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1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL

Chassis no. 198.040.6500028

Engine no. 1989806500038

Coachbuilder Mercedes-Benz

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1956

Manufacturing

From 13^th February 1956
to 11^th June 1957

Owner: CORRIAG AG HANDELSGESELLSCHAFT (CH)

Note: Sold to Corriag Ag Handelsgesellschaft for Guido Cestelli-Guidi (Roma, Italy)

13^th February 1956

Identification document: Car manufacturers' heritage certificate - Mercedes-Benz - Data card factory

13^th February 1956

Engine no. 1989806500038

Manufacturer: MERCEDES-BENZ (DE)

Note: NSL special engine

13^th February 1956

Body no. 198.040.6500023

Coachbuilder: Mercedes-Benz

Type: Fixhead coupe

Colour: Silver

13^th February 1956

Chassis no. 198.040.6500028

March 1956

Press review: Unknown author, "Affermazioni Di Piloti Romani", Automobilismo Romano , no. 3, 03-1956, pp. 21

11^th March 1956

Event: Criterium delle Nazioni

Locality: Unknown city (IT)

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: 1st CL

25^th March 1956

Event: Corsa sulle Torricelle

Locality: Verona (IT)

Race number: #340

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: DNF

April 1956

Press review: Unknown author, "Affermazioni Di Piloti Romani", Automobilismo Romano , no. 4, 04-1956, pp. 22

April 1956

Press review: Unknown author, "Riacceso Sulle Torcelle Il Fuoco Della Passione Sportiva", L'Automobile , 04-1956

8^th April 1956

Event: XVI Giro Automobilistico di Sicilia

Locality: Palermo (IT)

Race number: #258

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: 4th CL

22^nd April 1956

Event: Coppa della Consuma

Locality: Firenze (IT)

Race number: #264

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: 1st CL

From 28^th April 1956
to 29^th April 1956

Event: XXIII Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti

Locality: Brescia (IT)

Race number: #500

Category / Group: Serie speciale da Turismo e Gran Turismo

Class: Oltre 2.000 cm3

Team: SCUDERIA CAMPIDOGLIO (IT)

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: DNF

Time: Start: 5.00'00"- Brescia-Roma: 7.31'24"- Brescia-Roma-Brescia: ritirato

29^th April 1956

Event: III Gran Premio Nuvolari della Mille Miglia

Locality: Cremona-Mantova-Brescia (IT)

Race number: #500

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: DNF

May 1956

Press review: Unknown author, "Primati Di Piero Taruffi A Castelfusano", Automobilismo Romano , no. 5, 05-1956, pp. 15

10^th May 1956

Event: IV Giornata dei Primati

Locality: Unknown city (IT)

Race number: #14

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: 1st CL

20^th May 1956

Event: Trofeo Internazionale della Sardegna

Locality: Cagliari (IT)

Race number: #174

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: 10th OA / 4th CL

June 1956

Press review: Unknown author, "Rombo Di Motori", Automobilismo Romano , no. 6, 06-1956, pp. 24

June 1956

Press review: Unknown author, "Giuliano Giovanardi Su Ferrari 250 Gt Ha Vinto La Xxiii Vermicino- Rocca Di Papa Coppa Gallenga", Automobilismo Romano , no. 6, 06-1956

June 1956

Press review: Unknown author, "La Ferrari Al G.p Supercortemaggiore", L'Automobile , 06-1956

10^th June 1956

Event: XL Targa Florio

Circuit: Piccolo Circuito Madonie

Locality: Palermo (IT)

Race number: #36

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Co-Driver: Giuseppe Musso (IT)

Results / Prizes: 9th OA / 2nd CL

24^th June 1956

Event: XXVI Criterium di Roma - XXIII Coppa Gallenga

Locality: Vermicino (IT)

Race number: #114

Category / Group: Turismo

Class: oltre 2000 cc

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: 5th CL

1^st July 1956

Event: Bolzano - Mendola

Locality: Bolzano (IT)

Race number: #324

Category / Group: Turismo

Class: oltre 2000 cc.

