Becoming a surgeon is not at all simple, however, today as well as yesterday, it can bring many satisfactions, both professional and economic. In this particular case, the financial satisfactions have turned, for the first owner of this car (a surgeon, of course), into a Mercedes 300 SL Roadster which, by the way, was not… Read More Surgeon’s car: 1961 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster
On the classic car forums I have attended in the past, I remember that the phrase “they are still out there” often came up. This car is proof that that sentence was correct. A Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, hidden in a barn and in these conditions, in 2020 by now, is an extremely rare event, and… Read More Blue on blue: 1961 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster
The classic vans have always been the Cinderella of the world of vintage vehicles, yet some of them are fascinating, and in recent years many collectors have noticed. Obviously the lion’s share has always been made by the Volkswagen T1 van, in particular in its “Samba” version, but around there are equally fascinating and much… Read More The other one: 1964 Mercedes-Benz O 319 Minibus
Everyone knows the acronym AMG, but many think it’s simply the name of the Mercedes-Benz racing department. Which it is, actually, but not many know that it was born as a real independent company and that it was until the end of the eighties when it merged with Mercedes-Benz, which however kept its brand and… Read More Pre-merger: 1984 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC AMG
As we just wrote many times, one of the lesson learned about the classic cars world is that you can’t ever imagine how many model have been built in the past 100 years. This, for instance, is the first specimen of “Kombi” we’ve ever seen and, to be honest, we didn’t even know about its… Read More German perfume: 1949 Mercedes-Benz 170 S “Kombi”
The last thing we would expect to see installed on a Mercedes 190 SL is an Abarth exhaust: you never stop learning and that’s it. Indeed the seller says that this car is equipped with the italian exhaust since 1971, the year before this car had its second repaint (after the original one). It is said to… Read More Abarth equipped: 1956 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL
There are cars which do not produce that excitement which push you to want them at any cost but, at the same time, have that mix of style, reliability and price which makes them a very smart choice. Just like this 450 SL which has still the original hardtop and it’s also speculated to have… Read More Cheap and very chic: 1975 Mercedes-Benz 450 SL
The seller of this 190 SL has spent few words to describe the car but maybe we understand why: there’s no much to talk about this car. And that’s why this 190 SL is nothing more and nothing less of a barn find: it has probably been washed with steam or hi-pressure water but it… Read More Unrestored and matching numbers: 1961 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL
Erich Waxenberger, a Mercedes-Benz engineer of that era, tought that it could be fun to put the same V8, 6.3 liters engine of the “Grosser” limousine in a standard SEL sedan, and surprisingly also the mother company found that it was a good idea. The result was the first german “muscle” sedan ever made; it could… Read More Factory Hot-Rod: 1968 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3
Yes indeed, if there is an european car which could be compared to a Cadillac, this would be the Mercedes-Benz “SE” series. Indeed it has a beautiful line, it’s elegant, confortable and it has a roomy interiors as well as its trunk. The only weakness of this car is that its performance can’t give… Read More European Caddy: 1966 Mercedes-Benz 250 SE Coupé
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