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Spotter Horse-Power
Gespot in Atlanta (GA), United States of America
Datum 07-04-2020 13:21

This will be my 1500th post here on AG. The car that I am using for this milestone is a 300 SL Gullwing on vintage New York tags. ( W16 23 ) 1955. I spotted this legend in the valet in front of the F&B Restaurant located off of Peachtree. As we approached the car the Gullwing doors were already up and the very lucky owner was getting ready to claim the car. We only had time for a handful of shots. When the car started up it really sounded fierce and powerful very much like a race car. In fact we could hear the car well out of view accelerating down the street. I have spotted a 300 SL before in Miami and that car did not sound like this one. In fact when I looked over these shots at home I noticed that she had no rear exhaust. The pipes were situated on the passenger side of the vehicle. I did do some research on the internet and found a few pics of a similar car with those same side exhaust tips. That car had decals that read La Carrera Panamericana from the Mexico Race. This car even had the extra lamps on the front nose. A big huge thanks to my Fiance who has been spotting with me religiously for the last two years.

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Topsnelheid 260 km/u
Acceleratie 0-100 km/u 8.80 s
Vermogen 212 pk
Koppel 275 Nm @ 4600 RPM
Gewicht 1293 kg

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    BELGIUM floflo001  - 07-04-2020 om 13:24

    Congratulations with your 1500th spot! It's a beautiful car!

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    FRANCE Max.N_Photography  - 07-04-2020 om 13:27

    Congrats! Awesome spot as always!

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    NETHERLANDS tk97  - 07-04-2020 om 13:27

    Incredible spot and congrats on reaching 1500 spots

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    SPAIN ap.carspotter  - 07-04-2020 om 14:11

    Congrats on 1500 spots with these very nice pics of this beautiful car!

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    ITALY Matte spots  - 07-04-2020 om 14:34

    Wow what a beauty, congrats!

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    NETHERLANDS LucasH  - 07-04-2020 om 14:39

    Epic find! Congrats on 1500 spots West.

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    UNITED KINGDOM Carlegends  - 07-04-2020 om 14:46

    Spectacular spot mate! Congrats and I hope to see another 1500 spots from you in the future! :)

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    NETHERLANDS thomcarspotter  - 07-04-2020 om 15:31

    Well West, you've done it again! A true unicorn spot, what an amazing piece of history right there! Man, this is a beauty! Congrats on the huge number, with every single one of your spots counting as topspot! Keep going, i love your work :) @Horse-Power

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    GERMANY LuxurySpottings  - 07-04-2020 om 16:50

    Congratulations on your 1500th spot, this particular 300 SL looks really amazing in this color and specification :)! Nice find.

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    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Jjrivero  - 07-04-2020 om 17:23

    Congrats on your milestone and awesome find! Cool shots with the Gullwing doors open!

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    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NCspotter  - 07-04-2020 om 17:23

    Unbelievable find! I might have fainted if I saw this in person, lol. Congrats on 1,500 spots, that's simply a staggering number!

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    NETHERLANDS Dylan.  - 07-04-2020 om 20:56

    Amazing! Congratz

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    NETHERLANDS Bmw127  - 07-04-2020 om 21:58

    Awesome spot! Congrats on the 1500 spots! :-)

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    NETHERLANDS tdv_photography  - 07-04-2020 om 23:49

    Amazing spot! Congrats with 1500 spots!

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    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OPspotters  - 08-04-2020 om 00:33

    Amazing!!! Congrats on #1,500. Amazing feat is that all 1,500 are true exotics. Ps. Looks like an HK-Engineering restoration project.

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    NETHERLANDS jasper1  - 08-04-2020 om 07:21

    Very very cool! I like how you got 2 exhaust on the right side and none on the left haha looks kinda weird! What a special car to see and it fits perfectly as a milrstone spot, congrats!

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    NETHERLANDS Exclusieveautofotografie  - 08-04-2020 om 08:31

    Amazing ! great car

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    FRANCE Picou²  - 08-04-2020 om 18:57

    What a pure beauty ! Looking on one of your spots (especially the ones of old ladies) is always a kind of a gift you did to us imo. Thanks to you and your Fiance as well ! Road to 2k spots continue ! Have a nice day West.

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    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Horse-Power  - 09-04-2020 om 13:01

    Thank you for all of the great comments, floflo001, Max.N_Photography, Thomas, ap.carspotter, Matteo, Lucas, Noah, Thom, LuxurySpottings, Jonathan, Nick, D&A Crew, Bmw127, Thomas, Steven, Jasper, and Pierre for taking the time to comment. I really do appreciate you guys!

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    milano7489@yahoo.fr  - 12-04-2020 om 09:07

    Amazing one of the best car never built for me.

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    HUNGARY PcArzenal  - 12-04-2020 om 15:17

    Awesome capture here my friend!

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    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Horse-Power  - 12-04-2020 om 21:35

    Thank you very much milano7489@yahoo.fr, and PcArzenal for taking the time to comment.

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    UNITED KINGDOM Miles A.  - 17-04-2020 om 14:42

    Stunning car and epic shots!

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    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Horse-Power  - 20-04-2020 om 12:40

    Thank you for taking the time to comment, Miles.

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    NETHERLANDS JeffreydeRuiter  - 07-05-2020 om 06:18

    Awesome way to celebrate this milestone! This 300SL is a bit weird thought. I don't like the half chrome delete. If you delete the chrome, ditch it all. Now the front is way to shiny in contrast with the rest of the car. A very big plus is the suitcase set. Brilliant!
    Superb find and photos!

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    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Horse-Power  - 10-05-2020 om 19:02

    Thank you for all of your recent messages on my posts, Jeffrey. I really do appreciate it, buddy. The thing that I admired the most about this 300SL era of cars, is that you could purchase this car from your local car dealership and then drive it straight to your local race track. Not just for fun but entered in a sanctioned car race, and then drive it straight home. For me it would of been a great thing to see a Ferrari 250 TR delivered to the dealership of Chinetti Motors in New York City in 1957 and then to see and hear it screaming through the streets of Manhattan. To spot this race inspired 300SL in 2020 was the next best thing for me. Thanks once again. @ hardstyler

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    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Hoosier_Exotics  - 08-08-2022 om 04:30

    Incredible piece of legendary art! Insane find and narrative West! Just simply epic!! @Horse-Power

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    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Horse-Power  - 20-11-2022 om 11:02

    Hi John. I'm sorry for the late reply, buddy. I just now read your comment. I do love catching the vintage cars in the wild. I caught a real D Type back in January of 2021 but AG does not accept them. I will send you a few pics soon. Thanks as always, buddy. @Hoosier_Exotics

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    UNITED KINGDOM ST22HTV  - 15-12-2023 om 13:41

    @Horse-Power one of the best classics and I love the look of this one! Red interior would be very nice as well,this when it came out was probably the best looking car in the world but it's reign ended when the miura came along and now I'd say the most beautiful car is the 918 Spyder although I also love the MC20.

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    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Horse-Power  - 15-12-2023 om 18:09

    Thank you very much Linus for taking the time to drop me a message, buddy.

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