Author Topic: Pagoda buyer's guide on YouTube (Read 7984 times)

cascadia · « **on:** November 08, 2019, 03:59:09 »

Hi group! It's probably been many years since my last post, but thought I'd share a video that I made about Pagodas on YouTube. I figured I had all these photos from the many 113's I've had over the years, why not put together a buyer's guide so people know what to look for when buying one?
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLihgxPAE6TJ--Ow0jSA0X6p8CoeS4ddV_

Mike Hughes · « **Reply #1 on:** November 08, 2019, 12:41:51 »

Nicely done! ;^) Looking forward to part 2.

Charles 230SL · « **Reply #2 on:** November 08, 2019, 13:17:49 »

Great video Bob, very well done! I too am looking forward to Part II.
vr, Charles

Rothko · « **Reply #3 on:** November 08, 2019, 17:29:15 »

A well done video. Looking forward to Part 2.

thelews · « **Reply #4 on:** November 08, 2019, 17:47:02 »

While it was mentioned about the reduced chrome finish during the 250 SL transition, the windshield header and interior A piller chrome elimination were not mentioned. Maybe that's coming in part 2.

Nicely done.

450sl · « **Reply #5 on:** November 08, 2019, 18:12:06 »

Very well done! Looking forward to part2

JamesL · « **Reply #6 on:** November 08, 2019, 18:56:08 »

Excellent
Thanks

john.mancini · « **Reply #7 on:** November 12, 2019, 01:10:31 »

Bob, excellent!! Part II please

Garry · « **Reply #8 on:** November 12, 2019, 02:47:13 »

Great video Bob.

teahead · « **Reply #9 on:** November 12, 2019, 17:58:27 »

awesome video.

lreppond · « **Reply #10 on:** November 12, 2019, 18:25:24 »

Ditto to all the other glowing comments. This group is truly blessed with so many knowledgeable people willing to share their expertise. That rear mounted antenna “embellishment” is wild!

stickandrudderman · « **Reply #11 on:** November 12, 2019, 18:37:29 »

Good video Bob. It must have taken an awful long time to put that together.
There are some differences between US spec and Euro spec which perhaps you might want to mention so as not to have European buyers look for details that they won't find on European cars. The VIN tag is one example; they are always exclusively on the bulkhead in Euro cars.

SEB · « **Reply #12 on:** November 13, 2019, 20:10:50 »

Many thanks! Great job! I am looking for such guide for the 190SL or R107. The 190SL or R107 are still on my list, but I do not have any idea how to recognize a good 190SL one from a bad one?

stickandrudderman · « **Reply #13 on:** November 14, 2019, 09:19:31 »

I think the best thing for most people is simply to pay a specialist to do a PPI.

cascadia · « **Reply #14 on:** December 16, 2019, 06:42:28 »

Took awhile, but I finally got done with Part Two!

https://youtu.be/UtlbdantFDs

lreppond · « **Reply #15 on:** December 16, 2019, 15:22:57 »

Well done! Thank you for investing the time and effort to produce such a knowledge laden video.

Rothko · « **Reply #16 on:** December 16, 2019, 15:58:20 »

Nice job on Part 2. And a nice little plug for the website.

TJMart · « **Reply #17 on:** December 17, 2019, 21:52:01 »

Great job on the videos Bob! Is there any way we can post these to the technical manual on our site? There are so many posts from individuals that are looking to buy one and these would be a great resource for them in their purchase.

Tony

Charles 230SL · « **Reply #18 on:** December 19, 2019, 23:16:31 »

thank you Bob, outstanding video! - very well done
respectfully,, Charles

cascadia · « **Reply #19 on:** December 19, 2019, 23:20:57 »

Quote from: TJMart on December 17, 2019, 21:52:01

Great job on the videos Bob! Is there any way we can post these to the technical manual on our site?

Up to the moderators I suppose, but fine with me

Jowe · « **Reply #20 on:** December 22, 2019, 09:43:20 »

Quote from: TJMart on December 17, 2019, 21:52:01

Is there any way we can post these to the technical manual on our site?

Done! See https://www.sl113.org/wiki/Buying/PrepurchaseEvaluation#BuyersGuideYoutube

lowpad · « **Reply #21 on:** December 23, 2019, 17:39:29 »

Bob,

Second the praise from other members. I especially appreciated the disambiguation around the fender notches, whose value as an indicator of fender originality has been overblown by BaT and others. You mention that your first car was a French market car. Did you keep the original taillamps with the amber backup lamps? Looks like they didn't make it to the final restoration. I have a French car and am trying to find an original lamp (already have found one). There are so-so repros out there, but would prefer an original.

Look forward to part 2.

Lowell

cascadia · « **Reply #22 on:** December 23, 2019, 18:57:03 »

When I got that car it only had one of the original tail lights with the amber backup lens. Had a hard time finding another, so replaced it with a US spec. I seem to recall selling the original on eBay.

Garry · « **Reply #23 on:** December 23, 2019, 21:11:25 »

Thankyou Bob for putting together those great videos and to Johan for up loading them to the Tech Manual.

Great to see members involved and helping all with their inputs.

Garry

cascadia · « **Reply #24 on:** July 05, 2020, 16:01:35 »

For the Tech Manual, here's an updated link to the buyer's guide I posted on YouTube, the old link is no longer active.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLihgxPAE6TJ--Ow0jSA0X6p8CoeS4ddV_

I broke up the series into a 6 part playlist, from the previous 2 videos that were too long. Video quality was able to improve from SD to HD because of it.

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