Well...that was a bit of a firestorm...thank you all for your comments and posts, this is an issue that may never be satisfactorily resolved (which came first the chicken or the egg), I don't really know that it actually matters, what does matter is that there is a car that was built by AMG in the late 80's known as the HAMMER, it became a legend in it's own time and will probably become highly collectible in the future . Just as a side note, does anybody think that a car like the Hammer could become highly collectable in the future (a' la 55 -57 gullwing?).

Cheers - Anthony