History of Italian delivered 230SL

[rwmastel]

Hello list!  In the topic at http://index.php?topic=573, there was a post by David Pease about going to Italy.  It made me think of my old quest to find information about my Italian-delivered 230SL.

My car was originally delivered in Bergamo, Italy to the dealership called NAVA.  I have ownership history from the Motor Vehicle Department (or what ever they call it there) thanks to a member of the old W113 Yahoo! Group.  The car stayed in the general area of Sarnico, Bergamo, and Milano through 3 owners and 10 years before being brought to the USA.  I also have the last registered license plate number.  I have no maintenance or repair history on it from the time it was in Italy.  Do you guys have any idea how I could track that down?  I am interested in finding out how many kilometers the car has actually travelled and what major repairs were done in it's life.

Thanks!

Rodd
1966 230SL Euro
1994 E420

[Cees Klumper]

You mentioned way back when that you wrote to Mr. Carlo (?) Riva and actually got a reply. He may be your best bet to start this quest. We do have several Italian members, maybe one of them will take up the challenge, although it could take a lot of time to get anywhere. You're talking 40 years ago. Maybe hire an Italian private investigator ;-)