1938 Maybach Zeppelin DS8

VIN: 1468Modified

$1,654,162

Sold

Seller details

  • Auction

    RM Auctions

  • Location

    Aalholm, DN

  • Event date

    Aug 12, 2012

  • Lot

    162

Vehicle specs

  • Chassis/VIN

    1468

  • Body style

    Roadster

  • Odometer

    2 K

  • Interior Color

    Red vinyl

  • Exterior Color

    Blue, White accent, Black fenders

Vehicle details

Notes and observations recorded by Hagerty staff.

Equipment

No Reserve. Blue steel wheels, whitewall tires, rear mounted spare, double overdrive, vacuum shift, 4 speed Variorex gearbox, 7,922cc V 12. One of only about 50 of August Maybachs masterpieces of engineering and refinement. Rebodied, then finished with a mediocre (but sound) orange peely paint job. Vinyl upholstery, incorrect modern gauges, no horn button, etc. Orderly but aged underhood. Neither fish nor fowl.

Market commentary

The best and highest use of this Maybach is to find some long lost, exotic, coachwork on a Zeppelin chassis and re create it on this chassis. Think about that for only a moment and the folly, the sheer excess, of this price begins to sink in. The repro body it now wears barely rises to the standard of mundane. This is already a hugely costly project, and it hasnt even begun.