![]() ![]() I have a strong personal connection to the 600, since it was our family car when I was a kid and drove it on my 15th birthday back from the DMV after getting my learner’s permit. (Unfortunately, my father went broke before my 16th birthday and he lost the car – hence, my desire to finally drive one on my own!). Earlier this year I completed a 1,400 mile trip and it floated down the road like it was brand new, without a single hitch. The styling was a collaboration between Bruno. The wood was also just refinished (not re-veneered) by Madera Concepts in CA. The 600 was a stunning design, powered by a new 300 horsepower, 6.3-liter, fuel-injected, SOHC, dry-sump engine. In January 2015 it received a new full leather interior, carpet and headliner, as well as new leather in the trunk (although it was questionable if it was needed). Under his ownership in 2012 it received new paint as well as servicing from Karl Middlehauve, the highly respected authority on the MB 600. The previous owner was a Forbes 400 member who took great care of the car. This model is a 1972 600 SWB and is luxuriously equipped with a refrigerated compartment and shot glasses between the front seats (it is said to be the result of a suggestion, or demand, made by Jackie Gleason), a sunroof, beautiful tables in the front seat backs, additional radio controls behind the passenger’s seat, and privacy shades for the rear windows. Kamil Khan is also seen leaving Sotheby’s in a 600 in Octopussy. This Mercedes Benz 280SE has a known history from new ,passing through the careful hands of 3 owners. The Mercedes 600 was also featured in the James Bond films, most notably in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Diamonds are Forever. Images of the car driving from San Francisco over the Golden Gate Bridge to the Falcon Crest vineyard were featured in the opening credits of the first four seasons. In television, a Mercedes Benz 600 limousine was used by Angela Channing, in the American television series Falcon Crest. Sadaam Hussein owned a long roof landaulet version that was recovered after the fall of Baghdad that’s now owned by the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles. This beautiful anthracite grey 600 has a new interior using GAHH materials and newly refinished wood from Madera Concepts. This example was destroyed in an attack on Escobar in 1988 in Medellin. In Columbia, former drug dealer Pablo Escobar owned a LWB six door 600. 1972 Mercedes-Benz 600 Kompressor auto auction automobile restoration Bentley BMW buying a classic car estate sales import auto sales Jay Leno Karl Middelhauve Kent Bergsma Lexus luxury import Mercedes Benz Mercedes Benz 300 SEL 6. 4) in 1972, the model with 4-door limousine body and V-8 6332 cm3 / 387.3 cui, 184 kW / 250 PS / 247 hp (DIN) of power, 589 Nm / 434 lb-ft of torque, 4-speed automatic powertrain. Production ended: 1981 (2,677 total cars. Specs datasheet with technical data and performance data plus an analysis of the direct market competition of Mercedes-Benz 600 (aut. Confirmed celebrity owners of this model include Elvis Presley, George Harrison, John Lennon, Hugh Hefner, Elizabeth Taylor, Aristotle Onassis, Coco Chanel and Jack Nicholson who purchased his after driving it in The Witches of Eastwick. Harrison even bought Lennon’s old car when the latter moved to the United States from Britain, so he had two. General Information on Mercedes Type 600: 1st MB Grand 600: 1963 (Prototype).
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