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First Wash in 37 Years Mercedes 280 SL
« on: August 18, 2019, 19:06:54 »
Enjoy the video. They are still out there waiting to be discovered.

https://youtu.be/UyTrkAqnkFI

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Re: First Wash in 37 Years Mercedes 280 SL
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2019, 19:57:00 »
Cool
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Re: First Wash in 37 Years Mercedes 280 SL
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2019, 21:02:50 »
Simply amazing.
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Re: First Wash in 37 Years Mercedes 280 SL
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2019, 06:01:15 »
Neat. Car looks fine actually.
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Re: First Wash in 37 Years Mercedes 280 SL
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2019, 02:48:02 »
I saw this on Jalopnik.  The video was fun.  The online comments were entertaining.  A number of people weighed in about the necessity and cost of upper and lower engine rebuilds, fuel injector pump, rubber bits, and so on.  All true, but the body seemed straight, and the chrome benefited from the hibernation, so all I could think was that this is a comparatively cheap restoration.

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Re: First Wash in 37 Years Mercedes 280 SL
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2019, 13:22:01 »
Would have been nice if they made a follow up vid.