280SL restoration in Oregon

[280sl1968]

I love looking at restoration photographs and recently came across this slide show from an auto body shop in Oregon:

http://www.canyonautorebody.com/264085/1970-280-sl/




David

[49er]

 Looks like that car was in a lake up to it's door handles for a few years!  Pretty amazing what can be done.

John

[gerster]

You'r right John.

Greetings: Ger.

[Jonny B]

Quite an effort, it appears that just about every panel had to be dealt with.

Now they need to go back and paint the rockers gray/black.

[Flyair]

Despite such an extensive and certainly very costly job the lady on the pic 142 seems very happy

As for the observation that every piece of the body had to be dealt with...
I wonder how it would compare to replace rotten pieces with new ones, like the front panel was, in terms of cost. It seems to me that it would save time and be more secure in the long run.

The argument about preserving originality doesn't uphold here as I would say that the pieces of new inserts outgrown the original rust.

Anyway pleasant to watch and great that another write off resurrected.