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71 280S My New Toy!

Have owned it for approx. 1 year, was in heated storage for 29 years! I have all original reciepts for services done prior to storage in 1977!, Including original bill of sale, radio booklet, 1971 warranty tag, etc... This car is all original except for the ignition system. I just converted to Crane Cams Electronic Kit! What a difference! Purrs at 80mph and now gets 18mpg (running 93 octane)
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Member:	Capecodder
Created:	07-28-2006 11:16 PM
Last Modified:	08-03-2006 11:25 PM
Views:	1978
Images:	4
Comments:	18

Comments

Author	Comment	Date
ruchase	What a beauty! Congratulations on owning possibly one of the finest automobiles ever made.	11-27-2012
lorenztl	Beautiful wonderful 280S you have!! I remember when Dad purchased his 1971 280SE, Red with creme interior. Dad hitched a pop up camper to it that first summer. Dad, Mom, three of my sisters and I headed to the mountain West from Iowa. Wow was I excited!!! I sat in the front center, dad installed a custom seat pad into the tray between the buckets for me to sit. I recall he ordered the optional rear suspension levelers because he carried lot's of samples in the trunk as a traveling manufacturers sales representative. At a campground in the Colorado mountains the 280SE would not pull the camper up the hill with its mighty load. We all jumped out of the car with other campers watching, pushed the 280 up the steep campgound drive to get it going and we all jumped back in as it started moving. I recall watching all the instruments and mostly dad traveled 75-80mph on the level and downhill, 60-70mph uphills on the interstate. I recall him checking the mpg but do not recall what that was. I	11-17-2011
ChrisSporty	Super Nice! This is an excepetional example of the 280! What a find!!! Wow. SwEEt!	08-18-2009
Wildman	Tell me more about your CraneCams ignition. I also have a 1971 280S and it doesn't purr like a kitten.	01-01-2009
egebjerg007	A beauti. My father had a 220S Ponton 1959 in that colour, moss green. Good Luck	05-22-2008
p4olom	Very NICE	03-20-2008
rileyS	What a Gem! I have that same car minus the shine and glory. Beautiful!	01-06-2008
280EZRider	You lucky dog!	11-13-2007
ayrtonsenna	i would do a whole lot to cruise around on cape cod in that gorgeous thing. a perfect car for the place. pure class.	06-22-2007
charmalu	my dream car! WOW you did good, beautiful. she is like a fine wine, a beautiful wooman	06-11-2007
BENZ-LGB	What a lovely oldtimer. Normally I hate white sidewalls, but in your car they look great!	06-08-2007
M.K.	Where is that storage? Do they have more of those there?	04-30-2007
Colorado220	WOW!!!!!!!!! You are lucky..she is a beauty!!	12-06-2006
Ara T.	Awesome car, totally love that green.	10-25-2006
Dusty-NZ	Exquisite!!	10-04-2006
Webmaster	Very nice!	07-29-2006
rudolphgreen	keep those miles low.. the great green classic.	07-29-2006
Capecodder	68,000 ORIGINAL MILES, AND DRIVEN DAILY!, (was in storage for 29 years)	07-28-2006

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