The extensively altered coupé is built around a 300CE from 1989.
Brabus doesn’t have anything on Hartmut Boschert.
On the lookout for a late-1980s Mercedes-Benz 300CE that sticks out? Shouldn’t something be said about an incredibly interesting custom model with gullwing entryways? This is your lucky day on the grounds that RM Sotheby’s is unloading a Boschert B300 Gullwing late one month from now in Munich.
The preposterous roadster is the handicraft of Hartmut Boschert. In the wake of becoming fascinated by tuner Styling-Carport’s 500SGS Gullwing from prior in the 10 years, the German designer chose to make one of his own utilizing the Bruno Sacco-planned W124-age 300CE. However, the task included something other than joining another arrangement of entryways on the vehicle. As well as carrying out significant procedure on the vehicle’s rooftop structure, the specialist likewise abbreviated its wheelbase by almost 10 inches and supplanted its front end with that from a R129 SL Class.
The subsequent B300 Gullwing was then completed in a layer of shimmering Bornite and enhanced with extraordinary Boschert badging to ensure nobody confused it with a stock Mercedes. The designer likewise made a few changes to the inside, trading out the front seats for those from the SL-Class and covering them and the back seat in two-tone purple calfskin.
Boschert likewise applied his unpretentious touch to the powertrain. The B300 Gullwing is as yet controlled by the 300CE’s 3.2-liter inline-six, however been furnished with twin turbochargers support yield from 180 hp to 283 hp, as per the sale house. No notice of a transmission is made, however the stock 300CE accompanied a five-speed manual gearbox. It seems, by all accounts, to be in great condition, having been blessed to receive around $30,000 of fix and detail work recently.
Boschert took the B300 to the 1989 Frankfurt Engine Show trying to find interest in his creation. However, it doesn’t seem to have worked. The designer had intended to create 300 instances of the B300, yet just wound up building a small bunch, of which this is accepted to be the only one with gullwing entryways. This restrictiveness might assist with making sense of why RM Sotheby’s anticipates that the vehicle should bring somewhere in the range of $265,000 and $315,000 when it crosses the sale block on November 25. That might seem like a ton to some, however it’s significantly under a more well known Mercedes gullwing goes for.
