Merged: 250 GTO sold for $20 million +

I feel stupid for asking this, but what is a 125 mb?

 

1934/35 Mercedes W125 GP car??

 

I have heard once, that the two Mercedes 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé which are both owned by Mercedes, are insured for 50 million Dollar each. But I guess the 300 SLR who won the 1955 Mille Miglia driven by Stirling Moss #722 is the Mercedes which would achieve the highest auction price of all Mercedes Benz cars.

 

722 is the start time, NOT the chassis number.

 

Would that be this one? Saw this at Amelia last year. Incredible car in person. Wish I had heard it drive.

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ken
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No, its not that one. But that car is impossibly gorgeous as well!
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That's one of the Uhlenhaut Coupes. The 300SLR above looks like a replicar to me...

 

marvelous cars, incredible lines too.

 

And they say "yes" is the best bit

 

Hi

Yes

 

Well, YOU could wish for that.

Most of us though wouldn't get that far in our thoughts!

Tom W

 

-1 who cares about how much these cars are sold for? I certainly don't, it is their history that matters and for the most significqnt cars you can't put a value on that.

-Napolis: good morning, surely you meant provenance not providence?

Best regards,

Marc

 

Hey

Correct.

I agree that using them well, conserving them, letting others see them, and passing them on to someone who will repeat the cycle is much more interesting than thinking/worrying about what they may or may not be worth.

Cheers

 

we are a little off topic but here´s a pic of another mb mille miglia car.
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Two Uhlenhaut Coupes?

I'm sure, there is only one orginal 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe (Orginal ex-Uhlenhaut car - Owner is Mercedes Benz). Everythig else is a replica.

 

There are definetely two. One with red interior (chassis 000 08/55) which was Uhlenhauts personal car and one with blue interior.

 

oh yes we are off topic,

but I saw and heard these two drive yesterday at Solitude Revival Hillclimb, drivers Stirling Moss (and Hans Hermann?).
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The red interior car is #007/55 and the blue one is #008/55.

 

Nice, but what was on the Ferrari Xptr (in the background)?

 

Sadly, sometimes cherished cars need to be sold to pay for healthcare, duties, marital settlements etc and sometimes they get " traded in" or swapped for the "next step on the ladder"- but if the financial pressure isn't "on", isn't it a shame when a car which is part of a family's collecting history (and maybe something which bonds generations together)sold?

Mr Violati's potential sale is not the only one....in 4 weeks time one of the most original remaining Jaguar D Types will come to the market in the UK, for the first time in almost 35 years in 1 family's ownership, when its sold at Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed...

We've had a 330GT MK2 for 24 yrs - a car I've grown up with......many other classics have come and gone, but this car has brought us together as a family and been a catalyst to making many friends across the Ferrari world, who share a comparable passion......isn't that what it's really all about?

 

Photos Please!

Al

 

As requested Al

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I can relate; I bought my Healey thirty (30) years ago this past April.

If only I'd bought a $24,000.00 GTO instead (head in hands...).

Incidently, Sid Colberg was lamenting at that same time, about NOT buying the GTO when it was $8,500.00, as it was now (1978) worth $24k.

Screw the Particle Collider, we need a damn-accurate Crystal Ball

 

Thanks Boudewijn!

 

And both are owned by the factory
Wolfgang