Mercedes AMG Classic

One did sell in 2009 at RM Auction for 462K Sterling or about half of what the original buyer paid for it .

http://www.rmauctions.com/lots/lot.cfm?lot_id=408661

Restomods serve a purpose but I would think it has a different market then an original or restored car.

I would lean toward the sale being much lower then a restored gullwing...as I can't envision multiple bidders.


Interesting that it's R129, W202 and W124 based !!!

Yeah, that car at auction will be very interesting to monitor. The cars are all legit gullwings/roadsters. The mods were all done by AMG - not an independent shop. The provenance is there. How will the market respond? Fully restored GW/roadsters are fetching $1.3M - $1.8M currently. I am sure these restomod W198's drive very well and have great performance but we all know that straying from orginality with regards to a classic is usually a death knell on pricing. I am going to estimate the hammer price at $800k - $1M.

I see that the dash is very much modified including real ventilation and A/C. Big knock on the GW is the crappy ventilation and greenhouse affect + no windows to roll down = uncomfortable driving on warm days.

Wonder what happened to all of the original parts and drivetrains that were removed from the SL's by AMG? I bet the Classic Center got a nice bump in available inventory for in-house restorations!

More info...originally priced at 1M Euro....curious as to how the current auction market values the car.

http://www.supercars.net/cars/4616.html

Different indeed. Wonder what sort of figure this one will bring compared to a factory/stock Gullwing.