300SL for $30,000 ???

[Michel]

Is This Another Scam?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1960-MERCEDES-BENZ-300SL-ROADSTER-GULLWIND_W0QQitemZ170359139387QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Cars?hash=item27aa322c3b&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10|66%3A2|39%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

 

[450SE]

Looks like another CLK320 to me (no vital details)... It appears to be at a Sydney dealership... May have forgotten two zeros on the end of the price...

 

[BenzBoy]

Boys it is not a GULLWING - it's a GULLWIND.
Even better than a GW.
I quote;
"With prices set to eclipse that of the 'Gullwing' don’t hesitate to purchase what must be the ultimate Mercedes-Benz of all time."
Probably a Mercedes mutation caused by the Flying Swine Flue...
Regards,
Benz-Boy

 

[OzBenzHead]

Hmmm ... no VIN, no engine number, and only 14,000 km (how many times around the clock?).

And a camera with an ovoid lens!

Highly sus!

Oh, and GullWIND ? Perhaps it's just hot air.

Google search for Steve's Collectibles (in various spellings and with/out the apostrophe / space) bring up only such-named businesses in the UK and US -- and none of those list cars, mostly small stuff like bric-a-brac, The White Pages has no listings for the name in Brisbane.

Somewhere recently -- perhaps a fortnight ago -- I read exactly the same story about an Arthur Rizzo-converted W198 300SL roadster, but can't recall if it was on evilBay or elsewhere. I believe Rizzo's son still runs the business, so if one was interested, perhaps a phone call to Rizzo's might verify the story.

Arthur Rizzo Motors Pty Ltd, Bay 9 Middlemiss St, North Sydney. (02) 9959 4370 or (02) 9959 4371.

 

[abl567]

listing removed

 

[B13]

The other blaring omission that I'm surprised no one picked up on was the fact that it was a rag-top 300SL with conventional doors, no gull wings to be seen...

I.

 

[BenzBoy]

The photos were stolen from the Classic Throttle Shop website - http://www.classicthrottleshop.com/
Gullwing doors? Not on a Gullwind - the most exclusive of them all.
Regards,
Benz-Boy