sjordan2 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) Hi Cato, that will take it's time. Like mentioned, the kit is offered part by part in a subscription. Won't start the built, until the last piece is on my workbench, but I am setting up the cornerstones already. It will be a graphite-grey car with blue and white plaid upholstery, Rudge wheels, no bumper horns. Cato sent me a link to a video of that kit. It's astonishing, but I'd have to sell my car to pay for it. I made an accurate plaid pattern to print out on inkjet fabric, which you're welcome to use. Correct scale would be 10 alternating stripes across the seat cushion. Actual colors varied a bit, but it's easy to adjust in graphics programs. I have just about all the reference material you'd need for a Gullwing, so feel free to contact me if I can help. Of course, you probably have easy access to real Gullwings in Germany, especially at the Mercedes Classics Center. Here's a link to just a few items in Photobucket. I have thousands in digital files, plus original factory manuals. http://s827.photobucket.com/user/sjordan47/library/Mercedes%20300%20SL?sort=3&page=1 Edited February 21, 2015 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Can we share that link please Other overwhelmed guys who buy too many kits would like to see it....that would be me And who in their right mind puts a picnic table cloth on their seats Leather, has to be leather Whew, that is better I am ok now Traumatic flashback to my dad's '78 Mustang II with red white checkerboard upholstery.....blasphemy IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 OPEN DECLARATION TO THE FORUM: Skip Jordan, as evidenced above, is the single most valued reference asset for the classics on the entire forum. His information and study of the classic cars is unparallelled, as is his complete unselfishness in sharing with anyone who is building such a car. Loved or hated, he is to be respected as the authority here on the subject except for a 1:1 owner. As a beneficiary of his knowledge, generosity and kindness, I thank Skip on behalf of the forum. C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkbig Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) Thank you for support, Skip.Will kick in your door. Think, that it's easier to get access to a Gullwing in the States. Most of them were sold there. Scott, you're propably right. My first intention was to go on leather, too, but I got hooked on the Rudge wheels and an owner of the real car told me, that he is preferring the plaid fabric, because it's not that slippery. By the way, Cato. I second your comment concerning Skip. Edited February 21, 2015 by thinkbig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) The plaid gabardine fabric goes way back in Mercedes history, even before WWII, and appeared on some examples of the 500K and 540K (brown and tan). It was a characteristic part of postwar Mercedes racing livery, such as on the SLRs (including Moss's SLRs, usually in the blue plaid), but Mercedes also offered Gullwings with green, red, and a Scottish tartan green and red, among custom choices. Edited February 21, 2015 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) Many thanks for the kind words, Cato, but my knowledge and references are limited to a few classics. You'll find far more expertise for a wealth of classics among members like Art, Harry and many others. PS...I no longer have the link to the 1/8 Gullwing kit. Edited February 21, 2015 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 The plaid gabardine fabric goes way back in Mercedes history, even before WWII, and appeared on some examples of the 500K and 540K (brown and tan). It was a characteristic part of postwar Mercedes racing livery, such as on the SLRs (including Moss's SLRs, usually in the blue plaid), but Mercedes also offered Gullwings with green, red, and a Scottish tartan green and red, among custom choices. Yes, there is history and lineage...but taste changes or we would all be wearing platform shoes and bell bottom pants! Now another blasphemy I have planned is to build a Duesenburg engine withought the God awful green engine block It is just so not a nice green I don't think I could stand to paint it that way If I were ordering a Duese in the '30's I would have changed the engine colour I definitely throw my support behind Skip as well. He has been helpful and supportive to me Ilike someone who speaks his mind.......even when he is wrong about chrome on an MG TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Yes, there is history and lineage...but taste changes or we would all be wearing platform shoes and bell bottom pants! Now another blasphemy I have planned is to build a Duesenburg engine withought the God awful green engine block It is just so not a nice green I don't think I could stand to paint it that way If I were ordering a Duese in the '30's I would have changed the engine colour I definitely throw my support behind Skip as well. He has been helpful and supportive to me Ilike someone who speaks his mind.......even when he is wrong about chrome on an MG TC Now I'm scared about what you're going to do with your Gullwing kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkbig Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 uuuh, something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twokidsnosleep Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Oh god no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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