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The bare metal
An original W113 body, taken back to bare steel. Every edge is checked. This is where it all begins.
Classic Mercedes · since 1997 · Pleidelsheim on the Neckar
Mercedes, perfected.
We sell, restore and build the rarest Mercedes in the world. All in our own house, on the Neckar, since 1997.
- Place
- Pleidelsheim
- since
- 1997
- 4.8 ★
- Reach
- worldwide
Manufactory · Pleidelsheim
Some preserve classics. We give them a second life, one that drives like today.
- Classic
- Restoration
- Trade
- Sales
- Engineering
- New builds
The principle
From bare metal to masterpiece.
A New-Tech Series is not built overnight. We strip an icon down to the steel, set a modern heart inside, and rebuild it layer by layer.
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The modern heart
Where the straight-six once sat, a modern AMG V8 takes its place. Affalterbach DNA, fitted by hand.
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The masterpiece
The shape of 1967 outside, today's engineering beneath. Five are built each year. No more than that.
Shell → Heart
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02 · New-Tech Series
The icon that drives like today.
Our New-Tech Series joins the timeless body of a classic Mercedes with modern technology, more performance and everyday usability. The M-Coupé on the W111, the M-SL on the W113 Pagoda.
Every car a handbuilt one-off, tailored to the wishes of its future owner.
- Base
- W113 · W111
- Drive
- AMG V8
- Run
- 5 / year
In detail
Up close.
A one-off only reveals itself up close. Scroll through its anatomy.
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The cockpit
Saddle leather · burl wood · chrome
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The instruments
Every dial recalibrated
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The heart
AMG V8 · fitted by hand
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The underbody
Precision no one sees
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From above
Two eras in one frame
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On the road
What it's all built for
03 · What we do
Four worlds, one standard.
New-Tech Series
Classics with a modern heart, handbuilt in the smallest of series.
More
Vehicles
Sales of rare collector cars, each checked in our own workshop.
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Acquisition
We buy and broker exceptional automobiles, discreetly.
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Workshop
Restoration, AMG service and the CLK GTR. All under one roof.
More04 · Selected references
Through our hall.
Sold 1957 · W198
300 SL Roadster
- Engine
- 3.0 R6
Sold 1936 · W29
500 K
- Body
- Cabriolet
Sold 1998 · C297
CLK GTR
- Engine
- V12
Sold 2009 · R199
SLR Stirling Moss
- Run
- 75
Sold 1965 · W100
600 Landaulet
- Engine
- 6.3 V8
Sold New-Tech · W111
M-Coupé
- Drive
- AMG V8
05 · Workshop
The only place a CLK GTR calls home.
Of 25 road-legal CLK GTR, we look after more than a dozen. Mechatronik is the only specialist officially recognised by Mercedes-Benz for this car. The same care goes to every classic that rolls through our gates.
Discover the workshop06 · Substance
In numbers.
6,000 m²
under one roof
40 +
masters & young talent
5
no more than that
1997
Großbottwar → Pleidelsheim
07 · Voices
The best stories are told by our customers.
Collectors from around the world find their way to Pleidelsheim. What they write about the handover, the honesty about condition and the care afterwards, you can read on Google.
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Your customer voices
Real voices from your customers will appear here, taken word for word from your Google reviews as soon as you release them. The rating is already in place.
4,8 ★ Google · 59 reviews
08 · Since 1997
It started with three men.
What began as a three-man workshop in Großbottwar, Swabia, is today one of the first addresses in the world for classic Mercedes. Founded by Frank Rickert, who trained at AMG and never unlearned the art of taking things apart.
Our storyVisit
Come and see us.
Pleidelsheim, twenty minutes north of Stuttgart. By appointment we will show you the hall, the workshop, and what we are building right now.
- Mon–Fri
- 9–5
- Tel
- +49 7144 99820