Members Location in Miami Floridia

[Leah]

  I need to contact any members who would like to help me checkout a Pagoda 280SL in Miami Florida.

I am in Australia; so I can not fly in to check out this Pagoda.

It is not a "Trailer Queen" it's  a daily driver only but the rust scars me.

I have a holding deposit on this Pagoda it looks good and I need a rust inspection.

I am  concerned that it is plated, and still has rust and bog (filler compound) as the restoration was done Unprofessionally.

Be assured I know where to look and can show YOU where to find the rust and plating along with the bog ( filler compound)

I would show my appreciation by offering  to cover all cost for travel  and time. 

To date every Pagoda that I got all the correct photos of and had inspected had masses of rust.

We all know we can fix everything but not the rust.

Hopefully someone will help me out.

I tried asking the New Retail Mercedes-Benz dealers to no avail, as there staff are to scared too be Manly.

Thank you Leah

[Peter van Es]

You can sort members by location and find the ones in Florida quite easily. Go to the Members tab. Select search. Unselect the fields for e-mail address and name. Then select location. Enter search criterium: "USA, FL" and you can approach them directly using Personal Messages. Select those with more posts, they'll be more active and likely more knowledgeable too.

Some well known names: hauser, Raymond, enochbell, or awolff280sl

Peter

[KevinC]

To date every Pagoda that I got all the correct photos of and had inspected had masses of rust.

Leah,

I cant help on this one since I am not near Miami but should you decide to look elsewhere, the western portion of the US tends to yield more rust-free examples of Pagodas. California is a good state to check as there is typically not any severe weather that would force road salt to be used. Not a guarantee as cars can move around but I found a competely rust-free example on Northern CA five years ago and am still pleased. I found that many cars in Florida were brought there from the Northeast (our "rust-belt") as in the 1960's and 1970's Florida traditionaly was a place for "snow-birds" (folks who lived in the north but spent winters in the south).

This may be a good site to check...
http://www.mercedesheritage.com/classifieds/category.php?cat=1963-1971-pagoda-230sl-250sl-280sl-coupe-roadster-type-113


- Kevin