OT The car nut's mother load/ honey hole

[bikinchris]

I don't know if you've seen this already. But a foreign car salvage yard is going to be auctioned with a projected $50 million inventory. 50 years ago, it closed and it's been sitting. It includes the 1 of 1 black painted alloy Mercedes 300SL and another 300SL roadster. There are racks with more than 30 Porsche 356 cars in various levels of veing crashed. I seen videos from people who specialize in perfect restorations of the 356. I bet they're drooling to get to this auction. There are many Ferarri's, Lamborghini, Maserati etc.
https://youtu.be/pamqaxIw7Pc?si=lF-o0Qj_Y0EmEICM

[jet sanchez]

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I saw this on Tavarish’s feed

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tBeL_vsZNBI

[NHAero]

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/rk24...=1&pageSize=40

[AngryScientist]

nice.

the bike hauler i could turn this into would be....tremendous.

[saab2000]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

nice.

the bike hauler i could turn this into would be....tremendous.

As someone who watches more car content than bike content, let me assure you this is a dollar bill black hole. This is for the Jay Lenos of the world, and even he probably will be wary. He’s got a similar ‘regular’ 4-door sedan of this era and it sounds ‘complicated’.

It’d be cool if money were no object. One can dream.

[9tubes]

Yeah, convert it to a wagon, paint it white with world championship stripes on the side, give it a Campagnolo logo and be sure to wear clogs with shorts for the photo.*




*Yes, this is a historical inside joke.

[buddybikes]

Gee really want number 244 :-) weekend project

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/rk24...y-pininfarina/

[jimcav]

Originally Posted by 9tubes

Yeah, convert it to a wagon, paint it white with world championship stripes on the side, give it a Campagnolo logo and be sure to wear clogs with shorts for the photo.*
*Yes, this is a historical inside joke.

I first saw a pic in '84 I think.

[Mikej]

That needs to be a Silca shirt

[rccardr]

That’s a quarter million dollar resto.
Easy.

[benb]

What is that thing, looks like a M-B?

[benb]

I'm amazed at some of this stuff.. utter perfect example of how much "Autopia" has taken over the collective mindset when something like a 100% rusted out Ferrari with no engine or wheels that looks like it was put through a trash compactor can be worth what they're asking.

Some of the examples on there are just mind blowing, sure they're rare but they are so heavily destroyed... it is amazing anyone would want to start with that for restoration. Some of them look like they got hit by locomotives!

A lot of the articles about this gloss over how these are really junkyard examples as opposed to relatively preserved barn finds.

[jh_on_the_cape]

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/rk24...y-pininfarina/

"An interesting find with potential as conversation-starting garage art"

Titled "More money than brains"

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by jh_on_the_cape

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/rk24...y-pininfarina/

"An interesting find with potential as conversation-starting garage art"

Titled "More money than brains"

haha, "garage art" - is that a thing?

[rrudoff]

It is a 600 Mercedes Pullman, from what I recall everything is high pressure hydraulics actuated: doors, windows sunroof, seats and trunk etc. Self leveling air suspension based on analog feedback. I would guess $250k is a low estimate to restore.