When Oppo goes Concours, you get the best looking Mercedes ever

"Loping Camshaft" (Loping_Camshaft)
06/01/2014 at 16:59 • Filed to: None

Okay, okay, maybe not the best but I've never heard of it until now and I love it.

We all love the 500K, the Gullwing, the 190E Cosworth etc, but this one is special. Because there's only one.

I was reading the Oppo review of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and started researching M-B wagons (besides the Lord of All Cars, the G-Wagon).

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After scrolling through a few Image Searches, I came across perfection. The 1956 300C Wagon by Binz. After doing some research, I found out it is a one-off built by German coachbuilder Binz & Co at the request of a woman who needed a wagon, which M-B didn't build at the time. They built a few other wagons on other platforms, but this seems to be the only 300C (W186 IV) wagon. It sold in 2010 at Amelia Island for $242k.

I actually discovered the car while looking for lowered M-B wagons, which generally look great (I typically hate lowered cars, but a wagon on airbags I like). Somebody had done some Photoshopping to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

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DISCUSSION (14)

GhostZ > Loping Camshaft
06/01/2014 at 17:08

*best looking Mercedes sedan

Never forget that this thing was built:

Kinja'd!!!

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Loping Camshaft
06/01/2014 at 17:09

http://www.goodingco.com/vehicle/1956-m…

Loping Camshaft > GhostZ
06/01/2014 at 17:13

Incredible, of course.

But if we're going there, I'll take the 710 SSK Trossi Roadster (or even the "normal" SSK.

Kinja'd!!!

Loping Camshaft > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/01/2014 at 17:15

Yep, that's it. I wonder what was the most expensive sale on a wagon?

Loping Camshaft > Loping Camshaft
06/01/2014 at 17:18

Partially related to the 300TD, I found this " bomb-ass cruiser " W123 240D local for $1400.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Loping Camshaft
06/01/2014 at 17:24

Well, now i want one of this with AMG's 7.3l engine, ala Sultan Brunei's W140 S73T AMG.

Yes, it's a W140 converted into wagon (hence the "T" moniker) and has a 7.3L Zonda engine, producing 568hp.

Loping Camshaft > Loping Camshaft
06/01/2014 at 17:24

Starting to feel bad for all these classic Mercs around here that are just suffering at the hands of people not able or willing to love them. Wishing I could work some APiDA magic and save some lives. Amazing that most pre-95ish cars are pretty much rust free.

Loping Camshaft > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
06/01/2014 at 17:26

I like the way you think. AMG all the things!

I hope you're aware of Mechatronik ?

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Loping Camshaft
06/01/2014 at 17:40

Yeeees

It's one of my dream to put an AMG V8 on my grandpa's W111.

Loping Camshaft > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
06/01/2014 at 17:42

Doesn't get better than that.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Loping Camshaft
06/01/2014 at 17:47

yep.

It's still cost me 120k tough, which is a lot..