LAST AUTO NEWS – 300SL REPLICA BLENDS OLD WITH NEW
Last Auto account – 300SL replica blends old with new American close creates fibreglass replica of aboriginal 300SL, but with avant-garde mechanicals
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We’re just months abroad from from the Merc SLS Gullwing’s official unveiling, but the fifties aboriginal on which it’s based is still traveling strong! A US close has created a fibreglass-bodied replica alleged the 300SL Panamerica, but brought it bang-up-to date with avant-garde underpinnings.
The retro-inspired physique panels ability actor the aboriginal car perfectly, but beneath the continued awning is a 5.5-litre Mercedes V8 – the aforementioned assemblage acclimated on the SLR hypercar, excpet detuned to ‘just’ 370bhp. A powder-coated animate anatomy and absolute abeyance advice to ensure that while it looks like an old car, it absolutely will not drive like one.
Inside the berth avant-garde luxuries such as air-con and ability council are included, while the seats are adipose in scarlett-red covering in a nod appear the car that spawned it. Deep-dish 17-inch alloys advice to ascertain the Panamericana as a avant-garde classic, while a best of three colour schemes are available.
There’s no chat on prices just yet, but the aggregation abaft the car, Gullwing America, has encouraged absorbed parties to appear advanced – it needs their investment to get the aggressive activity off the ground.
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