"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
10/10/2018 at 14:45 • Filed to: Bring A Trailer, W189, Adenauer
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"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
10/10/2018 at 14:45 • Filed to: Bring A Trailer, W189, Adenauer | 3
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God I love this thing - it’s even suitably unperfect, so you can actually drive it. Although a 4 on the tree might be more fun...
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I would love to own one of these some day - I just find that pillarless roofline so damn classy.
RallyWrench
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 14:50 |
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These things are really, really cool. We did a mechanical resto on a ‘53 D Cabriolet many years ago, original black over red. Incredible car. The coupes get all the love, but I have to agree that these pillarless sedans are superb.
OPPOsaurus WRX
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 14:51 |
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i would imagine getting T-boned in one of those would not go well
they also missed the opportunity for suicide doors.
fintail
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 14:53 |
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Lovely and rare color combo. This is a perfect car for touring and Sunday drives. Two things I would do to it - radial tires, and electronic ignition.
These are as sporty as an ocean liner, so a manual might actually be a negative. Odd fact, these have a transmission by Borg-Warner, MB wouldn’t have an in-house automatic until ~1962, debuting in the fintails (never put in an Adenauer, I think).
shop-teacher
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 14:54 |
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That's very you!
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WilliamsSW
> shop-teacher
10/10/2018 at 14:55 |
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LOL - I wish!
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WilliamsSW
> OPPOsaurus WRX
10/10/2018 at 14:56 |
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I’d bet it would meet or beat anything else from 1962 in a side impact collision, because Mercedes.
Still terrible by today’s standards though.
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WilliamsSW
> RallyWrench
10/10/2018 at 14:57 |
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The only body style I like better on the Adenauer is that 4 door cabriolet. Big bucks for those, I’m sure.
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 14:59 |
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A year or two ago, I saw one of these for sale somewhere, it was a bit nicer than this one and they wanted $40k for it. That one did happen to have a 4-speed.
The auto suits the car better - and apparently was standard?
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:01 |
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Real world, not BaT, would be under 40K for this car, yeah. I am sure for the US market, auto was standard, and maybe a 4-speed was a no-cost special order item. I’d prefer the automatic. This is definitely one of those cars you want to buy after someone dumps a box of money into it.
If I had money burning a hole in my pocket, and space to park it, I’d have some interest in this - but I don’t have much to spare of either.
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 15:05 |
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You never know with BaT - sometimes for older cars, the real buyers aren’t there, which leads to the bid ending low and RNM. This one feels like it’s in a dead zone, where it can’t be restored economically, but Adenauer fans might not think it’s nice enough to enjoy as is.
I don’t know where the bid ends up, but my guess is that it doesn’t sell. Hope I’m wrong!
MultiplaOrgasms
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:09 |
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The 300d is perfection. IMO the last “old-school” Luxury car this side of a Rolls-Royce/ Bentley. Not a single damn given about gimmicky features, just a traditional car where everything is just 50% better.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:15 |
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I want a 300 wagon in blue
Just Jeepin'
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:16 |
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Pillarless roofline? I approve!
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 15:17 |
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Yeah these are expensive to restore... I looked into a wagon 300 once and wow the list got expensive fast.
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fintail
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
10/10/2018 at 15:19 |
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An Adenauer wagon? Only a few of those exist.
I think a specialist restoration on one of these would get into 6 figures.
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WilliamsSW
> Just Jeepin'
10/10/2018 at 15:20 |
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Pretty similar color to the Benz, too!
BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:21 |
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These are so classy! I’d prefer this over almost any other 50s car
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:22 |
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If reserve is over 25K, there’s a chance it won’t sell. I’d like to see a legit no reserve auction.
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WilliamsSW
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
10/10/2018 at 15:24 |
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Sadly, they never made a wagon out of that generation.
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 15:25 |
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There’s such a thing as an Adenauer wagon?? I didn’t think there was.
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:27 |
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I believe a handful were made, Binz conversions (MB didn’t have a factory wagon until the 123) :
lone_liberal
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:28 |
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Adenauer!
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 15:29 |
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Ha - figures someone converted it. Was thinking MB didn’t make any wagons before the 123, but wasn’t sure about the 111.
But, tbh, I don’t like it. The squareback wrecks the beautiful curves of the car.
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:33 |
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Well if it isn’t those exact years then they did that looks a lot like that. They did in 56 or so.
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WilliamsSW
> lone_liberal
10/10/2018 at 15:33 |
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Mine is better looking.
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WilliamsSW
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
10/10/2018 at 15:34 |
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Fintail is a lot more knowledgeable about these than I am - go with his response and ignore mine :)
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:36 |
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There were a few firms that converted 110/111 fintails into wagons - most notably IMA Universal, who had a similarly angular conversion that fits better with the lines of a fintail, and is very sought after today:
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 15:36 |
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Agree, but that’s a bit risky when you might be putting the car in front of the wrong audience. I would happily list any E46 M3 at no reserve there, but not a 56 year old four door.
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lone_liberal
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:39 |
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Especially now, but Konrad did have his day
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fintail
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 15:39 |
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That’s the fun! No reserve,roll the dice . I’d throw in a 5K bid and hope :)
You never know what could happen:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-austin-cooper-s-2/
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-ford-gran-torino-4/
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 15:54 |
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Those two are insane. I prefer cars as original as possible myself, but those are eye-watering.
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WilliamsSW
> fintail
10/10/2018 at 16:02 |
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Also, sometimes this happens with older vehicles, too:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1964-ford-f-100-5/
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-mercedes-benz-300sel-4-5-4/
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1957-cadillac-eldorado/
Chariotoflove
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 16:17 |
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But unfortunately sports the same flesh tone.
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RallyWrench
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 16:18 |
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That’s what the 300D Cabriolet is, it was basically identical to this one below. “D” did not yet mean Diesel, it was simply a model number. It had a lower compression, twin-carbureted version of the 300SL’s engine. We took the side plate off the block and found the coolant had returned to silicate, it was just piles of little rocks & rust in the block. You can lubricate the suspension on the fly from a grease reservoir. Really advanced for 1953!
ranwhenparked
> WilliamsSW
10/10/2018 at 18:59 |
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Either Adenauer, or a Coca-Cola executive. Either way, classy car.