Here's the auction results: Realized | Gooding & Company
Pretty cool stuff.

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Tony H
W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe
Manual transmission

Past cars:
Porsche 914 2.0
'64 Jaguar XKE Roadster
'57 Oval Window VW
'71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new
'73 Toyota Celica GT

Gonna go out on a limb and guess that the new mb owners from Gooding aren't going to appear on our beloved forum looking for torque specs.

High prices for Pagodas and a 6.3 bumping up on $200k!

The new owners probably have "people" that maintain their vehicles. The coupe went for $319k. It's interesting how these "time capsule" examples keep surfacing.

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Tony H
W111 280SE 3.5 Coupe
Manual transmission

Past cars:
Porsche 914 2.0
'64 Jaguar XKE Roadster
'57 Oval Window VW
'71 Toyota Hilux Pickup Truck-Dad bought new
'73 Toyota Celica GT

There's an immaculate cab at Hexagon, London.
Price on application?

If they were added on from near new, I guess they wouldn't have been very expensive to add on compared to the purchase price of the car.

At a selling price of $319, I would have preferred to see the car totally original. There's a lot of drilling involved to add them and they're a rust trap. Not a great fan especially on a 3.5.

What do we think £300k? (Uk pounds).
https://hexagonclassics.com/cars/mercedes-benz-280-se-1970/

I don't "get" the tremendous differential between certain "collectible" cars in today's markets. A restored 300SEL 6.3 is worth $198,000, while an equivalent 300SEL 4.5 is worth maybe $30,000-35,000. Fewer made (2,533 vs. 6,526), more modern and smoother torque converter transmission, and top speed of "only" 125 mph.
And a Fiat "Jolly" is worth $121,000?

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Berfinroy in CT
Present vehicles:
1973 300 SEL 4.5
1959 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud I
1959 Ford Thunderbird convertible/430
Past vehicles;
1958 Bentley S 1
1976 ex-Max Hoffman 6.9
1970 300SEL 2.8
1958 Jaguar MK IX
1961 Jaguar MK IX
1963 Jaguar E-type factory special roadster
1948 Plymouth woody
1955 Morgan plus 4
1966 Shelby GT350H Mustang

These aren't really being driven, I'm guessing. The marketing materials don't talk about roadholding nor acceleration.

They are now 'investments''. Would be interesting to see where these cars are headed, geographically.