YOU WON'T GUESS WHERE WE FOUND THIS 1 OF 14 SBARRO 500SEC MERCEDES GULLWING!!

@thebarnmiami @gastonrossato @renzorossato
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A Special episode indeed as we show you one the latest to come through The Barn doors! An extremely rare 1 of 14 Mercedes Benz 500sec by Coach builder Sbarro. A Gullwing coupe that embodies everything 80's. The history behind this car is pretty fascinating too. We heard of it's existence through a friend and once we saw the fist pictures we just had to have it! It wasn't that easy however, the car was down in South America - Colombia (makes total sense, we know!). In fact, we started to dig through the paperwork and learned it was imported new from Europe to Colombia to the original owner...that was big $$$ back then. The current owner inherited the car. 1 family owned car! We were mind blown. After closer inspection we further learned it is still sitting on the original tires! We was about a 2 month process, but we were able to get the car out of Colombia and import it into the US. It now has a Florida clean title and ready to go anywhere.
Written description below provided by 1000sel.com:
The Mercedes 380-500SEC Gullwings made by Styling-Garage (SGS) from Hamburg are absolute legends when it comes to 1980s styling and coachbuilding. And although the versions made in Hamburg are the best known, they're not only company that made them. About two years after Styling-Garage unveiled their 500SGS Gullwing, Swiss car creator Franco Sbarro displayed a very similar car at the 1983 Geneva car salon. The car was named Sbarro Mercedes 500 Portes Papillon "Gullwing". Quite a mouthfull.
At first glance the car looks quite similar to the 500SGS Gullwing by Styling-Garage, but in details there are huge differences. The biggest difference is the amount of plastic involved: the Sbarro Portes Papillon has doors made from plastic, which are shorter than the regular doors of a Mercedes SEC, with the bottom part now integrated in the doorstep. This makes entering the Sbarro Gullwing much harder.
A big difference over the Gullwing-doored 500SECs built by SGS was that Sbarro also offered performance upgrades: the regular 5.0 litre engine from the Mercedes 500SEC could be swapped for the 6.9 litre V8 engine from the W116 450SEL 6.9.
As with the cars made by Styling-Garage, the majority of the Sbarro Gullwings went to the Middle-East. Who other than Arab Sheiks and Royals could pay a pricetag of 180.000 Swiss Francs / 200.000 DM?
Funny: the first Sbarro 500SEC Gullwing had the name "Shahin 1000" written on the back. The name had a stripe running right through it which had some press puzzled so they came up with names like "Shahia 1000", "Shahina 1000" and "Shanin 1000". The Arab word "Shahin" stands for "peregrine falcon", which is commonly used in hunting.
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[@DoctorPetrol]

This Benz just screams Miami, love it!

[@GastonRossato]

Totally!

[@elwynpeters5480]

Great content and what a find. Loads of respect from South Africa.

[@GastonRossato]

Thank you!

[@ryantravers2303]

You guys should be the most popular people on KZbin I hope all the best your work is fantastic

[@GastonRossato]

Thank you! We’ll get there. We appreciate your support

[@Gabriel-hm9ol]

Do you smoke weed?

[@Vanilla.coke1234]

Didn't know the blind and deaf liked watching KZbin videos

[@olivierfranceschi252]

wow rebember seing one of these (the first 1000 featured in the vid in fact) at sbarro's workshop back in 82, i was 10, my first car big emotion. there was one for sale in the us one or two years ago with too big modern chrome wheels on it. the last evolution was all fiberglass with top shop roof.

[@raisingjunior6389]

That's insane!! Great find guys!

[@GastonRossato]

Thank you!

[@ravk9009]

that's a retro beauty 😍😍😍

[@GastonRossato]

Soo good 🔥

[@Nina-pf4yq]

Glad LP sent us your way! New sub awesome content guys! 👍👍

[@GastonRossato]

We are too! Thank you for the support 💪

[@erickflores01]

LP sent me here. Glad I listened

[@GastonRossato]

We are too! Thank you for your support 💪

[@carlosceluriantorreblanca4244]

Amazing find!! I will love to see Jay Leno opinión o this car. Congratulations on you channel.

