One rare and elegant vintage car has attracted the interest & 39; of the car and the & 39; Australia collection 2007 Melbourne International Motor Show auction. The car was a Mercedes-Benz W142 A320 2-door convertible, which was originally built by the German luxury car manufacturer with a certain time in 1948. The car sold for a huge AUD $ 350000, roughly 275000 $ USD.
The coach was actually a prototype d & 39; a luxury coupe and n & 39; has not been put into production because of the participation of l & 39; Germany during the Second World War, which led to the devastation of the company & 39; factories and other industrial facilities in the country. With the evolution & 39; d & 39; a much more advanced components as the single overhead camshaft engine, the platform of the 1948 Mercedes-Benz W142 A320 prototype was & 39; No longer used and car was sold to a man & 39; Dutch business and put the car in the & 39; Indonesia. At the end of 1980, a man & 39; Affairs Australian amateur car and found the car in the country and the & 39; ship to Melbourne.
The Mercedes-Benz W142 A320 cabrio is approximately 5.5 metres and has a wheelbase of 142 inches long. Outside, the rare Mercedes-Benz cabriolet d & 39; has an elegant two-tone blue exterior and a high roof flexible. At the & 39; procedure, the restoration of leather seats remains a transfer. The car is equipped d & 39; one side 59kW valve engine under its hood. Well, the buyer must obtain & 39; Mercedes car to protect them from the outside & 39; this rare Mercedes-Benz W142 A320 cabriolet. And of course as a Mercedes-Benz enthusiast, it can also obtain d & 39; other covers for his Mercedes car vehicles.
Although the car has undergone a complete restoration, it looks like d & 39; origin Mercedes-Benz W142 A320 prototype developed in 1948, according to Max - Gerritt von PEIN, the head of Mercedes-Benz Museum, which has inspected the car.
Going return to Melbourne in 2007 Salon International de l automobile & 39; cases auction, a 1927 Rolls I-Royce Phantom sedan was sold for $ 100000 AUD ($ 78280 U.S. $). The auctioneer said that the car belonged to an Austrian aristocrat who served as a spy for the & 39; infamous German dictator Adolf Hitler.
In addition, several plates d & 39; registration of vehicles contribute significantly to total sales of the auction event including five new premises Victorian Signature d & 39; registration plates sold for a total of AUD $ 154000. Four and five-digit plates sold for prices ranging from $ 27000 AUD & 39; up to $ 32000 more expensive AUD.
The number plate d & 39; registration was sold to three figures & 39; 765 & 39; vitreous enamel Victorian plaque that was sold for $ 75000 AUD, or about $ 57710 USD. Others include the sale of plates "429" big-block plate AUD $ 70000, and & 39; 353 & 39; plate sold for $ 63000 AUD.
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