Unusual stereo installation

[Douglas]

Watch where you sit on that jump seat!

http://www.hifigarage.de/d/c-hifi3.htm

Douglas Kim
New York, NY
280 SL #018260

[Richard Madison]

I'll bet that very few side-seat owners have ever had a rider back there so while the speaker installation looks odd, it probably didn't sacrifice seating space...

Cars that came with a side-seat also came with the pieces to restore the original bench seat. I guess this car didn't have those pieces else a more standard installation could have been made...

Doug: how do you find so many strange and hidden Pagoda websites???

Richard M

'71 280 SL, Tobacco Brown, Cognac interior, Tan top, Jump Seat, 80K orig miles, NYC.

[Cees Klumper]

The price for this super-duper stereo installation was over $3,000 if my math is correct. There's mention of all kinds of heavy-duty cabling. Still, even at that price, the chassis necessitated some serious compromise where the 'extreme deep bass' is concerned. And I still wonder about the use of a high-end stereo in our Pagoda's because, at higher speeds, the engine and other mechanical, and wind noises, just have to interfere with Mozart somehow!

Cees Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

[Bob G ✝︎]

I think Tom Saragent had the best idea for upgrading his stereo in his 280SL

Bob Geco

[JamesL]

What was that Bob. Or Tom?