{"id":451,"date":"2010-05-19T12:08:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T02:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onlyaustralia.com.au\/2010\/05\/19\/unique-1948-mercedes-benz-model-sold-for-350000-at-melbourne\/"},"modified":"2010-05-19T12:08:24","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T02:08:24","slug":"unique-1948-mercedes-benz-model-sold-for-350000-at-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlyaustralia.com.au\/oa\/happening\/unique-1948-mercedes-benz-model-sold-for-350000-at-melbourne","title":{"rendered":"Unique 1948 Mercedes-benz Model Sold for $350,000 at Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nAt the last day of the annual 2007 Melbourne International Motor Show, one of Australia&#8217;s premiere and largest automotive events, the popular auction event held in conjunction with the show conclude a total sales of $2.7 million AUD or about $2.1 million USD from the vintage vehicles and number plates auctioned. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>One rare and elegant vintage car drew the interest of international and Australian car collectors at the 2007 Melbourne International Motor Show auction event. The car was a Mercedes-Benz W142 A320 2-door cabriolet that was originally built by the German luxury car maker some time in 1948. The car sold for a whopping $350,000 AUD or about $275,000 USD.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The car was actually a prototype model of a luxury coupe and was not put into production because of Germany&#8217;s involvement in World War II, which has led to the devastation of the company\u2019s factories and other industrial facilities in the country. With the evolution of a much more advanced powertrain components like the single overhead camshaft engine, the platform of the 1948 Mercedes-Benz W142 A320 prototype was no longer used and the car was sold to a Dutch businessman and brought the car to Indonesia. In the late 1980s, an Australian businessman and car enthusiast found the car in the country and ship it to Melbourne. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The Mercedes-Benz W142 A320 cabrio measures about 5.5 meters and has 142-inch long wheelbase. Outside, the rare Mercedes-Benz cabriolet features a sleek two-tone blue exterior color and a soft top roof. On the inside, the restored leather seats remains in tack. The car is equipped with a 59kW side-valve engine under its hood. Well, the buyer should get <a rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/article_exit_link');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mbpartswarehouse.com\/mercedes_carcover.html\">Mercedes car cover<\/a> to protect the exterior of this rare Mercedes-Benz W142 A320 cabriolet. And of course as a Mercedes-Benz enthusiast, he can also get other <a rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/article_exit_link');\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mbpartswarehouse.com\/mercedes_carcover.html\">Mercedes car covers<\/a> for his vehicles. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Although the car went through a complete restoration, it looks like the original Mercedes-Benz W142 A320 prototype model developed in 1948, according to Max-Gerritt von Pein, the head of Mercedes-Benz Museum who inspected the car. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Going back to the 2007 Melbourne International Motor Show auction event, a 1927 Rolls-Royce Phantom I sedan was sold for $100,000 AUD ($78,280 USD). The auctioneer said the car was owned by an Austrian aristocrat who served as a spy for the infamous German dictator Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In addition, several vehicle number plates significantly contribute to the total sales of the auction event including five new local Victorian Registration Signature Plates that sold for a total of $154,000 AUD. Four and five-digit plates sold for prices ranging from $27,000 AUD up to $32,000 AUD.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The most expensive number plate sold was the three-digit &#8216;765&#8217; Victorian vitreous enamel plate that was sold for $75,000 AUD or about $57,710 USD. Other top selling plates include &#8216;429&#8217; big-block plate for $70,000 AUD, and &#8216;353&#8217; plate sold for $63,000 AUD.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:5px;padding:5px;border:1px solid #c1c1c1;font-size: 10px;\">\n<p>Dwyane Thomas is a part time cook and full-time auto-enthusiast. This 31-year old Civil and Environmental graduate is a consultant at one of the engineering firms in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the last day of the annual 2007 Melbourne International Motor Show, one of Australia&#8217;s premiere and largest automotive events, the popular auction event held in conjunction with the show conclude a total sales of $2.7 million AUD or about $2.1 million USD from the vintage vehicles and number plates auctioned. &#13; One rare and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[1176,1173,9,1174,931,1175,1172],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-happening","tag-1176","tag-1173","tag-melbourne","tag-mercedesbenz","tag-model","tag-sold","tag-unique","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unique 1948 Mercedes-benz Model Sold for $350,000 at Melbourne - onlyAUSTRALIA &amp; 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