jackson3404 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 my family is going to inherit a mint 1955 gullwing 300sl and i do not know what to do with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Does it have a key? I know what I would do. 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackson3404 Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 yeah it does have a key, it’s a 1955 coupe that is in mint condition, my aunt passed away with and and her husband who passed 30 years ago bought it new form the dealer. it has 3000 miles on it and is in perfect condition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Just now, jackson3404 said: yeah it does have a key, it’s a 1955 coupe that is in mint condition, my aunt passed away with and and her husband who passed 30 years ago bought it new form the dealer. it has 3000 miles on it and is in perfect condition Photos? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 This should be good............... 6 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1912Staver Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 You do need help. If anything about this situation seems a problem except for possibly a big tax bill then I suggest you seek counselling. If however the entire situation is a delusion you probably need more than just a counsellor. Greg 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gossp Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 This has to be someone we know messing with us. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 The real question for any car like this (that you do not plan to export to Dubai) is do you have a clear title in your name ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh9222 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I'm no tax authority but if it was willed to you, you might get a stepped basis for the value, i.e., your basis will be the value on the day you received it. Your talking about enough that I'd talk to a tax attorney first as well as getting a clean title. Having said all that and you don't want the hassle, just sell it to me an I'll take on the fight. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gariepy Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 3 hours ago, jackson3404 said: my family is going to inherit a mint 1955 gullwing 300sl and i do not know what to do with it As the moderator of this forum... I get first dibs on the purchase. (its in the rules) ----- Jackson, Everyone on this forum is gonna take your post with a grain of salt. The car of which you speak can be worth upwards of $3,000,000. If you really are inheriting this car I have the following feedback: Congratulations! Get an attorney Secure the vehicle ASAP Alternatively - give me a call at 520-247-5918. I'll come get the car and title TOMORROW and give you a micro-percentage of its value. (worth trying) 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 The car comes with clear titles to both the car and the Brooklyn bridge...............Bob 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Excuse me while I put on my hip waders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 If you create a better ambiguous question the world will beat a path to your door. Or something like that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matt Harwood Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 There are no "missing" 300SL Gullwings just as there are no heretofore unknown Duesenberg Js laying around. If this is for real, the car is a known entity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1935Packard Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Even trade for my 2009 E350? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I'd go a pair of SLKs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 woodie Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 If I'm not mistaken isn't there a 300SL, Gull Wing registry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgebrother Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) In my honest opinion this is the typical Nigerian scam letter. "Please help me I am inheriting 3 billion US dollars and I will give you half if I can put it in your bank account". "Send me all your banking information I will transfer the funds". Geez delete this jackson 3404 from the system. If I am wrong I will eat crow.... But hey anything is possible. This post stinks.... Edited December 19, 2020 by dodgebrother typo "CAP key for I i" (see edit history) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 OP doesn't know where the CAP key is on the keyboard. Am waiting for our friends in Charlotte NC to chime in and tell us all about him. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 34 minutes ago, Terry Bond said: OP doesn't know where the CAP key is on the keyboard. Am waiting for our friends in Charlotte NC to chime in and tell us all about him. 😉 They have a cellphone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3macboys Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 So we can see Peter's location and we can see Jackson's location but no one else's...hmmm..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1950panhead Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Derived from the all-conquering racing cars of 1952, the production model of the 300 SL was introduced to the public on February 6, 1954 at the New York International Automobile Show. A total of 1400 Gull Wing coupes were built during the period 1954 to 1957, 29 of which featured all aluminum bodies. The total number of Roadsters produced between 1957 and 1963 was 1858. Cost. The price for the Coupe in Germany was DM 29,000 and $6,820 in the US. The Roadster was DM 32,500 in Germany and $10,950 in the US $6820 in 1954 = $65,131 today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 What my dad still can't understand is why the Gullwing brings more than the roadster. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 11 hours ago, Terry Bond said: OP doesn't know where the CAP key is on the keyboard. One of the most entertaining parts of this forum is the use of the Caps key. Some really use it. There are a few that are so predictable in using it you can't help but imagine listening to them in person. