a Few more shots of the 1970 burgundy 280 SL
Bryan, thank you for sharing.
I want to comment on this view; see here that from factory our W113 cars were not finished in body colour underneath.
There is the central plate fastened with twelve M12 bolts; this part is in body colour (Burgundy in this case).
Remainder is a greyish beige tone primer, the body of the SL was dipped in this during the production. A "body schutz" rubber like material was applied to protect the underside, this is what gives the uneven (wrinkled) surface. Not applied in the middle area, around the drive shaft tunnel.
Then you can see dark brown areas, this is factory applied wax which has various shades of ageing.
Body colour was sprayed in from the sides and in the wheel housings when bodywork was painted in the factory. Black was applied at the sides under the doors, below the (black) rocker covers. This was done so when you see the car from the side, you should not see "body colour, black rocker panel, body colour again"
If you are interested, some more comments and pictures can be seen in these Forum threads:
http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=20697.msg146792#msg146792http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=6318http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=7827.msg49859#msg49859/Hans in Sweden
