Author Topic: Greetings from Sweden. New member. (Read 12403 times)

n/a · « **on:** September 16, 2004, 12:52:39 »

Hello
Got a tip from a fellow pagoda owner about this website. I have only been the owner for a couple of months. But the car has been in the family since 1980.
I
m a bit younger than my pagoda

Best regards
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280 SL Automatic 1970

n/a · « **Reply #1 on:** September 16, 2004, 13:14:04 »

I also found a picture from a car show I attended a couple of months ago.
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280 SL Automatic 1970
http://www.garaget.org/show.php?car=1989

Cees Klumper · « **Reply #2 on:** September 16, 2004, 14:17:58 »

Wow! Your car looks very nice. Congratulations and welcome to the site.
Cees Klumper in Amsterdam
'69 white 280 SL automatic

n/a · « **Reply #3 on:** September 16, 2004, 15:03:12 »

Nice picture.Looks like it was taken in Saltsjobaden?

n/a · « **Reply #4 on:** September 17, 2004, 00:51:38 »

quote:
Originally posted by Idle Swede

Nice picture.Looks like it was taken in Saltsjobaden?

That is correct. I live in Saltsjobaden. The car show was "Saltsjobaden classic car show".
Do you live here aswell? You have a Pagoda?
280 SL Automatic 1970
http://www.garaget.org/show.php?car=1989

n/a · « **Reply #5 on:** September 17, 2004, 08:30:25 »

I used to live in Osterskar, just outside Akersberga.
Moved to Florida about 25 years ago, couldn't take the climate, (economic)

Yes, I currently have a 63 230 SL that is for sale, (see for sale section) on this forum.
Soliga h
lsningar fr
n Florida

pierre · « **Reply #6 on:** September 17, 2004, 15:11:36 »

Very nice car and I love to see it in the nice surroundings reminding me the long trips through Sweden I used to do when traveling from France to Finnland in another mercedes (diesel), many years ago.
The swedish touch is for me these "mud laps "(I don't know the english word, in swedish sthg like smutsfangare) behind the wheels, I bought some in Sweden 25 years ago, all cars in Scandinavia had them!
Soliga och trevliga h
lsningar fr
n Pyren
er (s
dra frankrike)

n/a · « **Reply #7 on:** September 17, 2004, 21:47:48 »

Pierre, they are called "St
nkskydd" and are not required any longer.
One of very few things the Swedish government did right.

hands_aus · « **Reply #8 on:** September 18, 2004, 00:17:04 »

I quite like the look of the 'mud flaps'.
From a practical point of view they certainly do the job.
Most modern cars in Australia have them integrated into the car design from new.
Mind you the condition of the roads here demand that they be installed.
Bob (Brisbane,Australia)
RHD,1967 early 250 SL, auto

hauser · « **Reply #9 on:** September 20, 2004, 00:23:57 »

I do not know about the other European countries but in Portugal mud flaps are required on every motor vehicle.
1969 280sl 5 spd 1999 ML320 Gainesville,Fl.

pierre · « **Reply #10 on:** September 20, 2004, 14:03:11 »

Another funny thing swedish Mercedes had for the /8 W115, W108, 109, 111, etc... was 2 pieces of ska
to protect the painting from the crashed moskitos. I liked it and bought some for my W115. Here a picture of them, taken in Finnland 1982:
http://membres.lycos.fr/kulta2004kulta/lavage%20%201982%20200%20D%20redim.jpg
Pierre W113 230 sl 4 sp. 1964

n/a · « **Reply #11 on:** September 20, 2004, 14:16:08 »

Oh yes, I remember them very well

hauser · « **Reply #12 on:** September 20, 2004, 20:22:23 »

Another easy way to protect the front of the car from bugs is to use screen material. I am talking about the fine mesh made of nylon or soft plastic. You would run a piece the width of the front end from fender to fender and secure it in the wheel wells. This stuff works great and is very economical. You can also use this as a washing tool for the windshield to scrub off the bugs. Gentle on glass but tough on bug guts!

1969 280sl 5 spd 1999 ML320 Gainesville,Fl.

mbzse · « **Reply #13 on:** September 21, 2004, 14:17:24 »

quote:
Originally posted by pierre

Another funny thing swedish Mercedes had for the /8 W115, W108, 109, 111, etc... was 2 pieces of ska
to protect the painting from the crashed moskitos. /Pierre W113 230 sl 4 sp. 1964

Well Pierre one would wish those devices were only for mosqitos.. in actual fact they were (are) there to protect from chips in the paintwork. Stones being thrown up on gravel roads up north is a menace.
BTW, similar protectors are sold today as well in the US and elsewhere, as mentioned by Hauser here. I have seen them referred to as "bras" for autos
/Hans in Stockholm

Joe · « **Reply #14 on:** September 21, 2004, 14:25:03 »

Leben, I see that your car has both left and right mirrors. Can you tell us whether the right mirror is positioned exactly as the left? Some people think the right (passenger side) should be moved rearward so vision is not obscured by the pillar.
Thanks,
Joe2

TA250SL · « **Reply #15 on:** September 21, 2004, 19:46:18 »

It's only the cars with the earlier style rear-view mirror that should have the mounting distance from the front edge of the door increased. The later mirrors are sufficiently forward of the mounting bracket to clear the windshield pillar unobstructed.
Tom

n/a · « **Reply #16 on:** September 22, 2004, 02:05:41 »

quote:
Originally posted by mbzse

quote:
Originally posted by pierre

Another funny thing swedish Mercedes had for the /8 W115, W108, 109, 111, etc... was 2 pieces of ska
to protect the painting from the crashed moskitos. /Pierre W113 230 sl 4 sp. 1964

Well Pierre one would wish those devices were only for mosqitos.. in actual fact they were (are) there to protect from chips in the paintwork. Stones being thrown up on gravel roads up north is a menace.
BTW, similar protectors are sold today as well in the US and elsewhere, as mentioned by Hauser here. I have seen them referred to as "bras" for autos
/Hans in Stockholm

Didn't we see each other in Varberg for the scandinvan pagodameeting ?
280 SL Automatic 1970
http://www.garaget.org/show.php?car=1989

n/a · « **Reply #17 on:** September 22, 2004, 02:06:40 »

quote:
Originally posted by Joe

Leben, I see that your car has both left and right mirrors. Can you tell us whether the right mirror is positioned exactly as the left? Some people think the right (passenger side) should be moved rearward so vision is not obscured by the pillar.
Thanks,
Joe2

The right one is postioned exatly as the left one.
280 SL Automatic 1970
http://www.garaget.org/show.php?car=1989

n/a · « **Reply #18 on:** September 29, 2004, 07:29:14 »

Hello Everybody, I'm a new member from Turkey. And proud of this membership. I own one of the most beautiful car of Izmir for two years. Restoration work took 14 months, but it worths. I send some fotos of my pearlblue.

Dick M · « **Reply #19 on:** September 29, 2004, 21:58:39 »

Hi Oquz..
Welcome...Izm
r is a wonderful place and I look forward to seeing pictures of both your car and city.
Dick M
1970 280SL

Philphlash · « **Reply #20 on:** August 23, 2006, 11:25:49 »

quote:
Originally posted by leben

quote:
Originally posted by Joe

Leben, I see that your car has both left and right mirrors. Can you tell us whether the right mirror is positioned exactly as the left? Some people think the right (passenger side) should be moved rearward so vision is not obscured by the pillar.
Thanks,
Joe2

The right one is postioned exatly as the left one.
280 SL Automatic 1970
http://www.garaget.org/show.php?car=1989

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