Purchase Opportunity Advice

[JamesL]

It looks like it was delivered as Papyrus White with a dark blue interior. Nice colours

It looks from your photos like it's DB906 now (light blue metallic) many of which were specced with the dark blue (I tihnk Jaymaneks is that combination)

[GGR]

Yes, and the hard top and hubcaps would have been dark blue. But look at the dashboard color, it is some kind of darker metallic blue or grey, instead of white. Usually, when there is a difference in color between the dash and the exterior, the one of the dash is a give away for the original color of the car, which would be papyrus white? That would indicate the car went through several color changes, at least one including the dash? Hum... I would really have that vin on the front right chassis rail inspected closely.

[JamesL]

Ok, now I am impatient for an update...

And if jack passed, why and can I have the sellers details

[NorfolkJack]

Apologies for the radio silence. Both I and seller went to ground briefly - for different reasons - but I will update when I have news, and will certainly pass on details if I pass.
Cheers,

[NorfolkJack]

So: that car came and went. The seller put it up for auction elsewhere. He got a take home of around £21.5k.

So I have been back on the hunt, and found this:

[NorfolkJack]

It was on eBay not too long ago, but didn't make its reserve. It has been imported from the US, has full history, matching numbers, original data card and has been owned by one family since new, covering just shy of 150K miles. It's a 250, 4 speed manual CC with original 114 MB Tex interior, but a change of colour - it was 050 white out of the factory.

It's been a while since I added to this thread, so just to recap: I am interested in a CC - I have two small children, and live in the UK, where it rains quite a lot (though bizarrely it is supposedly home to the highest per capita convertible ownership in Europe), so I would use it more as a 2+2, with the option to remove the roof when I move to the South of France (I wish), or retro fit a soft top (see pic, from the options page of this site). I wouldn't want to go the whole hog and lose the back seat and fit a lid, but maybe have a second removable roof that is a soft top.

Anyway, with Pagoda prices seemingly going through the roof, I don't want to be priced out of the market by waiting a number of years, and since a CC seems to fit my needs, it looks a pretty decently priced way in, and presumably even their values will rise - though perhaps not as much - making it some kind of investment as well.

The seller of this one seems to specialise in pagodas and claims to know all those that go on sale here (apparently he checked the one I was previously looking at and said it needed plenty of welding). He tells me this one is a very solid driver that could easily be spruced up in future years.

Any suggestions of what might be a decent price for this car would be much appreciated - I'll post further pics in a minute. Also, where do people stand on the auto/manual debate?

Many thanks!

[NorfolkJack]

Some more pics:

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And a few more:

[NorfolkJack]

And another batch:

[NorfolkJack]

And the last couple:

[Garry]

I think 250Sl’s are under rated and thus usually less than a 280SL so an advantage for a buyer with knowledge.

 IMHO a CC should be at least $10 and maybe $15k  below the roadster as that is what it can cost to add a top successfully.  However one of the photos shows a top attached where others do not.  Is there one fitted already?

 You have been looking at Pagodas now for a bit so should have a feel what is a good price and each country differs so I will not comment on fair price for UK.