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The level of Dutch madness

Started by floyd111, 10 September 2016, 03:23 AM

floyd111

Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 Pininfarina Coupe..
I actually saw this one on the road, long, long time ago, in the Netherlands.
Chassis remained unchanged, at 5 meters length.
Forgotten till now, this car blew my mind at the time. Could not believe it was a real Benz, and I was almost right.
Only 1 in existance, custom-ordered for 400.000 guilders, the equivalent of 10 units W116 6.9
Love it or hate it, but it sure is special.

ronw123w124

This looks so much like the Rolls Royce Camargue

rumb

'68 250S
'77 6.9 Euro
'91 300SE,
'98 SL500
'14 CLS550,
'16 AMG GTS
'21 E450 Cabrio

ptashek

I'm happily joining the "hate it" club. What a monstrosity...
1993 "Pearl Blue" W124 280TE
1988 "Arctic White" W124 200T
1979 "Icon Gold" W116 450SE

daantjie

Yup money cannot buy taste unfortunately  :'(
Daniel
1977 450 SEL 6.9 - Astralsilber

Peter

I'm trying to like this just because its a Mercedes but its as ugly as a bucket full of arseholes.

rumb

What I find interesting is that it looks like a W126 SEC, yet that didnt come for 2 more generations.
'68 250S
'77 6.9 Euro
'91 300SE,
'98 SL500
'14 CLS550,
'16 AMG GTS
'21 E450 Cabrio

nathan

sort of looks like a BMW 2002 if the japanese designed it
1979 116 6.9 #6436
2018 213 e63
2011 212 e63
2011 463 g55
2007 211 e500 wagen
1995 124 e320 cabriolet
1983 460 300gd
1981 123 280te

robertd

This is what a Ssangyong/Mercedes SEC would look like.
116   1978 450SEL 6.9 #  4848
116   1979 450SEL  6.9 # 5884
116   1979 450SEL  6.9 # 6225  SOLD
116   1978 450SEL  6.9 # 5128  SOLD
116   1979 450SEL  6.9 # 5884  SOLD
116   1974 450SEL  DJet

w116john

i am moving to the dark side, the more i see it the more i like it, quite modern except for the wing mirror

might be a temporary thing

floyd111

Haha!.. had not noticed the wing mirror yet..
The article says the owner fiddled with the headlights.. There were chrome panels in there? That would explain the oval lights in the square hole

adamb

Oh shit, I just threw up over the keyboard  :-[

floyd111

#12
Guess that this was the subconscious picture when they did the rear during a hot Friday afternoon.

entresz

I'm probably one of the (very) few that like it!  :D
I like a few cars that are a bit ugly to most .. ie the late 70s Maserati Quattroporte.

Would I go out of my way to order that instead of a normal 300SEL though? Nope.
1975 Mercedes-Benz 280SE
1981 Mercedes-Benz 300D
Previous cars:
1979 Mercedes-Benz 450SE
1982 Mercedes-Benz 280E