1967 Mercedes-Benz 230 'Fintail' (W110 second series) with AMG engine upgrade
- Engine
- Inline-six, displacement enlarged to 2.8L with new cylinder head, revised camshafts, and enlarged intake manifold; 185 PS after modification
- Colour
- Graphite grey
Chassis 026864 is a 1967 Mercedes-Benz 230 'Fintail' (second-series W110) ordered new by its first owner, Herr Werner Kurras, through a Bielefeld dealer and subsequently submitted to AMG — then a fledgling tuning operation founded by ex-Daimler engineers — for a comprehensive performance conversion around 1972. AMG enlarged the engine to 2.8 litres, fitted a new cylinder head and camshafts, and upgraded the suspension, axle, and brakes, raising output to 185 PS. The car is documented in the AMG history book 'AMG 45: The Story – The Cars' and is considered one of the earliest road-going Mercedes-Benz to carry the AMG badge.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold €172,500 (≈ $190K)
- 1967 → 1980Factory deliveryWerner Kurrasfull documentation
Ordered via the official Bielefeld dealership Kirstein & Sauer in March 1966; car delivered the following year. Kurras commissioned extensive AMG performance modifications around 1972 and personally documented the vehicle's history in a written timeline.
- 1980 → 1982Acquisition unknownUnknown intermediate ownernone documentation
A brief custodianship of roughly two years is implied between Kurras's sale in 1980 and the consignor's acquisition around 1982.
- 1982 →Private saleCurrent consignorpartial documentation
Third owner overall; has held the car for more than four decades at the time of cataloguing.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- 1972ModificationAMG, Burgstetten
AMG carried out a comprehensive performance conversion: engine displacement increased from 2.3 to 2.8 litres, new cylinder head and camshafts fitted, intake manifold enlarged, rear axle replaced with a longer-ratio unit, Bilstein shock absorbers installed, front axle modified, and braking system uprated. Resulting output was 185 PS. Work cost 17,711.95 DM and was documented on period AMG invoices retained in the history file.
The car had covered approximately 109,524 km by June 1972 at the time it was submitted for these upgrades.
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