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Pawel66

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She starts looking like a car again...
« on: March 18, 2014, 15:46:15 »
I know you have seen many of those, but I just could not help placing the pictures...
Pawel

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Re: She starts looking like a car again...
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2014, 16:17:22 »
Pawel66,

Some of us can never get enough of these ... looking great.  Please tell us more and any "before" photos would be nice as we could see the transformation. 

This is is obviously a complete restoration.  Very nice to see
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Re: She starts looking like a car again...
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2014, 18:17:10 »
Thanks for interest!

Story like many others, I suppose. She looked really unloved when I bought her. They started to dismantle certain parts to sell her piece by piece. The dark spot you see next to wheel arch on the "As She Came" picture is a hole, actually, and there were quite plenty of those... We unveiled 12 layers of paint on her body.

I attached two pictures of Paint Code Plate to give you flavour...

I hope I will manage to make her a pretty Pagode by end of May.
Pawel

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Re: She starts looking like a car again...
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2014, 08:47:53 »
Paweł,

ready or not, here she goes!

Hope you get things ready for our appearance at AutoNostalgia on 17th May

Otherwise, we will have to show the car in her current state :D
Stan
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Re: She starts looking like a car again...
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2014, 15:58:22 »
Stan,

Yes! A roll of self-adhesive tape, some Miracle Glue and wire - and off she goes!  ;D
Pawel

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Re: She starts looking like a car again...
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2015, 21:57:33 »
Well, I just had first nice pictures made of my car, so I thought maybe I could post them as I was encouraged to do so whenI joined this great group...
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Re: She starts looking like a car again...
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2015, 23:17:45 »
Pawel

Great pictures of our Polish clans gathering. 

Our new logo may have messed things up a bit for banners but I think a lot of the old members stickers will be driving around on windscreens for years to come.

Nice car.

Garry
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Re: She starts looking like a car again...
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2015, 23:31:25 »
Thank you, Garry!

This was overall Mercedes meeting "The Classics Day" within their broader PR program. The management of our club is very active and Pagodas are always fairly represented on important events showing a lot of really beautifull cars!
Pawel

280SL 1970 automatic 180G Silver
W128 220SE
W121 190SL
G-class