Author Topic: Looking for previous owner and informations about 280 SL 1971 from Honolu Hawaii  (Read 1640 times)

axbieder

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Hello together,

Trying to find out more information regarding my car.

I bought a very beautiful 280 SL in Netherlands, which was originally running in Honolulu (Hawaii) and maintained at the dealership "Eurocars of Hawan Ltd.".

Does anybody know this worshop? does it still exits? maybe different company name now?

Unfortunately, I didn't buy the car in the original color combination. It was white with a black roof. I returned the car to its original delivery condition.

Was the car perhaps already repainted white in Hawaii?

Could you please help me getting the original car title (first owner and maybe other us owners)  and maybe information from Carfax about any accidents.

FIN/VIN: 113044 12 022546
From data card car had quality check in 02. December 1970. So, first registration in US must be 1971.

Best regards from Germany
Axel
« Last Edit: February 28, 2025, 00:15:54 by axbieder »

Jonny B

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I don't think the Eurocars place is still in business. I did a quick search and found a tax litigation from 1974. The building is still there, but appears to be not in use.

You may have some difficulty with title information, as most places do not give out that kind of information. I would try contacting a member in Honolulu.

If you click on the "Members" link above, then "Search for Member"  then check the box for location, and enter "Honolulu" (without the quotes) you should see three folks, you can message to them to see if they can give you any guidance.
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Jack the Knife

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Eurocars was a pretty prominent European car dealer in Honolulu with both Mercedes and BMW and they were started by some German immigrants, namely by a guy named Oberacker who initially had a post with Mercedes-Benz in San Francisco. He later became the consul general for Germany in Hawaii. I dug up a few ads for a silver and black car from '71, but it looks like yours has a red interior.

They were eventually bought by TheoDavies (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_H._Davies_%26_Co.) and became Davies' Eurocars in the later 70s. In '91, that company was bought by Jardine International Motor Holdings, which is a large holding company out of Hong Kong (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jardine_Matheson_%26_Co.). They're pretty prominent in the rootless cosmopolitan business world. They retained the name TheoDavies EuroMotors as their business name in Honolulu and at some point relocated to 818 Kapiolani Boulevard, which is currently where Mercedes-Benz of Honolulu is located. In '06, Jardine divested of its six TheoDavies dealerships for $100mn to Reed/Jones Acquisitions (basically Fletcher Jones Automotive out of SoCal), a group from the continental US. As an aside, in 2001, the Ala Moana location (the original location for the company) was sold in '01 to another group, and by then it had already been a Volvo dealer. You can see the ghost of the sign on the side of the building when looking at it from Google Streetview. Since Mercedes and a few other marques now generally require their dealers to bear names like "Mercedes-Benz of [whatever area]," it's no longer Fletcher Jones Motors as of '15 or so, but Mercedes-Benz of Honolulu.

And there you have it.
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