Unfortunately it's not only Floriana doing such things...
A friend of mine, before knowing me and knowing about the possibility of getting an exact copy of the data card from MB, asked directly to MB Italy to have details about his 230SL in order to file for the "classic car status".
Well, he received a very nice and official paper saying that his car was, among other things, built in 1959!!! (A VERY early Pagoda
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