When introduced, the Pagode had to fill in the void between the 190SL (the women car) and the 300 SL Roadster (the men car), which were both discontinued. I remember that not everybody in Europe was perfectly happy about it, as the Pagode was too much 190 oriented and therefore not "manly" enough. Seeing what the purpose of your car is, that critique might have been right
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This not withstanding the fact that Eugen Böhringer already won the Spa-Sofia-Liege in 1963 in a 230 SL, aptly named Rennpagode. So I think the car itself is sporty enough to warrant the factory alloys, (I think I would also like to see Campagnolos on there
) to stand out from the skinny tyres and whitewall tyres that were much more common in the USA.
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And by all means if you would like to give me this SL I will be most pleased - although a RHD conversion might be needed 
Originally Posted by IBrake4Rainbows
