Mercedes 113 photo archive

[Benz280]

Came across this website, some classic 113 photos.
https://mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com/marsClassic/searchresult/searchresult.xhtml?searchString=113&searchId=0&searchType=detailed&resultInfoTypeId=172&borders=true&viewType=thumbs&sortDefinition=ARCHIVENUMBER-1&rowStart=40&thumbScaleIndex=0&rowCountsIndex=5

[Pawel66]

Nice, thank you!
Looks like Daimler keep adding pictures there.
The arrangement with ski rack for cabrio is new to me, I have not seen that before. I also wonder about this camping wagon...

[mbzse]

Good reminder, to return to this Daimler website. As mentioned, they add some new pictures now and then.

Yes, two great (colour) pictures showing the ultra-rare Oris ski rack for SL: s  with soft top or Hard Top w/o roof chrome strips fitted. 
First became available for the 300SL and 190SL
Some more info in posting:
https://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=19793.msg139528#msg139528

[Pawel66]

There you go!

Well, driving with no top while skiing seems a bit of a hard core for some geographies... But for some other is pretty cool!

[Mike Hughes]

Sure, but soft top down/hard top removed makes it possible to show the how the ski rack looks when installed ... 

I'd say that it is more likely a ski rack for hard top equipped SLs without hard top rails, like mine.  The Pagoda pictured must have had a contrasting color hard top, possibly black, judging by the hub caps.

[Pawel66]

Mike, are you sure this would fit? Seems to me hard top in the back is a bit higher than soft top...

[Mike Hughes]

… hard to tell for sure, but there are no clearance issues at all if used as shown!  ;^)

[mbzse]

Actually, in the M-B factory literature this type of ski rack is mentioned as suitable for "soft top roadster as well as HardTop w/o roof chrome strips"

[Pawel66]

ok, so that takes care of the clearances.