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14/12/2023 12:04 am
This is a '54 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL sports car from Kinsmart and is about 1/36 scale. It is nicely done and is available in different colors at a very low price. One feature is the unique opening gull-wing door and here the car is in a light, off-white color.
14/12/2023 5:24 am
I've always been fascinated by this Mercedes. Even when I was a little kid I just knew there was something special about this design.
Years ago when they would have a Mercedes-Benz show out here in Newport Beach there was a rolling chassis sans body that they would display and to see the way the chassis is built is just fantastic. It's basically all just tubing.
John Kuvakas and David Green reacted
14/12/2023 8:30 am
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
14/12/2023 9:20 am
Nice model of one o my favorite car designs.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
Steve Jacobs and John Kuvakas reacted
24/12/2023 4:19 pm
A friend had a 300SL roadster with a hardtop that he never took off. Got a ride in it once, terrific ride. He sold it a few years ago and regretted it. In the 1970s he drove it to work every day. He paid $3800 for it. I just saw one sell on BaT for over 1 mil.
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24/12/2023 5:30 pm
That low price is amazing ! It would be a terrific automobile to have and the doors themselves are extremely cool.