Ok, so after much time, interestate & air-miles, and effort put into the search of my Pagoda, I was finally able to land a good deal on mine. This car belonged to an old forum member (from the Yahoo groups list) called Jim. He bought the car in Italy in 1986 and shipped it to Houston, TX the follwing year.
It is a 1967 250 SL in Medium Gray with a 4 speed manual. I had posted pictures of this car during my search and although I'd discarded it initially due to the elevated asking price considering the contidion, we were able to come to a much more accessible final number. As we were buying this car together with a friend of mine, we decided to drive from Bentonville to Dallas where we'd spend the night. On saturday we'd leave our wives there for them to enjoy on a 10 hour shopping spree (hoping they would not out-spend us) while we'd drive to Houston and bring back the car.
Here's the first picture I took, parked in front of the new Aloft Hotel in Plano, TX (I wanted to get pictures while loading it in Houston, but was so anxious to get it that I forgot to get the from my wife when leaving in the morning
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There's a ton of stuff we need to get working on, as well as sorting through the very detailed information and spares (yes, Jim gave us 7 boxes with parts that had either been replaced or bought but not installed yet... like the new complete chrome set for the hardtop!) to see what needs to be done with that stuff. For now, cleaning is Job #1 as the underside of the car has more oil on it than the floos at the local Jiffy Lube!
Regards,
Andres G
