Fender notches

[A Dalton]

quote:Originally posted by Douglas

Here's an excellent photo from Brian Peters' very informative site:

http://www.motoringinvestments.com/RL_notch.htm

Douglas Kim
New York, NY
280 SL #016220

 That is a great shot with good light contrast, enabling you to see the outer notch , across from  and level with the inner...

[Mike Hughes]

quote:Originally posted by A Dalton

quote:Originally posted by Douglas

Here's an excellent photo from Brian Peters' very informative site:

http://www.motoringinvestments.com/RL_notch.htm

Douglas Kim
New York, NY
280 SL #016220

 That is a great shot with good light contrast, enabling you to see the outer notch , across from  and level with the inner...

Looks like an undamaged, original paint car being torn down for repaint/restoration (even has the crayon numbers in the headlamp well!), so this is an excellent reference shot for how the factory intended the notch to look!

- Mike Hughes  -ô¿ô-
  1966 230SL Auto P/S
  Havanna Brown (408)
  Light Beige (181)
  Cream M-B Tex (121)

[Ed Cave]

Mike:

Good observation. That photo is of my car and yes, at the time of that photo, the car still wore it's original paint. It has since been repainted but Brian Peters recreated the number "23" in the headlight bucket with a grease pencil (actually brought his wife down to his shop one day and had her do it). When the car went to the paint shop Brian held a little 'seminar' on headlight notches, educating the shop guys on their importance/originality to insure they didn't disappear.

Today, the car looks like this. Sorry, wrong angle to see the notch but trust me, they are there.


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Ed Cave
Atlanta, GA


1971 280SL
1973 911S
2004 A4 3.0
2006 GS430

[Mike Hughes]

Ed -

Not to hijack this thread, but can you say what the significance of the number "23" is on your car?  Is this a random number or does it correspond to the body number found on the hood, hardtop, etc., or does it correspond to some other value found on the VIN plate, chassis plate, or data card?

- Mike Hughes  -ô¿ô-
  1966 230SL Auto P/S
  Havanna Brown (408)
  Light Beige (181)
  Cream M-B Tex (121)

[Douglas]

Ed,

One minor nitpick--you should adjust the angle of your bumpers so that they hug the sides more just in front of the wheels. They look too bowed out and should be more parallel to the sheet metal there.

(If you weren't so close to perfection, you wouldn't get smart a**es like me nitpicking!)



Douglas Kim
New York, NY
280 SL #016220

[Ed Cave]

Mike:

It is our assumption that the no. 23 is the inspector's ID number - like the little piece of paper you find in the pocket of a new pair of pants.

quote:Originally posted by Mike Hughes

Ed -

Not to hijack this thread, but can you say what the significance of the number "23" is on your car?  Is this a random number or does it correspond to the body number found on the hood, hardtop, etc., or does it correspond to some other value found on the VIN plate, chassis plate, or data card?

- Mike Hughes  -ô¿ô-
  1966 230SL Auto P/S
  Havanna Brown (408)
  Light Beige (181)
  Cream M-B Tex (121)

Ed Cave
Atlanta, GA


1971 280SL
1973 911S
2004 A4 3.0
2006 GS430

[Ben]

Didn't somebody find similar numbers hand written on the back of some original carpets they were replacing ??

Regards,
Ben in Ireland.
'64 230SL 4sp.