Swiss coachbuilder Franco Sbarro is known all over the world for its extreme production and concept cars like the wacky Autobau supercar. However, it’s not often that we find the firm’s creations on eBay so we were surprised to see that one of its production cars from the 1980s is up for grabs on the auction site.
The Mercedes-Benz Gullwing 116 6.9 – we’re not entirely sure about the name- is a odd-looking two-door Grand Tourer with gullwing-style doors.
Even though at first it appears to be based on the 1980’s Mercedes W126 coupes (420 SEC / 560 SEC etc), the different styling of the roof and window lines, the dashboard and the fact that it is powered by the 6.9-liter V8 engine (not to mention the name given by the seller) point towards a modified version of the previous W116 S-Class of the 1970s.
For the record, a quick search on the internet revealed that Sbarro built a handful of similar-looking Gullwing models that were 100% based on the W126 560 SEC in the mid 1980s.
This particular example you see here is offered for sale on eBay Motors with a starting price of US$50,000.
Link: eBay
