Recently updated on December 4, 2021 at 03:12 am
This 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SL Roadster (R 107) from the singer wayne newton will be auctioned this month at Barrett-Jackson's Las Vegas auction. And as you can see right away, that is no ordinary 380 SL roadster. He became a coachbuilder and craftsman Nico Sokol from Long Island and his company at the time Niko Michael Coachworks completely rebuilt. The front of the SL got large square ones headlights and in the shrunken radiator grill is a golden one Mercedes star to see. But the rest of the slim, curved body in particular clearly sets the vehicle apart from its series brothers. The coachbuilder even has the removable one Hardtop changed and it with one manual system fitted. Since the renovation, it can be stowed completely invisibly. And thanks to the redesign of the retractable roof, the bodybuilder was also able to do that spare embarrassed. It is now on attached to the tailgate.
Niko Michael Coachworks Mercedes 380 SL
The vehicle still lifts through gold-colored accents on the exterior along the body lines and the tuning classic is on a sentence 16 inch rims from BBS. But it appeared save Changes made to the interior. And that too 3,8 liter V8 with fuel injection is unchanged what also for the old one Four-speed automatic transmission applies. The vehicle has almost its entire lifetime Newton's Las Vegas Collection stood and was driven less than 2.000 miles (approximately 3.200 km). If we get more information about the changes, there will of course be an update for this report. You will be informed of this if you simply take ours Feed subscribe to. Have fun watching the pictures and stay true to us!
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