Vintage Mercedes sells for 4 million pounds

**the_wildthing** · September 6th, 2004 04:01 PM

Sayang walang pix.

LONDON (Reuters) - A Mercedes Benz which for years was kept in a farm building has become the second most expensive car in the world after it sold for 4.1 million pounds.

The two-seater sports car, made in 1929, was sold to an anonymous buyer at an auction at Goodwood on Friday.

It was one of several cars owned by George Milligen, a private collector who died this year after amassing a collection of vintage cars on his farm in Norfork.

He bought it for a few hundred pounds in 1941, at the height of World War Two, when almost no one in Britain would buy a German car.

The Mercedes Benz SKK was one of only 36 ever made.

The world's most expensive car remains a 1930 Bugatti Type 41 Royale, one of only six made, which sold at auction in 1987 for 5.5 million pounds.

Source: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...oe_britain_car

**theveed** · September 6th, 2004 04:10 PM

The Bugatti

The Benz

The Mercedes-Benz 38/250 SKK, powered by a 7.1-litre engine, was one of only 36 ever made. In 1929, the SKK model was hailed as the fastest racing car in the world. 1929 was the year the stock market crashed. It was also the year that the Graf Zeppelin circled the world in 448 hours.

**5Speed** · September 6th, 2004 05:50 PM

galing mo ser hens....nakuha mo agad yan....hehehehe

google lang ba ang solusyon??

**pissword** · September 6th, 2004 06:26 PM

sir hens? baka sir theveed sir 5speed hehe... galing. ganda nung bugatti ah

pero yung merc 7.1 litre???? wheeewww.... lagok na yan ng gasolina eh hehe

**hagiber** · September 6th, 2004 06:37 PM

Galeng, malaki pa sa makina nang SLR yung Merc na yun ah...

**theveed** · September 6th, 2004 06:51 PM

yung bugatti 8.something liter sya

**bardigones** · September 6th, 2004 06:53 PM

gusto ko rin ng ganyan!!!

tapos lagyan ng ga-eroplaning spoiler sa likod (joke lang po)

seriously, those are really nice! gusto kong sakyan yan, ang ipapangalan ko Maureen...

**pissword** · September 6th, 2004 06:55 PM

bakit ang lalaki naman ng makina ng mga to??? ilang HP sila? hehe wala lang... kakagulat yun mga lumang makina.

**5Speed** · September 6th, 2004 07:00 PM

ayyy kay ser theveed pala...my mistake....sori po...

anlalaki nga nang makina noong una...hehehehe

laklak sa gas yan....

**theveed** · September 6th, 2004 07:26 PM

Terribly sorry, the correct spec for the Bugatti is...

"The powerplant of this 3-1/2 ton masterpiece of engineering is a 13 liter straight-eight with a single overhead cam. The result is 300bhp. All of which is desperately needed to move the chassis and its 170" (tad over 14 feet) wheelbase. In comparison, the largest Cadillac chassis that I know of is the 1932 Fleetwood Special that rode on a 165" wheelbase and was powered by a paltry 165bhp V16. Nothing like cubic inches to motivate a couple of tons of elegance."