The Mighty Mercedes-Benz 500 SL AMG 5.0
Staff, 2022-12-05 04:30:52,
The Mercedes-Benz 500 SL AMG 5.0 was to be a marriage made in heaven: a joining together of a Mercedes-Benz 500 SL with the best that the mavens at AMG could build into it.
It was a Mercedes-Benz aficionado’s car, rare, rebuilt with great attention to detail, with quality control beyond reproach.
Fast Facts – The Mercedes 500 SL AMG 5.0
- German performance car tuning company AMG began in 1967 specializing as a racing car engine forge.
- In 1976 the company expanded their business into creating performance modifications for selected Mercedes-Benz cars. This required a new workshop to be set up in the town of Affalterbach.
- AMG’s modified cars were originally brought into the United States as “gray imports” and there were a small number of dealers who took on this business, one of which was Classic Motors, near Chicago which was run by Richard Buxbaum.
- Richard Buxbaum was instrumental in promoting AMG to dealers across the USA.
- The AMG Mercedes 500 SL featured in this post was the first of eight AMG 500 SL handled by Classic Motors.
The Origins Of AMG
Whilst nowadays the name AMG is well known to people familiar with Mercedes-Benz, back in the 1970’s and 1980’s it was mostly unknown. This is not surprising because AMG was not founded until 1967.
The interior of this Mercedes Benz 500SL AMG is fitted with Recaro Ideal seats in Palomino tan leather for driver and passenger complimented by rich zebrano wood trim.
It was begun by two engineers; Hans Werner…
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