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: 5th CL

July 1956

Press review: Unknown author, "La Vermicino- Rocca Di Papa Vinta Da Giovanardi Su Ferrari 3000", L'Automobile , 07-1956, pp. 7

From July 1956
to 31^st August 1956

Press review: Unknown author, "Affermazioni Piloti Romani", Automobilismo Romano , no. 7, 07-1956, pp. 23

20^th October 1956

Event: G.P. di Roma - Targa Supercortemaggiore - 6 Ore

Locality: Roma (IT)

Race number: #14

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: 1st CL

21^st October 1956

Event: Trofeo Franco Venturi - Frascati Tuscolo

Locality: Roma (IT)

Race number: #56

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Co-Driver: Maria Cestelli Guidi (IT)

25^th December 1956

Event: Checkpoint

Locality: Unknown city (GB)

Race number: #500

Note: Checkpoint is a 1956 British film noir crime drama film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Anthony Steel, Odile Versois, Stanley Baker, and James Robertson Justice. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios in London with location work in Italy, including footage of the 1956 Mille Miglia. The 198.040.6500028 appears from 1:07:47 to 1:07:52.

1957

January 1957

Press review: Unknown author, "I Successi Degli Sportivi Romani In Campo Nazionale", Automobilismo Romano , no. 1, 01-1957, pp. 23

February 1957

Press review: Unknown author, "I Premiati Dell' A.c.r. Per Il 1956", Automobilismo Romano , no. 2, 02-1957, pp. 12

14^th April 1957

Event: XVII Giro Automobilistico di Sicilia

Locality: Palermo (IT)

Race number: #320

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: DNF

From 11^th May 1957
to 12^th May 1957

Event: XXIV Mille Miglia - Coppa Franco Mazzotti

Locality: Brescia (IT)

Race number: #425

Category / Group: Gran Turismo

Class: Oltre 2.000 cm3

Team: SCUDERIA CAMPIDOGLIO (IT)

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Co-Driver: Giuseppe Musso (IT)

Results / Prizes: DNF

Time: Start: 4.25’00"- Brescia-Roma: ritirati

12^th May 1957

Event: IV Gran Premio Nuvolari della Mille Miglia

Locality: Cremona-Mantova-Brescia (IT)

Race number: #425

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Co-Driver: Giuseppe Musso (IT)

Results / Prizes: DNF

From 10^th June 1957
to 24^th October 1989

Plate: ROMA-288705

Country: IT

From 12^th June 1957
to 13^th April 1960

Owner: SCUDERIA CAMPIDOGLIO (IT)

Famous owner: Italian Racing Team

Note: Sold to Scuderia Campidoglio for Guido Cestelli Guidi (Roma, Italy)

From 23^rd October 1957
to 24^th October 1957

Event: Rallye Automobilistico Femminile CL. I. D. A.

Locality: Roma (IT)

Team: CLUB ITALIANO DONNE AUTOMOBILISTE

Driver: Maria Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Co-Driver: Isabella Taruffi (IT)

Results / Prizes: 2nd OA

November 1957

Press review: Unknown author, "Ii° Rallye Della Stampa Romana I° Rallye Femminile ''cl.i.d.a.''", Automobilismo Romano , no. 11, 11-1957

1958

1^st May 1958

Event: Trofeo Turistico di Roma

Locality: Roma (IT)

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Co-Driver: Anna Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: 17th OA

May 1958

Press review: Unknown author, "La ''coppa Shell' Dell' ''viii Trofeo Di Roma'' è Stata Assegnata A Vittorio Santini Della ''scuderia Campidoglio''", Automobilismo Romano , no. 5, 05-1958

11^th May 1958

Event: Targa Florio

Circuit: Piccolo Circuito Madonie

Locality: Palermo (IT)

Race number: #48

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Co-Driver: Giuseppe Musso (IT)

Results / Prizes: DNF

June 1958

Press review: Unknown author, "Rombo Di Motori", Automobilismo Romano , no. 6, 06-1958, pp. 24

From 21^st July 1958
to 22^nd July 1958

Event: Mille Miglia

Locality: Brescia (IT)

Race number: #4

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Co-Driver: Giuseppe Musso (IT)

Results / Prizes: 5th OA

From 27^th August 1958
to 31^st August 1958

Event: Liege - Rome - Liege

Locality: Liegi (BE)

Race number: #108

Driver: Guido Cestelli Guidi (IT)

Results / Prizes: DNF

31^st October 1958

Press review: Unknown author, "Affermazioni Piloti Romani", Automobilismo Romano , no. 10, 10-1958, pp. 24

