Pagota with 3.5 engine transplant on BAT
 

Gone are the days when an engine transplant hurts value-check out this 280SL with a 3.5L transplant-probably twice at $226k the same un-modified car would go for.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-mercedes-benz-280sl-41/

Nice. The color combo is perfect. Not sure if filters were used but that paint looks flawless. Engine bay looks like it was born that way. Quarter million? I think that is goofy but someone obviously wanted it. If I had the cash laying around...sure. A nice reliable car that kept iy's old school looks....I have always been partial to resto-mods.

Nice car!

Hatch and Sons built a pair of 280 SL 3.5's years ago. This is one of them:

https://www.hatchandsons.com/inventory/1969-mercedes-benz-280slr-35/

Mechatronik has been building V8 powered 113's for a while but it's much more than an engine transplant.

I read of one in France with a 6.3 in it.

That seems a little over the top. I think a later aluminum V8 engine would make more sense unless it's for the eccentricity of it.

I think this was built a good while back....30 years? Also from a packaging standpoint I am not sure the 6.3 is much different from the 3.5 in external size.

I once saw a 107 with a Chrysler hemi in it at the big Auburn auction.