Enthusiasts know that preserving classic cars is a battle against time, a battle that only gets harder as more decades pass, and today more than ever before, pre-war vehicles are winning Concours awards and garnering high auction values and admiration worldwide because of how impressive their preservation is. This 89-year-old Mercedes-Benz 500K is certainly one of those vehicles, and it’s available for sale at Gullwing Motor Cars in Astoria, New York.
It’s available for an eye-watering price of $2.45 million, but it’s incredible story and beautiful preservation are reasons as to why. It was at the 1934 Berlin Motor Show where Mercedes-Benz first introduced the 500K, which featured 160 horsepower and an in-house Mercedes-Benz ‘Sindelfingen’ design in a time when it was more common to have a body coachbuilt by a third party on top of a frame.
Over the 2-year production run of the 500K, which consisted of 342 cars, only 33 of those cars featured the desirable Cabriolet A body style, including this example, chassis 105379. The car was originally commissioned by Baron Silfverschiold of Gasevadholm, Sweden, with left-hand drive, a grey exterior color, and a dark red leather interior.
The car would then change hands in 1950, 1963, 1983 when it moved from Sweden to West Germany, and in 2004 when it was moved to the Netherlands. Now, after being meticulously restored to its original factory specifications and fastidiously maintained, the car is available for sale again at Gullwing Motor Cars. With a beautiful specification, a globe-trotting story, and beautiful condition that evokes almost a century of history, saying this 1935 Mercedes-Benz 500K Cabriolet A for sale is a concours-worthy vehicle is a severe understatement. View the price and listing by clicking the button.
