Nice Hatch-modified V8 Pagoda

[Kenneth Gear]

Check out this thread on a detailing site.  

It's a picture of a beautifully detailed Pagoda with a V8 engine from Hatch & Sons.  A 3.5 280SL, if you will.

Two things caught my eye.
1) How good the paint job looks
2) The firewall pad appears to me to be original material even though it looks brand new.. I wonder where he got it.

http://autopia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=78192

Ken G
1971 280 SL
Silver/red

[Bob G ✝︎]

Now that is a well excuted engine swap. Looks stock and the car looks new. I would not mine owning that 280SL.

Bob Geco

[rhersberger]

It's too bad that Mercedes didn't offer that engine in the 280 SL as it was available in the sedans, coupes and convertibles from some point.  I would have been happy if Mercedes had carried over the 300 SL engine for the 113s.

Rod Hersberger

Santa Barbara

'68 280 SL, red, tan, 4sp, two tops
'01 Jag S Type brg
'07 Cayman S Carmona red, sand beige (on order; built 10/16/06; due in San Diego 11/19/06)

[hauser]

Check out this earlier post.

http://index.php?topic=4213

1969 280sl 5 spd
Gainesville, Fl.