"sony1492" (sony1492)
08/29/2017 at 21:59 • Filed to: None
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"sony1492" (sony1492)
08/29/2017 at 21:59 • Filed to: None | 4
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Sadly the kind of peaple who have battered sl’s are not the kind of peaple who want to trade for a beat up sc.
Just gonna curl up into the fetal position until sl’s are all worth too much and this all blows over
fintail
> sony1492
08/29/2017 at 22:07 |
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Many 107s are cheap as chips and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
The 113 boat set sail several years ago, it aint coming back.
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> sony1492
08/29/2017 at 22:08 |
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I have this perverse desire to put one on bags and have a really low, awesome cruiser car.
WilliamsSW
> fintail
08/29/2017 at 22:16 |
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Came to post the same thing. Love the Pagoda, but prices are out of this world and rising. Not a big R107 fan, apparently no one else is, either.
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WilliamsSW
> sony1492
08/29/2017 at 22:22 |
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If you like the R107, buy one now. They can’t get much cheaper.
Also I am not a fan of the wheel and tire combo on the red Pagoda at the top. I like the factory color coded covers best
wanderwebster
> sony1492
08/29/2017 at 22:23 |
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Saw a really nice one in Fairbanks earlier this week. So clean.
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sony1492
> fintail
08/29/2017 at 22:25 |
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If I thought my SC would sell for enough to buy 450sl it would be for sale tomorrow
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sony1492
> WilliamsSW
08/29/2017 at 22:26 |
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I’m the opposite about the rims
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WilliamsSW
> sony1492
08/29/2017 at 22:29 |
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Personally I think you can put those rims on a Pagoda, OR whitewalls— but not both.
I don’t think the rims go with whitewalls — took me a few minutes to figure out what it was that I didn’t like.
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sony1492
> WilliamsSW
08/29/2017 at 22:32 |
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I don’t think whitewall is ever an option
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WilliamsSW
> sony1492
08/29/2017 at 22:41 |
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Not on a Mercedes, no-
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
08/29/2017 at 22:41 |
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I remember when a decent driver 230SL was under 15K, and 280SLs weren’t double that. This was less than 20 years ago.
Some 107s are nice, but it takes the right car.
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fintail
> sony1492
08/29/2017 at 22:43 |
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A not perfect 450SL should be under 10K, maybe quite a bit less depending on year. But they can cost huge sums to get right if neglected or abused, so being cheap is seldom a good option. Budget 10-15K for a decent car and be happier.
The SC will be easier to live with, I suspect. Maybe just save up, I don’t predict significant price gains for average cars.
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
08/29/2017 at 22:51 |
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Heck, a 300SL was probably $50k back then- now those are truly insane.
Agree on the R107 - nice car, just not one on my bucket list. The right car would be a nice car though
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
08/29/2017 at 23:05 |
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20 years ago, you could still get a roadster for 250K or so, I think, but gullwings were already twice that or more. For cheap cheap gullwings, I think one needs to go back 35+ years . 40-45 years ago, they could easily be had for well under 10K all day long.
For a 107, I would pick a very early (small bumper) car, a mint 560SL, or the right Euro model. 25K should buy a nice example of the latter two, 15K for the first.
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
08/29/2017 at 23:11 |
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Makes sense on the R107.
Last year, I saw a 300sl roadster on the road near me, and we eventually figured out that the owner bought it in the early 70s I think- somewhere in that 10k range, as I recall.