From a $10 million Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster to an affordable 1960s-era Dodge Dart, an automotive treasure is often defined by the joy it brings rather than the price it commands. We’ve compiled a list of 10 affordable classic cars, many of which can be found – in running and presentable condition – for less than $10,000.
1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster that won Best of Show. Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Gordon Murray Talks T.50 Technology. The Quail, Ground Zero of Automotive Gilded Age. Mercedes-Benz Star of Excellence Award. 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster Richard & Melanie Lundquist, Palos Verdes Estates, California. Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy. 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Schapiro-Schebera Skiff Sam & Emily Mann, Englewood, New Jersey. The Phil Hill Cup. 1953 Jaguar C-Type Roadster Tom & Gwen Price, Larkspur A 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster, presented by Jim Patterson of the Patterson Collection in Louisville, Kentucky, took Best of Show honors from a field that included the Auriga Collection’s 1930 Mercedes-Benz 710 SS Special Roadster, a 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Corto Figoni Cabriolet shown care of Gregor Fisken, and a 1939 Delahaye 165 Figoni et Falaschi Cabriolet owned by the PeterThe final price of just under a million bucks, within very close range of the low estimate, still falls well below the all-time record for a 540 K—$11,770,000 for a 1936 Special Roadster that Gooding & Company handled at its 2012 Pebble Beach auction.
It is a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster. And it is a car with quite a story. 202-MPH Open-Top 'Super Tourer' 2 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster Is a Car for Heavy Hitters 1939 Mercedes-Benz 540K. 6 of 10. Type: Spezial Roadster. Price paid: $4.6 million. Engine: Supercharged 5.4-liter 8-cylinder. Auctioned by: RM Autions. Only 25 540 K Spezial Roadsters were ever1st 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet A, The Nethercutt Collection--Helen and Jack Nethercutt, Sylmar, Calif. 2nd 1939 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster, Thomas and Rhonda Taffet, Chatsworth, Calif.A: The highest sale price of a 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K was (USD) $11,770,000.00 (highest sale at auction). Q: When is the most recent sales value of the 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K? A: The most recent sale of the 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540K was in August of 2022 at RM Sothebys : Monterey where it sold for $1,875,000.00 (USD). Original List Price: 15,250 RM ($3,812 approx.) Tune Up Cost: $500: Chassis Number Location: being the only serious rival to the Mercedes-Benz 540K Special $1.7 million1939 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster is third-highest price of year for collector car; Grand National Roadster Show in Oakland, Calif., celebrates 40 years; Ford celebrates 25 th anniversary of Mustang; Homer Fitterling collection of 21 Duesenbergs sells to carpet king Ed Weaver 1974 Replica Kit Makes Mercedes Benz 540K. $23,300. Danville, Vermilion County, IL. 1974. covers, Chrome air filter and a lot of other chrome parts under the hood, Fantastic looking prewar automobile, try to find another MB. 540K 5Y9UPfw.