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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Photo Gallery => Topic started by: ghenne on September 15, 2012, 20:39:22

Title: Green cars meet!
Post by: ghenne on September 15, 2012, 20:39:22
I visited another member who has an identically coloured 230SL. Here's how they look together!
Title: Re: Green cars meet!
Post by: w113dude on September 15, 2012, 23:58:35
is the color DB291 olive green?
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Post by: Nate on September 16, 2012, 03:42:32
What are the odds of that, especially in Canada eh?  Both look like very nice examples.
Title: Re: Green cars meet!
Post by: Benz Dr. on September 16, 2012, 04:46:33
I visited another member who has an identically coloured 230SL. Here's how they look together!

Hey,
I know that car!  Or, at least I know the owner.
Title: Re: Green cars meet!
Post by: ghenne on September 16, 2012, 08:56:56
The cars are both DB 268 Dunklegrün (Dark Green).
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Post by: gugel on September 16, 2012, 15:47:21
The cars are both DB 268 Dunklegrün (Dark Green).
Great color!
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Post by: Flyair on September 16, 2012, 17:02:24
besides the color and general aspect (reeeeeaaaallllyy great) I noticed that one is harder and the other is softer :D
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Post by: Jack Jones on September 17, 2012, 00:22:46
I live just west of Toronto and have a 1970 280SL also in DB268....Interesting.
Title: Re: Green cars meet!
Post by: ghenne on September 17, 2012, 20:10:42
I wonder if that's enough to form our own club!

Over the years, I've met a few other DB268 Pagodas in Toronto
- one that drove around the Beaches
- one in Maplecrest Upholstery, getting a new interior
- one that my accountant used to own. He didn't like the operating expenses, so he sold it. I don't think Pagodas are meant for accountants.
Title: Re: Green cars meet!
Post by: rutger kohler on May 29, 2013, 07:38:47
Hi, I've just looked at your post belatedly.  What colour upholstry and carpet have both the cars go plse? I have got the same paintwork (Dunkelgrun)and Bamboo upholstery.  Figuring out what the carpet colour should be and I'm thinking bamboo although the original owner thought it was a dark brown
Title: Re: Green cars meet!
Post by: JamesL on May 29, 2013, 08:56:51
Cognac would look fantastic!
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Post by: pj on May 29, 2013, 10:31:26
How come the hardtop's still on? It's May!
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Post by: Peter h on May 29, 2013, 10:54:47
dunkelgrün or moosgrün metallic only with cognac. Just my opinion
Peter
Title: Re: Green cars meet!
Post by: ghenne on May 29, 2013, 11:41:03
My car (the one with the hardtop) was originally finished in 114 Natural Light MB-Tex, which is no longer available.

I'm having it redone in its leather equivalent (219 Natural Light) right now.
Title: Re: Green cars meet!
Post by: UJJ on May 29, 2013, 11:41:51
Looks like they kissing each other! :-*
Perhaps if you meet more often, one day you'll have a baby? ;D
But that will be stuffed with all kinds of electronics. ::)
Love that picture.
Title: Re: Green cars meet!
Post by: Ulf on May 29, 2013, 11:55:15
I'm also green - with envy ;-)
At first I thought that green was only suitable for British classics, but that color suits w113s quite well

ULf
Title: Re: Green cars meet!
Post by: Flyair on May 29, 2013, 16:11:09
Looks like they kissing each other! :-*
Perhaps if you meet more often, one day you'll have a baby? ;D
But that will be stuffed with all kinds of electronics. ::)
Love that picture.

Urban
No sex please. Some members of this forum are British!
 ;D
Title: Re: Green cars meet!
Post by: ghenne on May 30, 2013, 00:24:16
When I was shopping for a Pagoda in 1977, green was not on my list of colours. Not even in the top 10. Until I saw this one: green suddenly made perfect sense.

I think it cost me $3000, about the price of a brand new Mini.

I'm still not a fan of green as a car colour, now with one exception.
Title: Re: Green cars meet!
Post by: Flyair on May 30, 2013, 06:56:30
When I was shopping for a Pagoda in 1977, green was not on my list of colours. Not even in the top 10. Until I saw this one: green suddenly made perfect sense. I'm still not a fan of green as a car colour, now with one exception.

Ghenne,
I actually had the same view until I saw Artur's restored car (she can bee seen here http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=18477.0).
However, I always thought that every British period car looks great in green (such as British green or moss green)