[V8] Audi S8

[cobram at juno.com]

The SLC was an answer to a question nobody asked, the convertible SL's
came with a hardy removable hardtop.  The only selling point for the SLC
was "4" Seats...ah, yeah, OK, maybe in munchkin land those rear seats had
some use.  The model had a short run by Mercedes standards, the 380SLC
closed out the model in 1981.  They were imported into the US in 1972 as
the 350SLC, even though those cars had a 4.5L engine, subsequently the US
cars sold as the 350SLC were rebadged to 450SLC by US dealers, foreign
sold 4.5L cars kept the 350SLC badges.  No such thing as a 560SLC, and
even the few US SLC's that came with the 5L V8 were still badged as
450SLC's here and 500SLC elsewhere.  
There isn't much of a following for these cars,  they've always been a
hard sell in the used car market, so much so, that many an SLC has had
the top chopped and turned into a convertible, even after the conversion
cost it was still cheaper than a real SL back in the day.
A friend has a 1972 350SLC (mit the 4.5) and it's a blast to drive, it's
FAST and drives more like 'merican muscle car than euro cruiser.  

BCNU,
http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
I was nothing more than an almost innocent bystander.

diemarthadie at aol.com writes:
> I think I'd put the 450-560SLC cars in the same subtle, but cool 
> category as the V8, with the earlier ones being a bit cooler ;)  A 
> good friend wayyyyyy back in the early 80s had a burgundy 450SLC in 
> the garage (ok, his dad had it) with about 5,000 miles on it.  His 
> dad apparently thought it would be a classic some day and rarely 
> drove it, just keeping it polished in the garage - he intended to 
> keep it until it was really valuable or he wanted to drive it a 
> lot...  hmmm...wonder if that car is still around.... anyone want to 
> go looking in garages in Palatine, IL?  ;) 
  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com>
> This all began as a request to go look at a Mercedes "450SL" which 
> turned
> out to be a 450SLC, a very different car really as an old one has 
> far less
> interest commonly than the convertible version and this particular 
> one was a
> '75 and was very pretty but a definite project.  Rich then began to