1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 Sc Coupé
- Engine
- Fuel-injected inline-six, ~200 bhp (detuned derivative of 300 SL unit)
- Colour
- Dark blue metallic (MB DB 904)
A Mercedes-Benz 300 Sc coupé, released from the Sindelfingen factory on 16 March 1956, built specifically to be exhibited at the 1956 New York International Auto Show at the New York Coliseum. The car left the factory in Light Blue Metallic with a Red leather interior and was equipped with numerous showroom-display options. It has since been repainted in period-correct Dark Blue with a Natural leather interior, and received a comprehensive high-quality restoration approximately a decade ago, followed by significant further work at the Mercedes Classic Center in Irvine, California in 2016. A matching-numbers example with documented factory build records.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold €449,375 (≈ $494K)
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownProminent California-based Mercedes-Benz collectorpartial documentation
Car was part of a significant private Mercedes-Benz collection in California. A comprehensive restoration was carried out roughly a decade before cataloguing, and further substantial mechanical work was done in 2016 at the Mercedes Classic Center in Irvine.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 2016MechanicalMercedes Classic Center
Substantial work was carried out in the United States, with documented invoices totalling close to $40,000.
Work performed at the Mercedes Classic Center in Irvine, California; receipts are on file with the car.
- —Restoration
A thorough, high-quality full restoration was carried out approximately ten or more years before the catalogue date, during the car's time in a prominent California collection. The car was refinished in Mercedes-Benz Dark Blue (DB 904) with a Natural leather interior (1068), differing from the original factory specification.
Precise date not stated; described as having occurred just over ten years prior to the catalogue.
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