MT1243

Rare opportunity. Coming to Auction at Leland Little Auctions in historic Hillsborough, NC on December 2nd 2016. Visit LelandLittleAuctions.com for more info.



In the late 60's, this car was called, quite rightly, "The Executive Road Racer." Of only 6500 units produced between 1968 and 1971, this example is one of 670 produced in 1971. This is a rare crossbreed of a car. An enterprising Mercedes Engineer in 1967, combined the luxury and refinement of the 300 series, and the brute power from the 600 series limousines. This combination gave the car a top speed of 137 m.p.h and 0-60 m.p.h. times in 6.5 seconds. Very fast by any standards, especially in a car that weighs 3800 lbs. It is equipped with a 6.3 liter V8 engine that produced around 300 h.p.
It is also equipped with a 4 speed automatic transmission.
This example is currently with its 4th owner. Originally sold to a Wisconsin businessman who wintered in Florida, which explains the very rare color combination, a light Ivory color. The second owner had some work done by Bert Reimschessel, a legendary Mercedes Benz mechanic. It was also repainted, and competed successfully in the MBCA Concours d' Elegance in the early 80's. The third owner resided in Denver, and used the car for fun and club events on the west coast. He was the editor of The Star for 25 years. It was maintained by Heinz Nickel, another 6.3 expert. This owner also spared no expense maintaining it, and was featured in The Star. It received a factory fix for the high altitude hot starts, new valve job, motor mounts, fuel injection pump was rebuilt by Pacific Fuel Injection, and a new airbag for a write up of the replacement. When Mr. Nickel passed away, a new mechanic was enlisted, Stu Ritter, who later became the technical editor for The Star. It received new exhaust, new window channels and door seals, and a set of original and correct 215/70VR14 Michelin XWX tires. The 4th and current owner, received the car with 132,000 miles in 2002. With understanding owners and highly skilled mechanics, this car is in much better condition than most garage queens with low miles.
Clean Title.

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