Texas 280SE 3.5 47 year ownership Last month’s Failure of a Mission article was so well received that I thought I would follow it up with an article covering a…
2018 Market Review
2018 Market Review What’s ahead The New Year always invites reflection on what transpired over the previous 12 months. I won’t bore you with last year’s personal scene so let’s…
Daimler Learning Series: The 111/112 two-doors
W 111/W 112 series (1961 to 1971) A large four-seater Coupe in the S-Class format Within the framework of the inauguration of the Daimler-Benz Museum in Unterturkheim on February 24,…
Bespoke 280SE 4.5 Cabriolet
Bespoke 280SE 4.5 Cabriolet An engineer’s 111 May 2013 Could it be possible that some of the rare Mercedes’ we covet are less than absolutely perfect? Dare we admit that…
1969: 1st 280SE 3.5 Coupe
High style, Low grilles V8 power May 2015 In the latter ’60s, the fact that the lovely 111 series coupes and cabriolets were getting rather long in the tooth was…
Video: Matthias Schweighöfer and the 280 SE Cabriolet through Berlin
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African Universal Wagon Barn Find
Barn find 230S IMA Universal Wagon African workhorse will run again. It began with an innocuous email on August 19, 2011 that read, “Have 230S Fintail Wagon, 1966, RHD, 2…
MB Classic’s Competition Fintail
Factory Fintail returns to the ‘Ring’ Appendix K competition 220SE Mercedes Classic has made good on its word to compete in Europe’s popular European Historic Racing Association (FHR) motorsports events.…
Fading Fintails
The neglected Fintail As we search the United States for unique vintage Mercedes-Benz, one recurring discovery is the vast number of sad looking 110/111 sedans, also known as the ‘Fintails.’…