Gernold Nisius  Mercedes-Benz Pagoda SLs are in expert hands at
SL-Tech  Gernold Nisius Pin It  Feature Article from Hemmings
Sports & Exotic Car  February, 2011 - Words and Photography by
David LaChance  The Mercedes-Benz 113-series SLs, probably best
known by their "pagoda-roof" nickname, have been around for
longer than you might think. Even the newest 280 SL turns 40
this year, while the oldest 230 SL will turn--could it really
be?--50 years old in 2013. It's a long time for any car, even a
premium car like an SL, to survive in this world, and few
examples escape the scars of age. Things rust, wear out, break
and fall off; cruelest of all is the neglect and corner-cutting
that borders on the malicious.  Gernold Nisius has seen it all.
"There are very few of them that haven't been picked apart all
the way around, and most of that work has been done pretty
lousy, I have to say," Gernold says. "They put on two brake
calipers in front, and only one new hose. Who the hell did this?
How can you put one brake h