The folks at singer must be wetting there pants, seeing all these Porsche chasis that they can build restomod on, It's going be a bidding war for sure during auction!!!
It makes me happy not just knowing that many of these cars will be brought back to life, but also very soon restoration projects which have been stalled for lack of parts will soon be able to reach completion, giving the world a whole new generation of reborn classic cars.
This is probably the most interesting car collection of all time. I think Jay Leno is even jealous. Who knows he might be buying one of these cars. I know Dave Kendig he’s gonna want that Volkswagen truck.
@@leeneal6969 No, they’re a step above the S class. At the time of the 600 (W100) , the S Class cars were the W108/109 (until 1972) and the W116 (from 1973)
It's been fun to watch the various videos of this place slowly coming out one after the other. I hope i get the chance to see the alloy Mercedes 300SL at some point.
WOW! This is the kind of place that needs preserving. It would make a fabulous museum. But i understand the sheer values on display. Shame it has to be split up.
Astonishing. Any guesses on what the auction will raise? $100M? And the auction site only lists the big/valuable/complete items - what happens to all the individual parts in boxes on and shelves?
Mr Sotheby's Man should realize the Rudolf Caracciola may have been a Grand Prix driver, but he was never a "Formula 1 driver". That racing series that didn't exist until several years after he had retired. I see that even the Sotheby's auction listing calls Caracciola "the star of Mercedes-Benz's Formula One team". That's pretty sloppy.
What a place. I would of spent a year selling guided tours. Then when everyone has paid to snoop around watch the bidding wars. Plus loads of enthusiasts could soak up the place.
Man why do none of these videos talk about the Facel Vega in the shed with the Maybachs, beautiful car with a great story and ridiculously rare but nobody mentions it
2:43 that number plate surround (the plate is nothing) is an insult to any italian or italian car owner. the proper "Mafia staff car" was the Ferrari 412 from the 1980's.
I think we are all sad to see this, Rudy you have been exiled from the car community, how can you let all of this history rot away in the weather and not want to give some of these a new life and to see people restore them and drive them again.
This is the type of stuff a lot of people live for this was clearly somebody’s baby, and they absolutely loved to take care of it I’ve never seen such a beautiful collection of iron glass steel and plastic
@@malcolmjcullen The amount of work it took to take all those parts off of cars and group them together like that, as well as documenting the over 7000 cars that the man/family owned, is EASILY proof enough that they had a passion for taking care of their things. They are dirty because they are old, and because not until very recently has it been possible to organize and store such a wide array of parts in a super clean way with the intention of letting them sit of years at a time.
I find so sad that some people have so many cars just to have them and let them rot like this when other people could be enjoying them... If you keep a lot, keep them in the best condition as possible...
This reminds me of the bugatti museum in mulhouse in France the schlumpf museum full of bugatti no had seen or even knew about well worth a visit if you're in France and tickets not expensive owned by the french government now
This is the type of stuff a lot of people live for this was clearly somebody’s baby, and they absolutely loved to take care of it I’ve never seen such a beautiful collection of iron
They are really hyping this sale, every big automotive youtube channel has had a video on it. A bit heavyhanded but fairly smart advertising idea for this seller.
How do you get into the auction?!!! Dude im absolutely pissed at klein for this kind of negligence but i never thought id see another gullwing on sale again so like
"Built for a Mercedes Formula 1 driver in the '30s" No it wasn't. The first Formula 1 championship was in 1950. That guy clearly doesn't know his stuff.
Give him a break. Maybe it was an error of speech. Having a camera pointed at your face may cause this. Ther standards are very high for being a car specialist for RM Sothebys
