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    AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History

    Follow Up to Turkey Day Awfulness: Nigo's Green Hell
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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    I'm not so sure AMG had anything to do with this. The SPS stickers lead me to think this may not have been sanctioned by Mercedes... I hope.


    Whatever the case, this seals it... Nigo must die.

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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    I got to ride shotgun in a Gullwing a while back. An unrestored Gullwing. After I figured out how to get in, I felt like all was right with the world. The owner/driver explained how you have to turn on an auxiliary fuel pump to prime the Bosch injectors before you light up the 3-liter six, and told me that "if you need to get my attention over about 40 miles an hour, there's a horn button on the dash in front of you-- I won't be able to hear you talking." The car was noisy, the cockpit virtually unventilated and the suspension hard (and, I'm told, a little scary when you're driving at the limit.)


    I rode in that car for less than a mile, never at more than 40 miles per hour. And it was absofuckinglutely magnificent. I wasn't even driving, and it was one of the most exhilarating rides I've ever taken. It was magic.

    Apparently, NIGO wants to capture some of that magic. Instead, he's killed it. Part of me wants to punish him-- crush him under the massive wheels of a 600 Pullman, impale him on the tailfins of the Monte-Carlo-Rallye-winning 220SEb, punch him in the face while wearing Rudolf Uhlenhaut's string-back driving gloves. At the same time, I can't help but feel sorry for him. He just doesn't "get it." And no matter how many classic and exotic cars he pays to desecrate, he's never going to understand what it's like to be a real car enthusiast.

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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    Good job leaving the source link off, Ben. I'm sure they're getting enough death threats as it is.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    Well, I can only fervently hope that this is some kind of late April Fools' joke. If not, it looks like my investment in torch-and-pitchfork futures was a wise one.
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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    I know it's heresy with cars like this, but I think an engine/tranny swap is pretty cool...assuming you keep the originals and can reinstall them later.


    I just have a fascination with combining classic designs with modern reliability/driveability and performance. I agree, I wish he would have done more of a rest-mod rather than a full-on gang-BAPE.

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    04/03/09

    @Ash78:


    I love the concept as well, and countless restomod muscle cars have proven that it can be done in such a manner that the car can be returned to bone-stock condition if so desired. But with something like the a Gullwing, I don't know if one could cram a v12 in there without doing some major, irreversible cutting.

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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    An all-time classic reduced to this. What's next, Marsh Brady giving hummers for crack?


    Wait, what?

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    04/03/09

    @OldeEnglishD: Marsha, damn lack of an edit button
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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    i really like it!!!


    being an anarchist at heart, i believe there is no such thing as the "sacred cow" so good on you Ape boy, muhnkees of the world tail salute our new overlord!

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    04/03/09

    @muhnkee_2 - jaloping from sunny sao paulo:


    If by "solute" you mean "fling poo at him", then yes. I would happily fling my poo at him.

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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    We should expect this when the Germans and the Japanese team up.
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    04/03/09

    @Syrax: Sorry, that was a very bad one.
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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    Wait a minute, I could have sworn I flushed the toilet after shitting this thing out this morning. How did a picture of it wind up on Jalopnik?
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    04/03/09

    @pauljones: Jalopnik has just been purchased by Ratemypoo.com, haven't you heard?


    Yes, it's a real site. No, I have never been there.

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    04/03/09

    @Ash78: Ratemypoo.com? God help us all.


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    04/03/09

    @pauljones:
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    04/03/09

    @Leeeeena the Barkeep: That is an awesome GIF.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    Last time I saw an actual gullwing was in the Ralph Lauren exhibit. The sheer presence of the car, next to the other silver vehicles like the 959, 550 Spyder and Mac F1, was incredible. Far better than just about anything there except the Bug 57SC and Speed Six.


    What's the 6-liter V8 from, anyway?

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    04/03/09

    @brandegee: Oh yeah, and I meant to say, BAPE, you are no Warhol.
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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    God...
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    04/03/09

    @Jakooboo: God has nothing to do with this.


    According to Nietzsche, God is dead. 109 years later, he has at last been vindicated.

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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    NIGA just took the "What kind of car lover are you?" quiz and the result was "Eddie Griffin".


    You have no regard for the classics that occupy bedroom walls as posters, museums as art pieces and auction floors at the greatest car shows in the world. You would do what you want to a car on a money simply because you have the money. You, frankly, should be crucified on a Pontiac Aztek.

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    04/03/09

    @Mobius_1: +1 LOL
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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    I'll start rounding up the pitchforks and torches.


    Everyone want to meet at the Jalopvillage square at 8 pm to help hunt this thing down and put it out of our misery?


    /this is going to ruin my Friday night plans, but you gotta do what ya gotta do

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    04/03/09

    @acarr260: I'll bring the matches.
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    04/03/09

    @acarr260: I'll get a couple of Jerry cans. I'm willing to spring for race fuel if it'll work faster.


    BTW, when you say "this thing" I'm assuming you mean the monsters who are responsible for the desecration of this innocent Gullwing, not the car itself. I'm for rescuing and restoring the car - I'm having visions of a bunch of Jalops covered to the waist in oil and grinder shavings, kinda like the bird rescue after the Exxon Valdez grounded.

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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    It's bad when someone like me who doesn't give a crap about Mercedes even feels like things have gone too far.
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    04/03/09

    @Ramzilla: Word!


    I thought at first, oh the made a shells and shit too, that's a hell of a custom order job... then no...


    The feast, 'tis ruined...

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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    After they try those Serbian war criminals in the Hague, they can try the guy who was responsible for this abomination.
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