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So in post #32 the second item on my list was a 280SL Pagoda. It got me thinking and I wound up buying this today. It's a 2 owner car with 69,000 original miles and a 4 speed. I have the original order, the down payment check and the original service book.
Very nice! I have long admired the styling of those, especially the pagoda roof. My uncle had a 230 SL when I was a teen age kid.
Late to the party here. I'm in the same camp as GTOGuy, Tomy62 and C-1 Generation 2.
A '62 Pontiac Grand Prix, 8 lug wheels, 421, tri-power 4 speed...to die for. Looking at those '59-'early '60's Pontiacs up close, you knew that carline and the Olds/Buicks were a cut above in their styling and interior appointments. Here's a good example at a car show 7 years ago of a "turn key" Poncho:
Not being a Pontiac expert, the above example may not be "factory correct"...but who cares. Just badass!
Not obsessed but always regretted selling my 1999 Chevy Tahoe 2 Door. Last year of this body style and 2 door. Also had barn doors on the back as opposed to a flip gate. Would like to buy another one if I happened across a low mile original example.
I am, however, mildly obsessed with the idea of finding a Silver/Red 65 Coupe.
Last edited by Midyearcrisis; 08-31-2017 at 03:04 PM.
So in post #32 the second item on my list was a 280SL Pagoda. It got me thinking and I wound up buying this today. It's a 2 owner car with 69,000 original miles and a 4 speed. I have the original order, the down payment check and the original service book.
That's beautiful! I had a chance at a 280SL Pagoda (silver, red interior, automatic, A/C for my wife in 1998 for $12K, but didn't punch the "BIN" button soon enough and someone else did - the classic "one that got away" story.
I have dreamed of owning a Testarossa, since I was a kid. I tried to buy one at 3 different auctions this past year and was just a little short every time.
This was a '91 at the Bonhams auction this past January, I thought it was going home with me, but nope.
So in post #32 the second item on my list was a 280SL Pagoda. It got me thinking and I wound up buying this today. It's a 2 owner car with 69,000 original miles and a 4 speed. I have the original order, the down payment check and the original service book.
That's a lovely Dove Grey Pagoda!
I had a 250 SL. White with dark blue vinyl. Lost it in a divorce. I had bought it for my ex anyway. It was hers.
I loved it though. It was like riding in a bank vault. Never felt safer in a convertible.
Would love to have another. Pagodas stay on the dream car list...
08-31-2017, 12:07 PM
I have long admired the styling of those, especially the pagoda roof. My uncle had a 230 SL when I was a teen age kid.
