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gilles82

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My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« on: September 02, 2007, 12:17:53 »
Hi Pagoda Group, I am Roberto and i live near Modena (Italy)and today i had had the possibility to drive my '66 230 SL in the Ferrari Track, the famous "Pista di Fiorano".
A very beautiful day passing driving  :D  8)
Here are some of the photos i took
CIAO  ;)



















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paulr

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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2007, 12:49:26 »
great track....was there earlier this year myself.....

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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2007, 17:40:53 »
Very nice car! Only thing about it that caught my eye is the location of the small turn signals - so far, I always saw them in front of the front wheels, rather than behind. Do you know whether this is their original location?

Ciao,
Cees

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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2007, 20:14:06 »
WHY THE LICENSE PLATE BLANKED OUT, hummmm
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gilles82

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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2007, 01:55:03 »
quote:
Originally posted by cees klumper

Very nice car! Only thing about it that caught my eye is the location of the small turn signals - so far, I always saw them in front of the front wheels, rather than behind. Do you know whether this is their original location?

Ciao,
Cees

Cees ("Case") Klumper in Amsterdam
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The car is a European car for the Belgium market,it has also the red tail light lens, early style, and in origin the car had NOT small turn signals.
In 1990 it has been imported in Italy, and for the local law is necessary to put the small turn signals in the similar space where have new cars, so the old proprietary put them there.
I'am thinking to remove them and put in the original italian position, but it's not according with the actual italian law...

Ciao  ;)
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gilles82

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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2007, 02:05:49 »
quote:
Originally posted by paults1

WHY THE LICENSE PLATE BLANKED OUT, hummmm


Often in some italian's car forum it's not allowed for privacy to publish photos of car with plate, or are not published, sorry for it.

Ciao
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gilles82

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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2007, 02:10:17 »
quote:
Originally posted by paulr

great track....was there earlier this year myself.....

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Hi Paul, if you come in Maranello again we can meet with ours Pagodas in the Cavallino town next time  ;) .

Ciao  8)
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paulr

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« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2007, 12:26:06 »
Will do.

quote:
Originally posted by gilles82

quote:
Originally posted by paulr

great track....was there earlier this year myself.....

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Hi Paul, if you come in Maranello again we can meet with ours Pagodas in the Cavallino town next time  ;) .

Ciao  8)


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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2007, 13:08:40 »
Beautiful Pagoda. I'm immediately reminded of the story of Uhlenhaut driving his little 230 SL around the track at Montroux in 1963 and finishing just .2 seconds behind a V12-powered Ferrari 250GT. I wonder if a Porsche 911 could've done that....

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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2007, 15:53:17 »
Beautiful pics, Roberto!

Please, what is the paint code of your car?
Is it 158, 670 or 181?

Thanks a lot.
Best,


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gilles82

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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2007, 04:45:41 »
Achim, the paint code is 716 grey-beige with interior MB Tex Caviar code 2100.
I like this color because change which the intensity of the light, looks more beige with green with few light, to look similar dirty white in the sunshine  :D


Hi and Happy New Year  8)  ;)  :)

quote:
Originally posted by 114015

Beautiful pics, Roberto!

Please, what is the paint code of your car?
Is it 158, 670 or 181?

Thanks a lot.
Best,


Achim
(Magdeburg, Germany)
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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2008, 15:57:30 »
Italian Pagodas have an orange disk on the each front fender not far from the headlight. Roberto's car has what might be a disk back near the door opening.

Is it an orange disk and does anyone know why it's so far back?

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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2008, 17:00:20 »
The 'disk' is a turn signal that was mandatory for cars in Italy. So Mercedes borrowed one from Fiat and placed it in front of the front wheels. Why Gilles' car has its lights so far back I don't know, probably was done after a repaint?

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Bob G ✝︎

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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2008, 18:53:20 »
Beautifull Car. It must have been fun to drive it on the track with all those other great marques.
I also noticed a rare option "antenna on the left rear portion of the fender". My Dad did this to his 280SL. I guess it was a real pain to get to the antenna with AC in the front Right fender to fix it. It certainly makes more sense putting it away from the engine to keep any interference and servicing it is easy.
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gilles82

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Re: My Pagoda in the Ferrari Track
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2008, 01:53:45 »
quote:
Originally posted by 280SL71

Italian Pagodas have an orange disk on the each front fender not far from the headlight. Roberto's car has what might be a disk back near the door opening.

Is it an orange disk and does anyone know why it's so far back?

Richard M, NYC


This is the explanation of this mystery  8) .

The car is a European car for the Belgium market,it has also the red tail light lens, early style, and in origin the car had NOT small turn signals.

In 1990 it has been imported in Italy, and for the local law is necessary to put the small turn signals in the similar space where have new cars, so the old proprietary put them there.

I'am thinking to remove them and put in the original italian position, but it's not according with the actual italian law...

Ciao

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