Thrills From The Flipside: 10 Great European Restomods

October 22, 2017

Mercedes-Benz W108

Years Produced: 1965-1972

The Mercedes-Benz W108 is an extraordinarily striking machine. It’s a big, bulky German luxury car, and when it’s restored? You’ll never see anything quite like it. In this case, the restoration has been done by Mechatronik. A small German company based out of the town of Pleidelsheim near Stuttgart, they are so good at what they do, Mercedes outsource restoration work to them. This W108 began as a 280SE, packing a 214 ci engine, but now a 330 ci V8 from an S55 AMG, mated to a five-speed automatic transmission, sits below the famous crosshair logo. Zero to 60 is handled in just under 5 seconds, with the new ABS and traction control helping you keep her steady.

Looking out of the vast windshield, you get a true appreciation for the road. The car happily provides feedback through the wheel, and you can just get to driving. The inside is luxurious without being gaudy. The old radio’s been ripped out, replaced with a new Becker Mexico unit, while the power windows and sunroof have been left in their original form. This incredible machine doesn’t come cheap, costing over $400,000, but it has so much style, so much power, and so much poise, that you’d forget the price in an instant if you could.

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