1936 540K Cabriolet
 

Just sold for $935,000.00 on RM classic car auction. :rolleyes4

thats one of the Sindelfingen 540K's

Yeah, that name came up during the auction. Something about the body.

I dont know much about this era. Beautiful car.

Yeah, I'm watching it now. More enjoyable than "Barrett-Jackson", which was nearly all over hyped muscle cars.

Its on ESPN Classic/Dish Network.

i don't know the name but i will say by looking at the lines that that car carries a french built body....and a very lovely one at that.

tom w

Wow thats a car! I love the high end pre war cars! They cost so much for their day, and were all nearly custom one off's. Truely works of art! A car like that I could have glass of wine and just sit looking at it. Imagin all the work that went into that body, all those curves, by hand.

yep

tom w

Yeah it doesn't look German at all does it? It's too...pretty and soft.

Any idea who the seller was? There is a car collector in my town that has/had a car like this. Wondering if he sold it. He also has several Packards and a Deusenberg. Quite a sight.

The books I have on the history of Mercedes Benz cover the 540K's in depth. This particular coach builder was one of many that made the specialized 540k's

This beaut as well?

http://www.ussarcherfish.com/afishpi...sho/mcdlic.jpg

is that an excaliber?

tom w

It's a Gazelle. :eek:

I cant't tell if its a VW kit car or not ( the front suspension is a beam instead of springs and stuff)...

its probably real