Last February I went down to the local auction in Dubai to check out a 450SEL 6.9 that had a collapsed suspension and very few bids. Little did I know that I would also find three pagodas, one 6.3, three W111's (one of them a convertible with a 6.3 swap), one 560SEC, and a bunch of other classic cars. Apparently, these cars belonged to a business that had gone bankrupt.









The way the classic car world operates in Dubai, I am not surprised... the market is pretty stagnant and most of these cars don't hold up well in desert temperatures.

Article on the find: Neglected Classic Cars at the Dubai Auction | THIS EUROPEAN LIFE: Articles

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

Can you buy them?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I was going to bid $4000 on the cream coupé but did not want to pull on a credit card. Later on, most of the cars were withdrawn from auction because they did not meet reserve. Someone scooped all the Pagodas at once!

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

They must love red cars over there. What's was the car between the W111 Coupe and the SEC in the second picture?

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

That would be an Opel GT, sir!

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

A secret dry climate non rust belted area that rich people buy and then get bored and resale at an auction cars that they would rather just lease ,do I have it right?I like this concept ,American car enthusiest have an untaped new /old car market place to search for their otherwise unattainable toy.

Wonder if there's severe export/import restrictions for getting the cars out of there & over here?

Happy Motoring, Mark

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I thought so, but those wheels look like they come of an Alfa Romeo.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

As is the red car to the far left of the picture.

I noticed that a lot of those Mercedes have U.S. spec side marker lights. I wonder if those cars were imported from the US?

Just saw a finback in a local yard with the two carbs on the 6,
since the chi-coms are not buying near as much scrap metal, lots of yards are backing up with old stuff

No restrictions at all other than the usual 5% import tax.

That, and the Lamborghini having a US-spec bumper. Yep, they are US imports!

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

I wonder if either of those Cobras are real.

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Checked: NOPE THEY ARE NOT.

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[GONE] - 1995 Mercedes E300 Diesel - 130k miles - Smoke Silver (702) over Mushroom leather (265) - Bladder blasting, coast-to-coast work machine.

Sharia law, bad news for the wheelin dealin dubai speculators........

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