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The restomod question: modernizing a 300S

Mercedes-Benz 300 Adenauer (W186/W189) · cosmetic

A heavily modernized 300S Roadster conversion that sold for $486k split the community: purists lamented 'cheapening' one of the finest postwar Mercedes designs, while pro-conversion owners argued modern reliability, brakes and A/C make the car genuinely drivable. The build drew comparisons to Singer, and even skeptics acknowledged it worked 'in all the right ways.'