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ghenne

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Green cars meet!
« on: September 15, 2012, 20:39:22 »
I visited another member who has an identically coloured 230SL. Here's how they look together!

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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2012, 23:58:35 »
is the color DB291 olive green?

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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2012, 03:42:32 »
What are the odds of that, especially in Canada eh?  Both look like very nice examples.
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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2012, 04:46:33 »
I visited another member who has an identically coloured 230SL. Here's how they look together!

Hey,
I know that car!  Or, at least I know the owner.
1966 230SL 5 speed, LSD, header pipes, 300SE distributor, ported, polished and balanced, AKA  ''The Red Rocket ''
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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2012, 08:56:56 »
The cars are both DB 268 Dunklegrün (Dark Green).

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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2012, 15:47:21 »
The cars are both DB 268 Dunklegrün (Dark Green).
Great color!

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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2012, 17:02:24 »
besides the color and general aspect (reeeeeaaaallllyy great) I noticed that one is harder and the other is softer :D
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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2012, 00:22:46 »
I live just west of Toronto and have a 1970 280SL also in DB268....Interesting.
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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2012, 20:10:42 »
I wonder if that's enough to form our own club!

Over the years, I've met a few other DB268 Pagodas in Toronto
- one that drove around the Beaches
- one in Maplecrest Upholstery, getting a new interior
- one that my accountant used to own. He didn't like the operating expenses, so he sold it. I don't think Pagodas are meant for accountants.

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« Reply #9 on: May 29, 2013, 07:38:47 »
Hi, I've just looked at your post belatedly.  What colour upholstry and carpet have both the cars go plse? I have got the same paintwork (Dunkelgrun)and Bamboo upholstery.  Figuring out what the carpet colour should be and I'm thinking bamboo although the original owner thought it was a dark brown
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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2013, 08:56:51 »
Cognac would look fantastic!
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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2013, 10:31:26 »
How come the hardtop's still on? It's May!
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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2013, 10:54:47 »
dunkelgrün or moosgrün metallic only with cognac. Just my opinion
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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2013, 11:41:03 »
My car (the one with the hardtop) was originally finished in 114 Natural Light MB-Tex, which is no longer available.

I'm having it redone in its leather equivalent (219 Natural Light) right now.

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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2013, 11:41:51 »
Looks like they kissing each other! :-*
Perhaps if you meet more often, one day you'll have a baby? ;D
But that will be stuffed with all kinds of electronics. ::)
Love that picture.
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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2013, 11:55:15 »
I'm also green - with envy ;-)
At first I thought that green was only suitable for British classics, but that color suits w113s quite well

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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2013, 16:11:09 »
Looks like they kissing each other! :-*
Perhaps if you meet more often, one day you'll have a baby? ;D
But that will be stuffed with all kinds of electronics. ::)
Love that picture.

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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2013, 00:24:16 »
When I was shopping for a Pagoda in 1977, green was not on my list of colours. Not even in the top 10. Until I saw this one: green suddenly made perfect sense.

I think it cost me $3000, about the price of a brand new Mini.

I'm still not a fan of green as a car colour, now with one exception.

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Re: Green cars meet!
« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2013, 06:56:30 »
When I was shopping for a Pagoda in 1977, green was not on my list of colours. Not even in the top 10. Until I saw this one: green suddenly made perfect sense. I'm still not a fan of green as a car colour, now with one exception.

Ghenne,
I actually had the same view until I saw Artur's restored car (she can bee seen here http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=18477.0).
However, I always thought that every British period car looks great in green (such as British green or moss green)
« Last Edit: May 30, 2013, 19:13:02 by Flyair »
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