Dust in the garage, a rare Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster 1960 sell for a million dollars. This publication reports the Daily Mail.
a 60 year old machine was discovered by the relatives of the deceased physician of German descent from Indiana. The man was a collector of cars, and in addition to the valuable 300 SL Roadster in his garage housed a lot of different models, including a few old Porsche and a Ferrari 330 GT, collected in the 1960-ies.
According to family members, the late owner had rarely driven a sports car and completely stopped using it in 1980, so the mileage of the sports car is slightly more than 23 thousand kilometers. The car passed new York company Gullwing Motor Cars, which is engaged in buying vintage copies. Now the car is for sale for 1,095 million dollars (almost 78 million).
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster is one of the most beautiful and rare cars in history. It was released only 249 instances of this model.
In October 2019 was found in an abandoned garage Lamborghini Miura P400 S sold at auction RM Sotheby’s for £ 1.2 million (98,3 million). Supercar was released in 1969, its mileage is just over 29 thousand kilometers. It was discovered in a small village in the black forest, Germany. The car was in perfect condition and has never been restored.