This Pininfarina 300 SEL 6.3, there is only one [updated]

Posted on 06-03-2015 at 17:06 by MauritsH – 36 Comments”

And there is not just one, because this thing has a bit of a mysterious Dutch history.

The car, whose construction began in 1969, is ever ordered by a Dutch businessman, who was reportedly about 400,000 florins for counted down. Point is: no one knows who it was. The businessman now has the temporary with the eternal changed and his five children wanted nothing with the one-off.

The trial originated from the brain of Pininfarina is also not known if the absolute crown on the work of the Italians. Served as the basis of a 300 SEL 6.3, which the external dimensions remain intact. Was the cabin reduced in size by means of adjusting the a – and c-pillars. Furthermore, the front (similar to that of the ’65 Ford Galaxie) thoroughly addressed, and it seemed like the car nice on the later Rolls-Royce Camargue, also from the hand of Pininfarina.

Despite the questionable appearance were the specs of this particular cart is not tender. Under the hood was, of course, the 6.3 V8 from the legendary 600 with more than 250 hp and 500 Nm, which is the 1,900 kg heavy car in 6,6 count pass the 100 km/h could drive. The top speed was at a neat 225 km/h. The same power source blew up a part of the exhaust right the interior in, what was it that the woman of the house not to love was on rides with the thing.

Now the car is long and wide to a new and, once again, anonymous car enthusiast sold and there 71.000 km on the clock. Although he himself would prefer not to in the public acts, he has last year DRIVE his car and let them drive. That driving test you can read here.

With thanks to Sydney for the tip!

UPDATE: thanks to an observant reader with a whole collection of old automagazines is the origin of this Benz again what have become clearer. The first owner was actually a Rolls-Royce-rider but was after a number of Silver Shadows at the brand forward. The Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3, which he then ordered, was fine, although he found the carriage, much to just. Thus was born the idea of the auto by Pininfarina to tackle. After some correspondence and drawings was the car on the train to Italy.

When the car came back from Italy fell the end result the client is still a bit disappointing: the car was very large and not as elegant as on the drawings. In addition, he was during the drive constantly nauseous, probably due to the heavy carriage, in combination with air suspension. Reason enough to make the Benz from the hand to do and a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow to order…