Equipment
RHD. 5401/115-180hp supercharged eight, 4-speed, Bosch headlights and central driving light, suicide doors, dash clock, aero screens, Mother of Pearl instrument panel, folding windshield, outside exhaust headpipes, skirts, enclosed rear-mounted spare, chrome wire wheels.
Condition
#1 Concours
World-class. Could compete in the world’s best Concours d'Elegance events.
Striking one-off coachwork by Mayfair in London. Formerly in the Imperial Palace Auto Collection, the General William Lyon Collection, and the Don Williams Collection. Shown at Pebble Beach in 2011 and still gorgeous. The leather is lightly wrinkled and discolored and there is a small dimple in the right door handle, but this is still an outstanding Mercedes.
Market commentary
The swoops and flourishes of this Mayfair coachwork are striking, and this car far overshadowed the rebodied (in the style of the factory Sindelfingen Special Roadster) 540K over at RM this week in both appearance and price. In 2007 in Monterey, the Mayfair Mercedes sold for $2,530,000, then for $3,277,500 at Quail Lodge in 2018. At Mecum Monterey last year it was a $2.6M no-sale. It deserved more then and deserves more today, but Barrett-Jackson is a no reserve auction so it went to a new home regardless of what the seller was hoping for.