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“There’s 1,400 of these. In the general scheme of things, they’re not that rare,” says Robert Webster, owner of this 1955 Mercedes 300 SL coupe. Rarity is, of course, relative...

After 3 years of planning, the Gull Wing Group was officially invited to join the 20th annual Cars on 5th in Naples, Florida. East Coast Chapter President, Ann M. Fagan, worked with the local Ferrari club President Tom O’Riodan, who spends all year planning this event. Our club was allocated 5 spaces for this year’s show. With over 700 cars and 20,000 spectators, this car show is the biggest one day event in Naples.

Sold privately and without advertisement by Scott Grundfor Company as a pair in December of 2020, we thought we’d share this unique Mercedes story of Mom’s 220 S Coupe and Dad’s 300SL Roadster with recollections by the son who knew the cars his entire adult life and who helped steward them for over 60 years.

From the March 2020 Issue, article by Carl Bomstead who rode with John Willott.

“2019 was a year of good figures for the Mercedes-Benz Museum,” affirms a delighted Monja Büdke, Director of the Mercedes-Benz Museum. “We increased our total museum attendance numbers by more than two per cent, celebrated our ten millionth museum visitor in July, and on social media, we broke the one million followers mark on Instagram. In addition, there were very well-attended special exhibitions and events.”

When was the last time you heard about Mercedes-Benz Gullwings with consecutive serial numbers sitting side-by-side at a car show? Well, it happened at the 2019 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, and the founder and chairman of the 24-year-old event, Bill Warner, had a lot to do with reuniting serial number 43 with serial number 44.