Mercedes AMG Classic

spotted this:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C489477#

Mercedes Benz 500SEC AMG wide body, mod 1985,
id 209985967, registered in the name of AMG Afalterbach.
Pace car of Formula 1 in Monaco.

Would love to see a clip of this bad boy on the track leading the way!

I sent the guy an email and left a vm on his cell. Could be a nice WB to own. I know of a nice Gen I engine that would fit...

Al

Did a little bit of digging and could not find anything about this 500sec. The first official pace car/safety car was introduced in 1973, a Porsche 914/6. An official pace car was not seen again until 1993, though there were sightings of a Lambo on the track in Monaco in 1981, 82, 83 per these two links:

https://translate.google.com/translate? ... t=&act=url

http://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/commen ... ar_part_1/

I do see the dual snorkel air cleaner, door wood, AMG speedo as well!

bondavi wrote:I do see the dual snorkel air cleaner, door wood, AMG speedo as well!

Its the first cloth C126 with the door wood upgrade I've seen.

Needs some interior work - new dash pad (what is going on around the instrument cluster??), new center console, all wood redone. If this really was a pace car, wouldn't you think AMG would have used the 32v engine instead of a SOHC - especially by 1985? Hint of a false firewall "adjustment" near the battery that may indicate it had a quad cam in it. Still has the Gen I Sebring rear muffler, at least when the pics were taken.

Like Henric, I looked at videos of the 85 Monaco GP - no video of the pace lap. There was a significant wreck mid-race that wasn't worthy of the pace car.

Still available: http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C489477# 25k euros