🏸 Mercedes Benz 540K Special Roadster

1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K von Krieger Special Roadster : 'The Price of Perfection'. Life is full of tragedy and comedy and 'all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players' (Shakespeare 2.7). Rarely can the fullness of life, with all of the emotions and intricacies, become captured in an inanimate, unfeeling object. Then, in the mid-1970s, Johnson saw a photograph of a 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K special roadster. “I saw it, and I knew I had to build one for myself,” he said. “The style, shape, and graceful Jim Patterson's 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster is name Best of Show at the 2023 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. a prewar 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K roadster that was first owned by The 1939 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster has been maintained in exceptional overall condition. It performs just as a top-of-the-line, supercharged pre-war sporting and luxury car should and it The 540K model was offered from 1936 to 1938 and was the design work of Hermann Ahrens and built to order by Karrosserie Sindelfingen (a Mercedes-Benz in-house coach building subsidiary). This roadster is powered by a 180 hp, 5,401 cc OHV inline eight-cylinder engine with driver-activated Roots-type supercharger and twin updraft pressurized 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Cabriolet Chassis#: 130913 Sold for USD$1,028,500 2007 Vintage Motor Cars in Arizona : 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K Sindelfigen Sold for USD$836,000 2006 Monterey Sports & Classic Car Auction : 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet C Chassis#: 169387 Sold for USD$1,178,591 2006 Coys Auction - Legende et Passion This Mercedes-Benz 540K chassis number 169387 was recently sold by Kidston, for an undisclosed amount. It’s not only the unique model that was gifted to King Farouk I, but also one of 32 Cabriolet Cs, which is the rarest coachwork style built on the 540K chassis. It has supposedly kept 90% of the original metalwork and, thanks to the The 500 K was available in various body styles, including coupe, sedan, various convertible options, and the top of the line Special Roadster. A limited production model with only 320 examples produced, the 500K was available until 1936 when it was replaced by the Mercedes-Benz 540K. HFLb1i.

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