1960

From 14^th April 1960
to 5^th February 1961

Owner: Enrico Rinaldi (IT)

Purchase price: Lire 30.000

1961

From 6^th February 1961
to 1^st May 1961

Owner: IMPRESA CASERMAGGIO MO-VAS (IT)

Purchase price: Lire 2.000.000

From 2^nd May 1961
to 14^th June 1965

Owner: Filiberto Sbardella (IT)

Purchase price: Lire 1.000.000

1964

Generic fact: Other photos

1965

From 14^th June 1965
to 1969

Owner: Antonio Peter Russo (US)

Purchase price: Lire 1.300.000

Famous owner: Antonio Peter Russo a.k.a. Tony Russel (born Anthony Russo

From November 1965
to 1983

Plate: VAM622

Country: US

1969

From 1969
to 1972

Owner: Ron Kellogg (US)

1970

Body update no. 198.040.6500023

Coachbuilder: Mercedes-Benz

Type: Fixhead coupe

Colour: Red

1972

From 1972
to 24^th October 1989

Owner: Bill Mitchell Leland (US)

Famous owner: President of he Gull Wing Group International

Note: Leland not long after began a decade plus long restoration of the car with Scott Grundfor

1986

Event: Andy Warhol Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Coupé (1954)

Locality: New York (US)

Note: Upon completion of the Leland's restoration, a very well know poster was made of this 300SL and it was sold for many years commercially through Mercedes Benz's Franchised dealers. In the 1986 to commemorate the centenary celebration of Mercedes Benz, Pop Artist Andy Warhol was commissioned to do a series on the 300SL Gullwing. His work was based on Leland's original poster which Mercedes provided to Warhol rather than having to provide him with an actual vehicle to have to work with.

1989

From 25^th October 1989
to 2012

Owner: HATA COLLECTION (JP)

1990

October 1990

Bibliography: Orsini Luigi, Mille Miglia Una Corsa Italiana , Abiemme, n.p. 1990

2005

Bibliography: Curami Andrea, Mercedes-benz & Mille Miglia , Giorgio Nada Editore S.r.l., n.p. 2005

2008

Bibliography: Unknown author, Register Mercedes 300 Sl Coupè\gullwing , Unknown publisher, n.p. 2008

2012

From 2012
to 2013

Owner: SYMBOLIC MOTOR CAR COMPANY (US)

Note: Chuck Wegner was investor behind Symbolic so he was the registered owner of the car while being sold via Symbolic

2013

From 2013
to currently

Owner: Private collection

2013

Bibliography: Unknown author, Register Mercedes 300 Sl Coupè\gullwing Vol.2 , Unknown publisher, n.p. 2013

April 2013

Generic fact: Other photos

From 15^th May 2013
to 2015

Plate: MI-G5657

Country: IT

2013

Body update no. 198.040.6500023

Coachbuilder: Mercedes-Benz

Type: Fixhead coupe

Colour: Silver

2015

7^th April 2015

Identification document: FIVA Identity Card no.: 54041 - Categorized: A3

2016

Plate: ZH57936

Country: CH

From 17^th May 2016
to 22^nd May 2016

Event: Mille Miglia

Locality: Brescia (IT)

Race number: #387

Driver: Pierre Mellinger (CH)

Co-Driver: Tommaso Gelmini (IT)

Results / Prizes: 319th OA

2017

From 5^th May 2017
to 7^th January 2018

Event: 90 anni, 1000 Miglia

Locality: Brescia (IT)

From 18^th May 2017
to 21^st May 2017

Event: Mille Miglia

Locality: Brescia (IT)

Race number: #435

Driver: Pierre Mellinger (CH)

Co-Driver: Tommaso Gelmini (IT)

Results / Prizes: 367th OA

2018

November 2018

Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2018

December 2018

Bibliography: Dolcini Carlo, Orizzonte Perduto Mille Miglia 1947-1956 , Ela, n.p. 2018

2020

November 2020

Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Ii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2020

2023

June 2023

Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Mille Miglia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume Iii , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2023

2025

Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Targa Florio's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces S.r.l., Genova 2024

2026

Bibliography: Binelli Sandro, Giro Di Sicilia's Chassis - The Ultimate Opus Volume I , Automotive Masterpieces Srl, Genova 2026