Auction Find: Mercedes 230S Fintail (1967)

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Auction Find: Mercedes 230S Fintail (1967)

posted September 4th, 2009 by jonfrench

This Mercedes 230S in today’s auction is not just a beautiful-looking car, but it is also a piece of automotive history: It is likely that thousands of people owe their lives to the pioneering engineering work on crumple zones that were premiered on this model.

Ironically, this particular car was graded R in the Japanese car auction due to its front accident repair history. Nevertheless it ended up fetching almost 500,000 Yen, and I am sure it will be a really great car when completely restored.

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