Mercedes Benz Cabrio 500 SEC one of seven

[straight eight]

Hi there,

here´s http://www.ebay.de/itm/270898559737s something for you.
On ebay germany, of of seven ever built.
Looks a little bit odd....when open.

 

[mercmush]

I think the listing has now been removed ?

 

[straight eight]

No it isn´t,
may be the link doesn´t work correctly.

Please search for the item number 270898559737 .
I hope this will do it.

The auction is still active. Crazy car.

 

[neilrr]

Mercedes Benz Cabrio 500 SEC | eBay

That is truly fugly. Amazed they could sell 7 of 'em.

 

[mercboiuk]

WOW!
What a fantastic machine.

I didn't even know this conversion existed.

I wonder if it was made for the Rainbow Sheik? (Note the Rainbow stripe on the seats, a pattern he often ordered.)

Darren

 

[WesLangdon]

very 1980's

 

[jaymanek]

LOVE IT!! Bet it leaks like a sieve.

 

[Deleted member 11979]

Fantastic, I wonder if it was converted post or pre the advent of the original SLK

 

[ianrandom]

Hmm seen this one on websites before. Lots of really nice work done on it, but I dont fancy that roof when its down. Still, imagine how advanced that would have been back in the day.
I like the interior.

 

[Red C220]

It's not a looker is it. That boot spoiler is a real shocker.

 

[gmanrangers]

i like it.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Me too. I really like it.

 

[Igurisu]

It seems to be generating plenty of interest, 23 bids and over €10k so far. Can't decide whether I like it or not, the lines around the back with the roof down don't gel for me.

 

[grober]

From that well known German Coachbuilder Albrecht Winkelschleifer!

 

[A-AvantGarde]

That looks lovely. Not convinved on the real spoiler but very nice...

 

[Igurisu]

I was wondering if the rear spoiler is part of the retaining/holding mechanism for the roof when its open. It does seem to tuck in there very neatly.

 

[kusanku]

Many years ago, I went to look at an SEC convertible which was advertised for sale in Edinburgh. It claimed to be one of only three in the UK. It wasn't one like this though. Pre-facelift model with a manual soft-top. Loved the idea, but I wasn't convinced about how legit the conversion was, so walked away.

Always think its a shame MB abandoned the convertible S-class.

 

[rayfenwick]

I think Rainbow Sheik is a real possibility on this one. I saw a piece Clarkson did about some of his cars, and there was some rainbow trim going on on some of them...

 

[mct_cars]

There's a genuine factory convertible that Mercedes has hidden away out of sight. They were going to put a convertible into production, but it was canned when the last recesion hit in the late 80's.

 

[grober]

Quite a few " soft-top" SEC convertibles were made over the years by various coach building firms like Styling Garage Hamburg [pic] and Vantagefield London