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Golden Era Craftsmanship: Benz 300Sc

By Gunnar Heinrich | IMG Hemmings

FITTING squarely into the they-don’t-make-’em-like-they-used-to column and following a recent thread from commentator exemplar Jim, we find this achingly polished Mercedes-Benz 300Sc on Hemmings.

Hailing from West Germany’s Adenauer days – the 1957 300Sc’s four door stablemate was knicknamed after the  first kansler – there’s some cause for Gullwing Motors of Astoria, NY to ask $225,000 for this fire-engine red over camel Benz coupe.

For one: the 300Sc was/is exclusive. Only a few hundred were produced. Cosmetically it cossetted: actual chrome (not plastic) and internal bright work, hard woods, and thick cow hides.

Mechanically, the Benz was engineered a decade hence of its 50s rivals: featuring a swing-axle rear suspension and fuel injected straight six. One hundred twelve miles per hour the 300Sc’s top speed – faster, it should be said, than plenty of BMWs and Benzes to follow in the 70s and 80s.

The dealer claims this an “original” car, which may be a nice way of circumventing the word “restored”. What makes this Benz a special buy is that it built from the iron-ore days of motoring. Cost-no-object engineering (though, it must’ve been a factor in postwar days) couples with deluxe materials and attention to detail.

A tangible quality and rarity that a current CL600 is hard-pressed to match. This bulbous two-door was Germany’s Rolls-Royce.

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