Equipment
Chrome wire wheels, wide whitewalls, copper brake drums dual windshields, dual sidemounts with mirrors, opening vee windshield, Bosch headlights.
Condition
No known history after the chassis was delivered by M-B to Saoutchik in 1928 until well into the last half of the 20th century. Excellent older paint and cosmetics. Body wood trim is heavily varnished and starting to craze. Underbody and engine are nearly concours quality. The interior with its moire cloth inserts, like the endpapers of a fine book, is gorgeous. About as close to concours as an old restoration can be.
Market commentary
Very special and elegantly appointed but bulky disappearing top coachwork attracts attention and is typical of most 630Ks, which would need all the horses of the supercharged 6.3 liter six to haul it around. The lack of history or provenance is disappointing, and more than a little unsettling, for such an epic automobile and the gaping hole in its history makes the buyer''s decision to pay this much a tribute to the appeal and allure of the chassis and drivetrain.