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Thread: 230SL Well Preserved Rust - Absolutely No Paint

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    Jared Rundell - Registered User JCR's Avatar
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    230SL Well Preserved Rust - Absolutely No Paint

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    This car was @ the essen show, next to it, was another one just like it after restoration

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    somehow,i think this car is beyond the limits of being restorable....?imo

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    Quote Originally Posted by kaufmanp
    somehow,i think this car is beyond the limits of being restorable....?imo
    naaaah...most of it'll buff out

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    Jared Rundell - Registered User JCR's Avatar
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    If it was in a river for 30 years before being discovered... the real question is did someone die in it? Accidentally driven in after a few too many hefeweizens?? ... or "made to sleep wit da fishes" by the Tony Soprano of 1970s Germany?
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    Did you see the license plate?
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    That's got HoodRide written all over it!
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