230 SL restoration photo thread....

[Kayvan]

This guy is doing all this in home garage



http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=280273

[Pesherton]

Very impressive what level of work that can be carried out in a home garage! Noticed that the car was a former concours participant - Each to his own and all that but it seems that times and expectations has changed considerably since the 80's My biggest concerns are the amount of partial painting.. Doing it to that extent if not working on an ontouched car in order to preserve as much paint as possible strikes me as somewhat strange. But, it will surely make for a very nicely detailed and beautiful driver's car!!

From one thing to another, are there any registers of how many surviving examples of pagodas that are still around?

[Flyair]

Pesherton
There was a thread elsewhere at this site regarding estimates of Pagoda still alive. Regardless of the actual numbers, it is interesting to note two things:
- there are numerous Pagodas of American type reimported to Europe, which outnumber those going in the opposite direction.
- some specialists report that our beloved cars are slowly but increasingly being exported to China and other Asian countries.

Maybe the 50th anniversary is a good time to do the estimate anew?

[Pesherton]

Stan: Yes, i've noted the same thing - especially on ads! They seem to swap owners more often than our European ones. American imports in Sweden (pretty regardless of automotive brand) have a reputation for being badly restored. But it's most likely more a result of unserious import/export companies buying tatty examples to make money quickly, and to my hope and assumption because nice examples in America (as well as in Europe) don't change owners very often, rather than American examples generally being much worse. Scammers can be located pretty much everywhere..

Kayvan: Sorry for the off topic