Anyone with this combo?

[Ulf]

Have just recieved my data card from the Classic Centre and it turns out that my silver 230 Sl started life in a different colour - 181H Light Beige, brown soft top and red interior. Seems like a very strange combination to me - anyone out there with this combo and a few pics of it?

Ulf

[dseretakis]

No but that sounds like a pretty combination. I have seen a red pagoda with black interior and a brown top and I thought that was odd.

[mjacoby321]

I can imagine that it's a nice combination for your silver 230 Sl... and I never find it strange...

[114015]

Have just recieved my data card from the Classic Centre and it turns out that my silver 230 Sl started life in a different colour - 181H Light Beige, brown soft top and red interior. Seems like a very strange combination to me - anyone out there with this combo and a few pics of it?

Ulf

Hey Ulf!
Congrats from a buddy of yours.
Yes, my silver painted 63 230 also started with 181G light beige (body and hardtop), brown soft top, red leather 203....
It took me quite a while until I started to like this color combo. Nevertheless, my car is going to be in that original colour combo again.
And ... BTW...
it was one of the standard color suggestens from DaimlerBenz for the 230 SL according to the little paint scheme (recommendations) booklet that I have ... from July 1963.

Silver pagodas are so common (although I like DB 180 more than DB 181);
enjoy your old/new color combination!
Sorry, no pics yet.

Best,
Achim

[Ulf]

Achim - I think it will grow on me too. However, I have no intention of going back to that combo as I'm quite happy with my silver body/hardtop, new black softtop and red interior (the only original colour left) - even though it is indeed very ordinary

MfG

Ulf