[@GastonRossato]

Hmmm me too

[@rjscott6116]

I've only seen two in America, yours, and a 6.9 in silver. How much does something like this go for? It's definitely gaudy, but it still manages to be spectacular at the very same time. Those rims alone are out of this world, and in the 80's (the silver one was a 79, cut down from a 4 door apparently) this must have been an absolute space ship from a galaxy unknown. It's as if some Martians forgot where they parked. I'd love it for it's rarity, pedigree, the hard work done to create it, and that beautiful exhaust note these cars make. Owning a Sbarro anything would be indescribable. Like a stunning flight of fancy that leaves me speechless every time I look at her, and one amazing, pinch yourself because you don't know if you're dreaming whenever you drive your highly collectable rolling art piece, that sometimes you can't believe actually belongs to you, type of fantasy.

[@user-ru8ly9wn8f]

Thank you 2 👍

[@nvrgvupsoldano]

Amazing content!

[@GastonRossato]

Thank you!

[@SonOfDrTito]

Dope beat

[@GastonRossato]

Thank you

[@steviedee71]

I like you guys you don’t annoying me like most do.

[@GastonRossato]

Lol. Thank you

[@maplejakee]

sickkkkkkkk

[@GastonRossato]

Thank you

[@roert17]

Yea this shit dope asf

[@GastonRossato]

Indeed!

[@mxferro]

There were a few 4 door!!! Mercedes gullwings that Sbarro did as well. Seems the cars were always mono color.

[@deancamp4215]

How much do you think on of these would sell for?

[@GastonRossato]

$60-$100k

[@bannerzone_UK]

I'm not saying it was 1, BUT I'm so sure I saw a car very much like this in Switzerland in 97/98.

[@GastonRossato]

Awesome 😎

[@WBenzSEL]

Didn’t know it was possible to build a car entirely from cocaine but here we are

[@automotiveaffairsshorts]

So true 😂🤣

[@realQuestion]

Would buy.

[@GastonRossato]

Crazy car...found a great home

[@Landshark928]

This is the ultimate cocaine

[@minibus1351]

So it's not designed by the pizza shop?! 🍕

[@GastonRossato]

Lol nope

[@edcain3676]

I Was Going to Say,U Found It In Junkyard of " Nobody Wants Theses Ugly Cars".One of Weirdest Sports Cars ,I Have Ever Seen.Doors May Be Worth More Than Car.Everyone To Their Own Taste.Lol.Only Made14,Cause Someone Destroyed Blueprints & Guy That Thought This Up,Is Still Missing.Lol Still Got the 65 the K Code Mustang FB?

[@GastonRossato]

It’s part of history and simply needs to be appreciated

[@leonardolopez9278]

Here in Colombia is one of these. Brought in by a drug trafficker in the mid-1980s

[@GastonRossato]

Really? Do you have more info?

[@leonardolopez9278]

@@GastonRossato Something but not much, I even have some photos. The car belonged to Fabio Ochoa, one of the leaders of the now extinct Medellin cartel. In fact another one that is a gull wing SGS version, but unfortunately it fell into the hands of someone who doesn't know about it and is in very bad condition. Very little is known about the Sbarro's current whereabouts, only that he is still in the country and is rarely seen at events. There are rumors that the owner is a cousin of Ochoa, but that he never had any links with drug trafficking and the purchase of the car was made in his name, so he never had any legal problems.

[@leonardolopez9278]

I'm glad that great car is there now. The same should be done with the SGS that is over here in a warehouse in Girardot, it really needs a good restoration and it will be a great car again.

[@la_serge21]

Cyberpunk

[@chrisguerra2848]

Wow this car just screams wolf of wall street type behavior.... I bet that car could run on blow and hair spray....

[@mattuw82]

The build quality is so terrible. It looks like someone's garage built kit car. The freaking grille slats are crooked and so are the door panel gaps.

[@sergeygoes]

Два нуля едут и по телефону говорят. К чему это, объясните?))

[@hyllisp4616]

Are they geys ?

[@GastonRossato]

Not sure what you’re asking

[@xxbambamxx7261]

This is the ugliest car ever customised 🤢

[@GastonRossato]

It’s “period” at least 🤷‍♂️