I have number 000064 here. Kind of an interesting car in the fact that it has power steering and is copper in color. All early cars were standard but power steering was optional and I'd have to believe that copper was special order paint.
Hello Dan,
Really ....?
That makes me wonder...!
I did see no. 000064 twice last year being on offer by MB dealer Leseberg in Germany.
Once on the Bremen Classic Motorshow in Feb (2016) and then again on the TechnoClassica in Essen in April 2016.
And the car is/was for sure white 050, not copper 463. Also, the car clearly had no power steering!
Are you sure, Dan, yours is 000064? Not 000065 or so perhaps?
Enclosed a pic of 000064.
You guys (here) will certainly think this car is ugly - unworth of any restoration.
But actually the car is not ! It's highly interesting, strongly weathered for sure but also highly original and absolutely untouched.
A real treasure trove for the early-SL-aficionado
(like me). Hopefully this car will only receive a very sympathetic restoration. Hopefully they don't destroy all the tiny little originality bits which these "
we make it all brand new" ultra top restorations (like Hjeltness, A. Dearborn & others) usually perform in order to fetch top $$ on the usual suspective Auctions ....
Enclosed a pic of 0064 - enjoy !
Achim
(1971 MB 230, 1994 MB 230)