[V8] re SLC

[Ed Kellock]

I may never get over the 1973 450sl until I own one.  The gated shifter in
it is directly responsible for my first interest in the Audi V8.  I had
never seen that configuration in any other type of car before.  And it
also had a V8.

When I was 10 my mom bought a '73 450SL brand new after my grandfather
passed away.  We (mom, dad, me, sister) bugged the dealer for over 6 months
before she ordered one.  Then she got impatient and had them find her
another one that could be had sooner.  I'll never forget the drive home with
her that night.  I was mesmerized.  My father and sister followed in our '69
Plymouth Fury III.  It was silver green metallic with green MB Tex interior,
black soft top, no alloy wheels.