My vet's Pagoda Xmas Card

[Douglas]

I guess the whole sleigh thing got tired for Santa:

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Apparently, my vet purchased it at www.landmarkcollection.com    

The only issue I have with Santa's car is that piece of trim behind the rear wheels  is slightly off. It's got to be hard to find a decent restoration shop on the North Pole...

 

Douglas Kim
New York
USA

[114015]

Hello Doug,

Nice pic, definitely.
Please, why do you think the rear chrome piece between wheelarch and bumper is off? It looks very correct to me. Th lower edge of the trim is in line with the lower edge of the bumper - and it is completely horizontal ... that's supposed to be correct.
Or, am I blind??[:0]

Best,

Achim
(parts & knwoledge collector,
Magdeburg, Germany)

[Douglas]

Achim,

The trim is mounted too high. Compare it to this:

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(It needs to line up with the lowest part of the rear bumper, not the highest.)

Douglas Kim
New York
USA

[al_lieffring]

quote:Originally posted by Douglas

Achim,

The trim is mounted too high. Compare it to this:

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(It needs to line up with the lowest part of the rear bumper, not the highest.)


Douglas Kim
New York
USA

It looks pretty close to the bottom of the bumper to me


The photo was intentionally blurred, you might have mistaken the muffler as part of the bumper

When I get to that point, I will be using a laser line to make sure the rear trim aligns with the door and dog-leg trim lines,



Al Lieffring
66 230SL

[Douglas]

I still think it's a hair too high. It should be perfectly in-line with the trim in front of the wheel as well. It should feel like one continuous line down the side of the vehicle.



Douglas Kim
New York
USA

[thelews]

John
1967 Early 250 SL Red/Caviar, Manual

[PnHi]

You Guys! LOL  
Happy New Year

[Kemal]

Learn something new everyday! (' ')

Kemal
280 SL Manual 69

[Jonny B]

Cool card, never mind all the noodling about the trim piece.

I did go out to the card web site, and this one was listed under the "fun and lighthearted" collection. Maybe it needs to be moved?... after this thread......

Jonny B
1967 250SL Auto

[hauser]

One way to check is by holding up a piece of paper to the mouldings on the door, line it up and see where the rear trim is in relation to the door trim.  If it doesn't line up then you know it's off.

1969 280sl 5 spd
Gainesville, Fl.

[Richard Madison]

Remarkable how we manage to turn just about every posting into a serious car discussion...how did we get from a humerous Xmas card to the precise placement of the rear trim?!!

Are we are a little obsessed with these cars? (and maybe not "a little"!)

Oh by the way, I'm about to re-install the upper molding trim on the 1969 Beige Beauty. The trim was removed for painting a couple of years ago. The holes are still in the body, so "correct" or not, the trim is going back in the same place it came off.

Richard M, NYC

[nick350]

I have had the photograph resharpened and according to my micrometer the offending trim is .6mm off. Its amazing how "misleading" these so called fun cards can be. I will certainly not be using them as any kind of guide to...shall we a "Pagoda Perfection" from now on. I have contacted Landmark cards for their comments but am still waiting for a response!!