The famous “Red Pig” was a big baller W108 chassis 1971 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL with a big 6.8 liter AMG built V8 pounding its competition into submission by sucking all of the oxygen out of the atmosphere. We’ve featured at least one tribute version of the rot schwein, but today’s car is an example from […]
The top of the W116 Mercedes-Benz platform was the 50SEL 6.9, a feast of power, prestige and displacement. From the factory, the big 6.9 liter engine was only available with the long wheelbase version, but the seller of today’s vehicle shoved it into the short wheelbase sedan. Find this 1976 Mercedes-Benz 450SE 6.9 currently bidding […]
Imagine, if you will, that you are a well-to-do 60-something with kids out of the house and plenty of money to spend on cars. You aren’t interested in sporty cars, just need something to drive to the bowling alley once a week and pickup a few friends at the senior center. You may find yourself […]
For some reason we’ve been on a classic Benz bender over here at the DT headquarters, located in the alley behind a 7-11. There is something in the air (other than the smell from the dumpster) that just beckons us to the classic shape, style and substance of an early 1970s Mercedes Benz S-Class. This […]
The W116 Mercedes chassis was the first MBZ to officially be called the S-Class, S for Sonderklasse or “special class”. It was indeed a special car – with a 112 inch wheelbase (or 118 inch long wheelbase) and 4.5 liter V8 (or 6.9 liter monster!) it was a stately cruiser sold at high prices to […]