This is a very original car, time-machine like except it has been painted.  It was painted between April and July of 1985.  The paint job consumed 123 hours.  This was a restoration style paint job where the car was totally de-trimmed prior to painting.  At today's labor and material costs this translates to a $15,000 paint job.  On top of this it was painted by a person who holds a Ph.D.  Let me clarify.  The long time owner of this car was a professor at U.C. Berkeley.  He was on the Ph.D. committee with a fellow who was Professor of Insect Physiology.  This gentleman's son was Director of the Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences.  He was such a car enthusiast that he opened an automotive paint facility in order to moonlight evenings and weekends.  They were all friends and he agreed to do a "very special" paint job on this 280SL.

Here are my famous oblique shots that show the arrow straight body panels.

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