Peter Singhof, courtesy of Gooding & Company
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Image Credit: Peter Singhof, courtesy of Gooding & Company The 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster being offered at Gooding & Company’s 2024 Amelia Island Auctions.
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Image Credit: Peter Singhof, courtesy of Gooding & Company In 2019, Germany’s HK Engineering performed a full mechanical restoration of the vehicle.
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Image Credit: Peter Singhof, courtesy of Gooding & Company Under the hood is the car’s original 2,996 cc, SOHC inline-six engine, which makes about 240 hp.
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Image Credit: Peter Singhof, courtesy of Gooding & Company The time-capsule interior, dressed in red leather.
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Image Credit: Peter Singhof, courtesy of Gooding & Company There have been only three owners of this car during the nearly seven decades since it left the factory.
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Image Credit: Peter Singhof, courtesy of Gooding & Company Present and accounted for is a set of Hepco fitted luggage.
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Image Credit: Peter Singhof, courtesy of Gooding & Company The car’s Silbergrau Metallic exterior paint scheme still shines bright.
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Image Credit: Peter Singhof, courtesy of Gooding & Company Incredibly, the period-correct Continental tires on the car’s date-stamped Rudge wheels may even be the original ones fitted by the factory.
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Image Credit: Peter Singhof, courtesy of Gooding & Company This 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster carries a high-end estimate of $2.8 million.
Authors
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Robert Ross
