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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Photo Gallery => Topic started by: Mike Knowler on October 19, 2020, 23:08:07

Title: Restoration finished after 21 months
Post by: Mike Knowler on October 19, 2020, 23:08:07

With the rust so bad we had a choice of scrapping or restoring our beloved Pagoda. There was only one, if expensive, choice.

Title: Re: Restoration finished after 21 months
Post by: Mike Knowler on October 19, 2020, 23:18:21

The other picture that didn’t attach!

Title: Re: Restoration finished after 21 months
Post by: jharkin on October 20, 2020, 02:25:29

Beautiful color, wonderful depth to it. Looks almost iridescent.
Congratulations, and well done for saving a beautiful car.
Hope you enjoy it for many tears.

Title: Re: Restoration finished after 21 months
Post by: Mike Knowler on October 20, 2020, 21:35:16

Thank you. It was red when I bought it 16 years ago but we discovered this metallic Moss Green under the VIN plate. A history check with Mercedes confirmed that was the original colour so we put it back as original.
Only a shame that it came back at the end of the summer and left us only a few opportunities to drive in dry conditions.

Title: Re: Restoration finished after 21 months
Post by: Leester on October 20, 2020, 23:03:53

There are a couple of moss green W113s in my area, a beautiful color and yours is very nicely done.

Title: Re: Restoration finished after 21 months
Post by: Mike Knowler on October 21, 2020, 11:14:12

Thanks. We were a little nervous about the colour until we finally saw the finished article. We are really pleased with it. We’d not seen a moss green pagoda before although did see a 600 Grosser Limousine in this colour at the London Classic Car Show a couple of years ago.

Title: Re: Restoration finished after 21 months
Post by: goda77 on November 08, 2020, 04:53:17

WOW! The green is beautiful! And I love the interior, Parchment I presume?

Title: Re: Restoration finished after 21 months
Post by: Brennie on April 11, 2021, 07:13:57

Wonderful...who did the work,if you don’t mind my asking?

Title: Re: Restoration finished after 21 months
Post by: Theo113 on April 11, 2021, 10:45:37

Great job on the restoration and the detective work done in finding the original colour.  Restoring back to the original colour created a most lovely Green Pagoda.  I had also discovered my car was repainted from White to Signal Red, not a colour I would have chosen for a repaint.

Title: Re: Restoration finished after 21 months
Post by: lreppond on April 11, 2021, 22:28:43

This is a beautiful restoration job.  I’m certain you are very proud.  Going back to the original color combination was a real winner.  The jewel tone of the exterior is only made more dramatic with that light interior.  Absolutely breathtaking!