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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>That is cool that you got chance to ride in the
SL, funny you should compare them to the Austin Healey. The 300SLs and 100s
actually competed against each other in the same class in SCCA racing when they
were new and newish, the SL ended the Healey's days as a front runner (at least
if there was a Merc or two entered in the race) in their class. In those
days classification was based on displacement, they went to a more
performance or potential performance based formula shortly after that.
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>If you look at SCCA race results by class you will see a
lot of 100s (often simply identified as "Austin Healey" as it was the only one
in those days) and 300SLs in D production. Not really a fair fight, the SL
sold for more than twice as much as the Healey.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Greg Lemon</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 10, 2015 9:31 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=healeys@autox.team.net
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Healeys] 1930 BENTLEY</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>My folks' neighbor has an unrestored 300SL in better shape--at
least, the interior is--but it was painted black over the original silver (a
better color, IMO, esp. with red interior). I got a ride in it the other
day; it's (relatively) big, heavy and solid, but not nearly as nimble or as much
fun as our BN2.<BR><BR>Bob<BR><BR>
<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>On 4/10/2015 12:28 AM, Oudesluys wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>Not so surprising. At least with an original
unrestored car you know what you get. Most restored cars have a multitude of
hidden sins that are very hard to find and can be way more expensive to put
right.<BR>Kees Oudesluijs<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Bob schreef op 10-4-2015 om
7:53:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>To agree a bit more, last year two 300SL Gullwing appeared in the same
auction.</DIV>
<DIV>The 2 cars had very similar histories.</DIV>
<DIV>The rough one sold for a lot more than the restored one.</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/unrestored-gullwing-fetches-400k-more-restored-one"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://autoweek.com/article/car-life/unrestored-gullwing-fetches-400k-more-restored-one</A><BR><BR>B.
Cristalli
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<DIV><BR>Le 9 avr. 2015 à 10:53, Oudesluys <<A
href="mailto:coudesluijs@chello.nl"
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