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Rothko

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Pagoda in Palm Beach
« on: March 03, 2021, 18:23:11 »
Saw this very nice white Pagoda on the way to work today.

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Re: Pagodas in Palm Beach
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2021, 18:23:57 »
Here's a close-up.
« Last Edit: March 08, 2021, 16:07:30 by Rothko »

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Re: Pagoda in Palm Beach
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2021, 16:06:20 »
Here's another one that I saw on Friday.

Palm Beach has a number of Pagodas.

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Re: Pagoda in Palm Beach
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2021, 03:24:15 »
Palm Beach = the perfect natural habitat of the Pagoda. As is the Riviera.
Beverly Hills, not as much as I expected, prior to moving to LA.
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Re: Pagoda in Palm Beach
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2021, 13:36:29 »
Here's another beautiful Pagoda on Worth Avenue on Sunday morning, parked right in front of mine.  Met the owner; very nice guy.

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Re: Pagoda in Palm Beach
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2021, 17:38:50 »
Nice, brings back memories, thanks for posting.

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Re: Pagoda in Palm Beach
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2021, 22:04:14 »
Cees,

Not to forget of course Monaco - Monte Carlo, Garry Marks and I had the pleasure after the French Euro Event to cruse along this wonderful area in a Pagoda from one of our Members that has his winter residence near there. We had a wonderful time.

Dieter

PS. We are both forever thankful to Andrew T. to let us have is fine Pagoda.
« Last Edit: March 29, 2021, 22:12:47 by Rolf-Dieter »
DD 2011 SL 63 AMG and my 69 Pagoda 280 SL

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Re: Pagoda in Palm Beach
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2021, 02:42:10 »
Absolutely - Monte Carlo / Monaco.  When I was 19 I was vacationing there in the summer of 1979 with my Triumph Spitfire along with three friends (19 also) and another Spitfire. We camped in our small tents at a campground in Menton, near the Italian border 20 kilometers from Nice. (The entire 3 week vacation cost each of us around $250 including gas and tolls from Holland, those were the days).

Two cherished memories from that trip, among many others:

- once I was driving top down of course, along the marina and briefly driving next to me was a Rolls Royce Corniche, also top down, with a grey haired gentleman who enthusiastically waived at me, then our paths went different directions. Sort of, a young poorer me meets up with me today (still not rich, but not as poor as I was then ;-))

- then, about a week later, driving along, from a subterranean parking garage in front of me, out pulls a crisp Pagoda, top down, with a beautiful woman driving, head scarf - basically the full treatment, and I thought to myself "Now THAT's how it's done, I will have to get myself a Pagoda one day". So that is mostly why I am here now.
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Re: Pagoda in Palm Beach
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2021, 17:41:22 »
Forgive my curiosity for asking but in the OP pic shouldn't the hubcaps match the hardtop color to be correct?

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Re: Pagoda in Palm Beach
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2021, 05:28:22 »
Nice pics......bring me memories from my assignments in La Gaude commune near Nice and the corniche driving experience (not a Pagoda) in Cote d'Azur going to Italy via Montecarlo-Monaco-Menton-Ventimiglia.
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Re: Pagoda in Palm Beach
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2021, 16:44:57 »
Forgive my curiosity for asking but in the OP pic shouldn't the hubcaps match the hardtop color to be correct?

Ya, should have black hubcaps; maybe personal preference to change them by the owner?

I prefer black myself:

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Re: Pagoda in Palm Beach
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2021, 15:19:20 »
A nice Pagoda on the front page of the local paper, loading up to go from Palm Beach to the north for the summer.  I always like this time of the year, when the snowbirds start to leave and things get back to normal.


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Re: Pagoda in Palm Beach
« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2021, 21:53:09 »
Good catch, teahead, JJbrooks.   I believe black would be the proper colour for the hubs.  However, I do find the white hubs to be an attractive alternative choice. 
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Re: Pagoda in Palm Beach
« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2021, 13:25:18 »
Here's another Pagoda on North County Road in Palm Beach, yesterday.