Mercedes 500 SEC with Gullwing aspirations to buy?

Posted on 26-12-2013 at 21:01 by ii – 27 Comments”

Under the guise of ‘a little bit wrong, but nice ” we have a white Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC ’83, with gull-wing doors! Sheerest retropr0n.

With that the doors do this once modest 500 SEC a throw back to the predicate Gullwing. This conscious unique Merc is built by the German tuner Styling Garage, which is mostly mercedes benz cars converted for Saudi princes. The company was reportedly the first 500 SEC’s ombouwde to cars with gull-wing doors. After they finished, the W126 SEC was renamed to 500SGS Gullwing.

That conversion was not an easy job. The roof and the sills had to be reinforced, to prevent the car would start to sag. An expensive joke, that in the eighties soon about 80k D-Mark could cost. An amount you in that time so about a new 500 SEC bought.

Under the hood is a vijfliter V8 with a solid 252 horsepower and 390 Nm of pulling force. The 500 SEC is a lot lighter than at first sight you would expect (1660 kg clean on the hook), but all modifications of the SGS will in this case not better.

The interior is white, with a nice standing out red rug, wood accents, Recaro-tubs, a gloedjenieuwe satnav and reversing camera. From the outside, the Benz is just as white as the inside and is it on original Mercedes rims, in chrome. On the boot lid is adorned with a large taartschep, designwise might not be the most beautiful choice.

Absolute showstoppers are the gull-wing doors that seamlessly connect. A layman will be the ingenious piece of technology does not quickly spot once the doors are closed. And that will lead to the necessary falling kakenwerk if you with a tight face your door a little pop. In this case, +1.

The white artwork is currently on sale for only 18.500 dollars, converted into euros and only 13,5 k. Bargain for such a unique piece of autohistorie? Or a lot too much for an encrypted Benz. You may say.

Gallery: Mercedes Mercedes Benz 500SEC Gullwing

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