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1980 Mercedes-Benz 450 SL [R107]

1980 Mercedes-Benz 450 SL [R107] in American Gigolo, Movie, 1980

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: — Made for: USA

1980 Mercedes-Benz 450 SL [R107]

00:16:27 Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

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Author	Message
coopey ◊ 2007-03-19 14:33	another SL [R107] at 01:09:39 :
coopey ◊ 2007-03-19 14:44
night cub ◊ 2013-03-10 22:10
Max_Bramante ◊ 2013-03-11 22:44	My favourite SL ever, even more exotic in the U.S spec
Ingo ◊ 2013-03-11 22:58	max_bramante wrote even more exotic in the U.S spec No. More ugly. These terribly looking US-spec conversions destroy absolutely and totally the classic design-lines. Inexcusable
G-MANN ◊ 2013-03-11 23:04	He's right, those bumpers spoil it.
Ingo ◊ 2013-03-11 23:11	They are worst, but the ugly headlights and taillights have also their part.
night cub ◊ 2013-03-11 23:45	I actually prefer the round headlights to the bug-eye Euro look. This one missiing it's headrests BTW.
night cub ◊ 2018-03-31 17:59	cbwa wrote
Nightrider ◊ 2018-05-02 21:19	-- Last edit: 2018-05-22 20:42:20 (walter)
RichardPercival ◊ 2021-05-04 22:47	You can see in this shot behind him that the headrests have been removed for filming so the actors can be seen better in the car. The impact bumpers and whitewall tyres aren't to my taste, but I don't mind the American headlights which I believe were used on all the Rally cars (don't know if that was marketing as the car sold more than half of production in the US or because the sealed beams were quicker to fix during a race) I still prefer the clean Euro headlights overall though, as on ALL 60s/70s/80s Mercedes
RichardPercival ◊ 2021-05-04 22:54	Why are the mirrors painted matte black? I think all Production cars were chrome along with the rest of the brightwork. Was this something done by the filmakers to prevent difficult reflection in the camera lens, or some late 70s trend I don't know about?
Mistral75 ◊ 2023-07-13 17:36	Quote 1980 Mercedes-Benz 450 SL [R107] A 1980 car in a film shot between February and April 1979? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080365/locations/?ref_=ttspec_sa_5
Kowalski5599 ◊ 2024-07-12 12:14	RichardPercival wrote Why are the mirrors painted matte black? I think all Production cars were chrome along with the rest of the brightwork. Was this something done by the filmakers to prevent difficult reflection in the camera lens, or some late 70s trend I don't know about? Many times small details on cars in movies are painted matte or obscured in some way so the camera equipment doesn't reflect. Often times you can see reflections of crew when they fail to do this.

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