Vehicle Description
1990 Mercedes Benz 500SL AMG 6.0
Year 1990
Make Mercedes Benz / AMG
Model Mercedes Benz 500SL AMG 6.0
VIN WDB1290661F017341
Engine No 119960-12-009675
Gearbox No 722353-03-000042
Commission No 0 0 843 10114
Destination Kingdom of Jordan (Royal Family)
Completion Facility Bremen, Germany
Mercedes Completion Date September 2nd, 1990
Mercedes Delivery Date September 13th, 1990
AMG Completion Date December 1990
Exterior Paint "Blauschwarz" blue/black metallic (Code 199)
Interior Color Anthracite Leather Seating front and rear (Code
271A)
Total Original Mileage 34,911 Kilometers / 21,692 Miles
Option Codes:
- Bosch Special Lighting System
- Bosch Special Headlight System
-199 "Blauschwarz" blue/black metallic Exterior Paint
-241 Left Full Power Seat with Multi-Mmemory Function
-242 Right Full Power Seat with Multi-Mmemory Function
-246 Mirrors with Memory Functions
-271A Anthracite Leather Seating front and rear (Code 271A)
-283 Body Wind Draft Deflector
-363 Unknown
-440 Cruise Control and airbags
-442 Passenger Side Automatic Belt Tensioning
-444 Combined Code 440 and 442: Cruise Control and airbags (driver
side) with belt tensioners (passenger side)
-452 Dual-Tone Horn System
-481 Body Under Shields
-490 Windscreen Heater Deleted for Tropical Climate Delivery
-538 Automatic Antenna and Speaker System without Radio
Installation
-551 Anti-theft Warning System with Immobilizer
-565 Special Fitted Rear Seating and Restraints Instead of Cargo
Tray
-581 Automatic Climate Control System
-592 Heat Insulating Glass all Around with Darker Upper Windscreen
Band and Rear Laminated Window
-600 Bosch Headlamp Washing System
-682 Fire Extinguisher
-740 Folding Top Fabric in Black
-828 Elimination of Exhaust with Emissions Equipment / Sport
Exhaust System
-873 Heated Front Seats
-880 Remote Control Infrared Locking System
-881 Special Headrests
Background:
AMG was founded as a racing engine forge in 1967 under the name AMG
Motorenbau und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (AMG Engine Production
and Development, Ltd.), by former Mercedes engineers Hans Werner
Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher in Burgstall an der Murr, near
Stuttgart. The letters "AMG" stand for Aufrecht, Melcher and
Gro�aspach (Aufrecht's birth Town). In 1976 most of AMG moved to
Affalterbach, with the racing-engine development remaining at the
old location in Burgstall. At this time Erhard Melcher ceased to be
a partner, but continued to be an employee at the Burgstall
location.
From 1986 to 1992, interest and the desirability of AMG tuned and
prepared Mercedes Benz road cars bordered on the obsessive with
demand and interest far exceeding the small firms capabilities to
keep up. These facts were not overlooked by MB corporate personal
and in 1993, Daimler-Benz AG and AMG signed a contract of
cooperation, allowing AMG to leverage Daimler-Benz's extensive
dealer network and leading to commonly developed vehicles (the
first one being the Mercedes-Benz C36 AMG, in 1993). On 1 January
1999 DaimlerChrysler, as it was called between 1998 and 2007,
acquired 51 percent of AMG shares, and AMG was renamed to
Mercedes-AMG GmbH.4 #fn4 Racing engine development was divested and
continues to exist in Burgstall under the name HWA (Aufrecht's
initials). On 1 January 2005 Aufrecht sold his remaining shares to
DaimlerChrysler, and since then Mercedes-AMG GmbH has been a wholly
owned subsidiary of Daimler AG.
1986-1992 The Golden Years of AMG:
The release of the AMG Hammer sedan in 1986, based on the W124
E-Class, took AMG's performance modifications for a fast midsized
sedan to a new level. AMG made the world's fastest passenger sedan
at the time, nicknamed the Hammer, by squeezing Mercedes 5.6-litre
V8 tuned by AMG to 360 hp into a midsized sedan. It was very
aggressive for the era, with 32-valve cylinder heads and twin
camshafts, and said to be faster than the Lamborghini Countach from
60 to 120 mph. Later models were even more powerful and introduced
the 17-inch AMG Aero 1 Hammer wheels. 1986 was also the year
Mercedes introduced the 560 M117 engine. This provided yet another
opportunity for customers to order the largest AMG displacement
available at the time, these 6.0-liter with 100mm bore SOHC or DOHC
engines available for both the W126 coupe and sedans.
1990 AMG 560SEC 6.0 Wide-Body "Widenamebody":
AMG received a series of orders from several prominent Japanese
Private Museums and Collectors in the late 1980s. Shortly
thereafter the first of a handful of fully re-engineered 560 SEC
6.0 "Wide-Body" Coupes fitted with the ultimate development of the
already legendary M117/9 V-8 engines appeared in several Japanese
motor shows. The engines were now fully developed to 6.0-liters
with radically improved cam and ignition timing on the quad-cam,
four-valve cylinder heads. Massive increases in bhp were achieved
but more impressive was the fact that these machines now produced
more than twice the torque and at 1/2 the rpm of the original MB
Factory design. The result was un-heard of performance in an
utterly reliable overall package that came with the same warranty
as provided new by the MB Factory. Such performance and utter
exclusivity came at a steep cost. Individual sale prices varied but
they were now all in excess of $200,000 and even at that level,
there were long wait lists and very few such examples were
completed.
1991 Mercedes Benz 500SL AMG 6.0:
In the Spring of 1990, while production of the 560SE 6.0 "Wide
Body" coupes was well underway, AMG began quietly taking special
request orders for a R129 / 500SL Roadster based version with the
same 6.0-liter, quad-cam, four-valve V8 found on the SEC
wide-bodies. The handful of examples completed were done so with
little fanfare or public announcement. It is believed less than a
dozen were completed in a shortened one-year only production run
from September of 1990 to July 1991. Several were acquired by
Prince Hakim and Prince Geoffrey (Sultan of Brunei.) At least one
remained in Germany with a private enthusiast and several found
their way to Middle Eastern and Persian Gulf State owners. In 1992,
AMG stopped taking orders to focus on the new class of 7.0 and
7.3-liter models that would soon be released.
WDB1290661F017341 Individual History:
This particular 500SL AMG 6.0 was a unique special order, special
request example that came from the Jordanian Royal Family in Amman,
Jordan. The specific order originated with Mercedes Benz Commission
No. 0 0 843 10114 which assigned assembly to their Bremen, Germany
facility. The order came in the Summer of 1990 with completion
taking place on September 2nd, 1990. The original Mercedes Factory
Assembly Records provide fantastic detail on the special options
incorporated into this vehicle's assembly. No fewer than 27
individual option packages were identified on the original assembly
sheets. (A complete listing of these can be found above as well as
on the attached assembly summary sheets.)
Less than two-weeks later, this vehicle was delivered under a
"Tourist Delivery Package) by overland transportation to AMG's
facilities in Affalterbach, Germany for conversion to AMG 6.0
specifications. These modifications included the famous 6.0-liter,
quad-cam, four-valve V8 which was quoted as making 375bhp!
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