Thanks folks, advice much appreciated
The wife and I went along this morning to silverarrows in London SW15 (
www.silverarrows.co.uk)
And came home with a headache. How do we pay for our new Pagoda?
They had 6 cars, all in need of some work - generally the bodywork better than the interior. Three of them are on their website
One of them is sold.
I guess I will soon be the owner of a Jan 1 1970 metallic blue 280SL with a (refitted) tan leather interior. The numbers inside the (UK) nearside fromt wing seem to support this colour scheme. Blue soft-top, 100,000 miles, all but 23. Loads of history
We were basically told that to get the poor interiors to a state that "our" car was in would cost far more than the current price difference. no doubt we've paid too much but I feel we could have spent years looking for a quality car and not necessarily have found any great saving.
It's stunning, can't wait to receive it. Once I've worked out how to pay for it! No doubt a crazy decision and we'll have to sell our SLK but, hey, you only have debt once!
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