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Thierry du Laos

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280SL 1968 -- Soft top color
« on: April 18, 2016, 09:15:46 »
I am looking for pictures of existing cars to decide on the color of the soft top for mine.
The body is Ivory with red interior, and I hesitate between brown, tan or red Burgundy...?


66andBlue

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Re: 280SL 1968 -- Soft top color
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2016, 17:34:08 »
If you go with the original Sonnenland-Classic material (http://www.sl113.org/wiki/Tops/SoftTop#Cloth) then you are limited with what is available with a tan (not black!) inner layer.
Alfred
1964 230SL manual 4-speed 568H signal red
1966 230SL automatic 334G light blue (sold)
1968 280SL automatic (now 904G midnight blue)

DickLewis

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Re: 280SL 1968 -- Soft top color
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2016, 21:47:11 »
When I was going through the same process I would Google "Mercedes 250SL DB304 Horizon Blue images"  and then take days to go through them.  Eventually I found a pic with the combination that I liked.  I also suggest getting samples from the different vendors and carefully looking at them.