temp now is 5 C

kampala · « **Reply #31 on:** February 21, 2016, 20:40:06 »

I happen to have arrived back in California, so yesterday drove a couple of hours south and joined a few of our Pagoda Friends! What winter? 70F / 21C

Those attending included: Kampala, Jonny B., 66andBlue, Barry D., Tyler S. and Noreen & Dick.

We had an excellent Mexican lunch (I crave Mexican when in France), lots of Pagoda talk, nice variety of cars and even nicer folks. And we actually opened some hoods/bonnets.

Nice break from the Paris winter --- soaked up the sun and got sunburned on the top of my bald head.

My Pagoda thanked me for a nice 250 mile roundtrip run.

Hope to do it again.

(didn't really take the opportunity for photos but here are a couple of snapshot)

TJMart · « **Reply #32 on:** February 22, 2016, 15:56:16 »

Beautiful Pagodas in a beautiful part of the Country!!

Tony

mmizesko · « **Reply #33 on:** February 22, 2016, 16:14:13 »

I just want to know why the tops are all up in such a warm place. These drivers must have thin blood....LOL.

Mike Mizesko

49er · « **Reply #34 on:** February 22, 2016, 19:58:34 »

Nice photo Oz, and wish we could meet up with you So Cal guys sometimes. Pretty sure the car would make the 900 mile RT but not so sure about the driver and navigator. Just solo drives for us up here as we enjoy the same mild weather too and could count the times we see another Pagoda on one hand. Enjoy the weather but pray for rain.

John

PS I imagine the tops were up to keep looky loo's out of your cars or maybe keeping that hot California sun from cooking the leather/MB Tex

Rolf-Dieter ✝︎ · « **Reply #35 on:** February 22, 2016, 21:25:38 »

Quote from: 49er on February 22, 2016, 19:58:34

PS I imagine the tops were up to keep looky loo's out of your cars or maybe keeping that hot California sun from cooking the leather/MB Tex

I was thinking the same John, good idea to do this during a nice long California lunch.

Dieter

kampala · « **Reply #36 on:** February 23, 2016, 03:02:17 »

Well, truth be told, only ONE pagoda arrived with Top down! I will leave it to you to determine which one.

Thinned blood? Maybe.

Since from the restaurant patio we could not see the pagodas, we closed them up.

49'r, if you ever come down to So Cal with your Pagoda, plan on going waaaaay south, tighter network of Pagoda folks closer to the border. But, if I'm around and not in France, I'm in your old stamping ground!

Best,

ja17 · « **Reply #37 on:** February 25, 2016, 15:48:24 »

Notice that the Ohio Pagoda's have license plate "PAGODA" and "PAGODA 1". For any other Ohio Pagoda owners watching "1 PAGODA" is still available from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

Tyler S · « **Reply #38 on:** February 25, 2016, 23:20:09 »

Quietly sleeping under a fleece fender cover. Not that it needs it, It's 75 deg. today!

Bonnyboy · « **Reply #39 on:** February 29, 2016, 16:02:21 »

I had Friday off work. I was feeling the effects of a lingering cold and decided I needed a bit of internal combustion rejuvenation. I had two hours to kill before my exercise class so I decided to check on the snow conditions at a local ski hill.

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