back in college days I looked at a 300SL (roadster) that needed serious
restoration and could be had for three hundred dollars. not really
understanding at the time what an opportunity that was, I took a pass.
probably bought another Z car instead. a friend in Virginia sold his
Gullwing back in the '70s for $25k. he knew he'd underpriced it when the
purchaser flew up from Texas in a private jet. the car was a decent driver,
too.
Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: "R Haug" <haugchiro@moscow.com>
To: <Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: Wall Street Journal Article on Extreme Restoration
> Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us wrote:
>
> > Not so extreme, those guys are in a different league than us. My
> > brother-in-law spent a couple hundred grand restoring his 30's Lagonda
> > roadster, and as much on several other cars. My sister ain't so happy,
he'd
> > rather spend the money on his cars, not her (ha-ha).
> >
> > Fred
>
> Remember, a mid 50s vintage 300 SL Gullwing Mercedes is supposed
> to be worth a quarter million or more depending upon the restoration.
> They only made 1400 of them. And 1858 Roadster versions.
> There is a guy I have met near my home in Moscow, Idaho that has 2.
> I have sat in his Gullwing that he restored himself and he has a Roadster
> version of the 300 SL too. The roadster isn't done yet. It was pretty
cool
> going to his house. He had 3 different shops for all of his collections
of
> cars, motorcycles, old steam tractors, machine shop and whatever......
> Bob
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