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NutmegCT said:
It's a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster!

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/mercedes-benz/540k/1912565.html

At last one's come on the market! I'll just sell the ol' Rambler and use the proceeds to buy it! (or at least, one tire valve cap ...)

wow
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here is the Hemmings "price research" advice........I'm going to pick mine up at Walmart today!

[h=1]Prices for 1937 Mercedes_benz 540k[/h]
Among 1 ad(s) found in the last 3 years that list prices:
The average asking price is: $4,999.00
The highest asking price is: $4,999.00
The lowest asking price is:
 
That's no balloon.

that's a early MB GPS system.
Always a Leader of innovations!
(except on windy days)
 
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(Lead 'em into Czechoslovakia, Ruhr, Poland, France ... must have been very windy.)
 
GTP1960 said:
here is the Hemmings "price research" advice........I'm going to pick mine up at Walmart today!

Prices for 1937 Mercedes_benz 540k

Among 1 ad(s) found in the last 3 years that list prices:
The average asking price is: $4,999.00
The highest asking price is: $4,999.00
The lowest asking price is:
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Think they left off a couple of zeros.
 
I'm not convinced it's a 1956 SLR. Very little description, no engine area photos.

hmmmm
 
I think they may have that one for a while.
 
what could you do with a 18.5 million dollar car anyway?

Keep it in a spare shaft in your Mexican gold mine?

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John - I was thinking the same thing. Then I read that M-B actually built "SLR conversion kits" for the 190 SL during production. And even afterward, some owners were doing conversions on their own, including bigger engines. Changes included windscreen, doors, no roll down windows, bumpers, straking, etc.

Problem with the one in the Hemmings ad - there's so little detail, and only exterior shots (no engine), that there's no telling how it became an SLR. Price is ridiculous, even if it *were* an original 190 SLR. (the R = Rennwagen - German for race car)

Here's a couple 190 SLRs, but I think both were conversions.

https://www.bruceadams190sl.com/project/1955-190-slr-carbon-fibre-rap/

https://www.bruceadams190sl.com/project/1955-190-slr-adams/

And here's an original 1957 190 SLR built by Mercedes-Benz.

https://www.automobile-catalog.com/img/pictonorzw/mercedes-benz/DSCF5832.jpg

Tom M.
 
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