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Palolo

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The hover-SL
« on: February 14, 2013, 06:41:27 »
Because wheels and suspension are so overrated.



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Re: The hover-SL
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2013, 12:14:26 »
Yellow X underneath...doesn't that mean no hovering?
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Re: The hover-SL
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2013, 17:09:14 »
Yellow X underneath...doesn't that mean no hovering?


  That depends on where you live, Mike.

  In England, it would be a street cleaner; in Canada, it would be a street walker.......
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Re: The hover-SL
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2013, 18:26:37 »
Quite ugly I think ...
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Re: The hover-SL
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2013, 23:11:43 »
It looks like a botched circumcision  :)
for lack of a better description.

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Re: The hover-SL
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2013, 02:19:40 »
This is a Pagoda economic crisis version. Wheels were sold on eBay ;D
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Re: The hover-SL
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2013, 23:41:04 »

  That depends on where you live, Mike.

  In England, it would be a street cleaner; in Canada, it would be a street walker.......

I guess maybe that was a bit too Canadian......... ;)
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Re: The hover-SL
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2013, 01:10:15 »
Bit too International Dan,  I think the other half got it.
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Re: The hover-SL
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2013, 02:29:59 »


  Too bad there isn't one of these little faces with a set of horns on it...... ;D


1966 230SL 5 speed, LSD, header pipes, 300SE distributor, ported, polished and balanced, AKA  ''The Red Rocket ''
Dan Caron's SL Barn

1970  3.5 Coupe
1961  190SL
1985   300CD  Turbo Coupe
1981  300SD
2013  GMC  Sierra
1965  230SL
1967 250SL
1970 280SL
1988 560SEC