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EeVeeWee

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Pagoda with tow bar
« on: July 04, 2024, 19:49:15 »
This interesting picture I saw on facebook.  ;D

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Peter van Es

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Re: Pagoda with tow bar
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2024, 19:50:30 »
I'll have both...
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Re: Pagoda with tow bar
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2024, 18:34:31 »
Years ago, I had a custom made tow bar fitted to my 230SL,  in order to haul our Hoby Cat down to the beach. Years later I took my 190SL project to a paint shop and back, a few miles away and then removed the tow bar when the kids were no longer interested in Hoby sailing.
No damage to the Pagoda, except for a few holes in the boot floor, which I had welded up and painted.
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Re: Pagoda with tow bar
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2024, 13:14:36 »
The (230) SL on the pic is (was) registered in Esslingen .... close to Stuttgart. :o
But the numberplate is from the old DIN (German Industry Norm) days, without the Euro-Logo on the left
and no H on the numberplate for "historic" car.
Thus, this pic must have been dated from before the mid-1990ies or so ... 8)  ;)

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Re: Pagoda with tow bar
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2024, 13:44:23 »
It reminds me of this picture.  ;D

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Re: Pagoda with tow bar
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2024, 14:16:40 »
 I have a 230sl, which happens to be db571 red metallic with black top, my car is from Germany, and also has remnants of a tow bar frame.

 Coincidentally I have no badges on the boot (230sl nor automatic) which don’t appear from what I can see.

My car was exported from Germany ~1980’s.  If I could enlarge the pix to see the interior color and it’s my light antique yellow, it would add to the intrigue.  I tried to enlarge the pix to see more detail without success

As they say, you never know...

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Re: Pagoda with tow bar
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2024, 18:49:01 »
The car on the trailer appears to be a 1938 Frazer Nash BMW 328.
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