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 1 minute ago, 60FlatTop said: One of the most entertaining parts of this forum is the use of the Caps key. Some really use it. There are a few that are so predictable in using it you can't help but imagine listening to them in person. Typically I stereotype the all cap guys as being 80 years old and just had their grandkid hook them up to a computer. The NO cap guys I stereotype as 12 year olds. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Luddy Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I've already sent the seller $10,000 deposit. He hasn't got back to me yet! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 The thing about stereotypes is that they don't come as a vision in the night. First thing I imagined with the MB thing was the blonde getting her hair caught in the gullwing door. That 80 year old that spatters capitalized words through his reply reminds me of the old guy at the family picnic who would hook you with his cane and pinch your arm to prove he could still hurt you. Just my perceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 But wait there is more, magnets will not stick to the body, the wheels come on and off with a special hammer, the seats are plaid and it has numbers on the doors with some French writing... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Man, you guys are brutal. What if a fellow really did buy a new Mercedes, kept it in his garage, only took it for Sunday drives, never joined a car club, never went to shows.....then exactly how would the "registry" know that the car still existed? DMV records? Random sightings of car? Original poster may be just toying with us. Original poster really could be a relative of someone who did the above. I was once told of a car I'd not seen nor heard of that had become available, and when told the price I didn't even go look at it, as I knew that anything that cheap couldn't be worth having. A couple of months later, the car appeared at a local show, it was absolutely beautiful, and the new owner had paid that "too cheap" price for it. Have faith first, let the doubt come later.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Come on Dave! You have been around long enough to know the chances of that are about 1 in 1000. How many have heard the story of the Duesenberg in the barn that nobody knows about and how many times is it a Buick? EVERY SINGLE TIME except for the one time it ended up being this: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 2 minutes ago, alsancle said: chances of that are about 1 in 1000. Yes, but the point is that the chance is still there! It's like the girl telling the guy the only way she'd hook up with him is if he were the last man on earth, and the guy says "So, there's still a chance, right?!" 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, alsancle said: Come on Dave! You have been around long enough to know the chances of that are about 1 in 1000. How many have heard the story of the Duesenberg in the barn that nobody knows about and how many times is it a Buick? EVERY SINGLE TIME except for the one time it ended up being this: The car is fantastic, and the provenance is great. The fact that I was the catalyst that got the car out of the barn is icing on the cake. Too bad my leads ran dry...........but the up side is you ended up with it and I get to play with it while you wright the checks...............wonderful resolution to a fantastic automobile. Edited December 19, 2020 by edinmass (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 58 minutes ago, edinmass said: The car is fantastic, and the provenance is great. The fact that I was the catalyst that got the car out of the barn is icing on the cake. Too bad my leads ran dry...........but the up side is you ended up with it and I get to play with it while you wright the checks...............wonderful resolution to a fantastic automobile. So the engine really is ready to install? What a great Christmas gift. bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Bob, it's in the shop, and it's getting attention......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 26 minutes ago, edinmass said: Bob, it's in the shop, and it's getting attention......... Does that mean everyone that comes into the shop ask “why is that still sitting there? The last time I was here you said you were thinking of selling it as a parts car” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 When making highly unusual claims, a person has to have either reputation-- a long record of knowledge and honesty-- or evidence. We can wait to see evidence, but otherwise I don't believe it. If the original poster isn't honest, maybe he's scouring the internet trying to find pictures of a dusty, neglected Gullwing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 From what I have seen the ones who buy a car and don't know what they have can't wait to get it off the flatbed to take pictures. They make the big score, get all excited, and have to get the pictures posted to cash in. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV Puleo Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) A few months ago a police sergeant stopped me coming out of my shop. Why?...because he'd driven by many times and never seen anyone but he admitted he had been working the late shift so it was just a coincidence he'd never come by until after I'd left. We got talking and he told me he knew of two Ferarris stored in an old factory building in town (there are a lot of old factory buildings - it's an old mill town) ...he would not say where they were as he regarded that as the owner's prerogative and didn't feel it was proper to disclose since he'd seen them in the course of his duty. I respect that and have no reason to disbelieve him. Some day they will appear and people will wonder where they've been. Edited December 19, 2020 by JV Puleo (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 " all cap guys " OTOH TTYs don't have lower case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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