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Bonnyboy

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I am going to Oahu - things to do
« on: March 09, 2013, 00:57:21 »
I am heading to Waikiki and was wondering if there is anything Mercedes / W113 / cool that I should not miss.   It will probably be the last time I go for a while as my wife keeps talking about Tuscany before the kids head to university.    

I will only be on the island of Oahu so no visits to Passarelli Restorations even though I'm really tempted to stow away on a fishing boat to get over there.  I will hit the Mercedes dealer but the last time I went there and asked about a place to see old mercedes cars they suggested that there was usually a 560sl parked over by a bank in the area.  

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Re: I am going to Oahu - things to do
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2013, 00:56:50 »
I was fortunate enough to be there a year and half ago - did not find anything Mercedes to do, unfortunately. However, I must tell you that if you have not been to the Battleship Arizona memorial, you should see that!

Have fun in Hawaii, my wife and I sure did.
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Re: I am going to Oahu - things to do
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2013, 18:15:52 »
Thanks,  just got back this morning. 

Never found anything to do re Mercedes but I did rent a big Harley and cruised for a while in the nicer residential areas and some not - just exploring. 

Overall saw a few older Porsches under restoration, saw a 190sl under a tarp, saw lots or 80-90's sl's, even one on the back of a towtruck, and only saw two Pagodas, - one on the main strip and one heading to work in the business district. 

Saw several 70-80's sedans in various states of repair.



Ian
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Re: I am going to Oahu - things to do
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2013, 19:29:28 »
When we were in Waikiki last October, we saw two Pagodas in one hour. First was white '70 280SL parked along Kalakaua Ave by San Souci park, then about a half hour later we saw a gold SL (unknown year) pull out a shopping center onto Kalaniananole Hwy over at Hawaii Kai. Amazing!

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