Great job on the video Rory. Amazing work. The car has since been upgraded to 1000hp. We are going to make a series of 10 cars. Million bucks each for those who want one
A mil for a sedan is a strong ask especially when you consider, in the land of vintage and collectible cars, few ever bring big money. Very few of the worlds most sought after cars are 4-door sedans and that is especially true of vintage hot rods and resto mods. This would not be a car for the fiscally smart buyer. But as a HUGE fan of the Red Sow, I love it and would love to add this to my herd.
@@mdr-lw2bn I'm willing to bet that there are an unimaginable amount of man hours required to build one of these. Wouldn't surprise me if that's where a lot of the price lies.
The exterior looks amazing but I personally don't like the modern interior. I would personally want the interior to remain faithful to period with modern touches, which I think most high-end restomods do well e.g. Singer. I think that's so important for a true restomod experience. Awesome fun car though!
@@Leon_George Yeah, we should only post if we like it right? No negative feedback allowed then. Man, stop it. Who gives a crap what the client likes, if it was just about feedback from people that like it he should get a streaming network on a private domain which you can become a member of and post it there.
@@gottliebdee263 I don't think you read my comment at all. If you can respond one way, I can respond with the other? Like should we all be bashing this thing instead? And to answer who cares what the client likes, idk, the coach-builders who made the thing?
You are propably not aware of this, but there is 1 of 1 original 300 SEL 6.3 "Waxenberger" street car here in Finland. A local media mogul ordered it new for his "weekend racer" daily driver back in the day. A very special car indeed. Have seen it several times in the museum since I was a little boy and it was always the highlight of the visit.
Hey Rory, this red pig is a brilliant testament not only to AMG but to the golden age of internal combustion. I love it. I can't help thinking it needs a fridge though. Just to elevate the machine to antarctic levels of cool. Thanks so much for this 🙂
There is one of those in Finland owned by a private family. It is a civil version with registration plate and most likely the only one left in the world. I understood that Stuttgart has been trying to buy it to their museum.
Love the engine with enormous maintenance costs.Just FYI. the older Merc engines are more reliable. I can understand the advertisement for the new engines. But very few are good long term engines. Now they are being made to be obsolescent every few years.
The fact that they changed the chassis kills it for me. Sure the body is really nice but the charm of driving a classic car is the vintage and far from perfect handling with limits that are much lower than today's cars. That is why my tiny car collection includes a couple of modern cars but also vintage cars of which the highest performing is my 328 GTS which doesn't even come close to an MX-5 in terms of performance and it isn't even considered one of the best Ferraris.... yet I adore driving it, so much fun, a very connected experience but it has much much lower limits than modern cars.
I'm going to say the old engine is going to be more reliable :) Maybe some tinkering will be needed now and then. But its never going to give you any castrophic failures or suddenly leave you stranded.
Yeah, not for me. Adding splitters, carbon fibre, de-chromed etc kills the exterior and the interior is just horrible. All in all, it a terrible homage to the original. I think the real name of the car was Red Sow, not Red Pig. This looks like an S Club 7 version.
im with you on the carbon and chrome thing, btw it was called sau. sau is a other term in german for the word pig. sau is a more local term, the more common one is schwein.
Thank you for this video. This car is nice thank you.!! The owner of S-KLUB that guy is a automotive scientist. Every time he will come out with something even better than the first one and I’m talking about from the 300 SL‘s the Porsches that he puts together the guy is a scientist. I remember him when he first started and I met him at one of the Porsche events and he was a real nice guy.! Well thank you from the big island of Hawaii🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏿🤙🏿🤙🏿
The only thing I'd like as an option on this thing is a modified car horn. I'd want the "Pig Horn". Every time I hit it I want it to sound like a mad, squealing angry pig!
I think its actually a smart decision and incredible achievement that they were able to use a c63 and remount the old body on it, the new c63 car/chassis/gearbox is from a far superior and reliable modern car. If only you could do that easily with all classics
Love it. I would just have to have insisted on the original M100 V8. Even if the turbo’d it or went all out with it… Would have to have the OG AMG V8. It was an incredible engine that was so far ahead of its time it’s insane.
As a kid i was riding in Mercedes saloon like this once A friends mam was driving us home frpm the soccertraining in a black Mercedes saloon. The original is beautiful and i personally prefer the original version.
Simply one of the greatest resto-mods ever made. It's right up there with the Big Red Camaro and the the Vicious Mustang and because the original Red Pig started out as it's own version of a resto-mod, this car is totally in keeping with the original ethos. If this car ever comes up for sale... hmmm....
It's not hard to fathom that the interior and electronics stays modern and works. It's a very expensive body swap. I'm guessing the C63 was chosen for it's similar wheelbase
AMG just legendary nameplate, and this Red Pig restomod is just amazing. This is restomod done right old body on new car platform ❤❤. Rory another amazing video more like this, finding us secret automotive gems 😊🤟💪🤟
They got the front of the merc all wrong. The splitter looks stupid, the headlights are totally crap and the blacked out grill just looks stupid. And as for the spotlight covers they just look idiotically childish. What on earth is that hideous steering wheel, totally 🤢🤮. The interior is a huge mess. The people who made this concoction have zero clue as to the heritage of the red pig. In short it’s a big fail in my view.
The whining and complaining in the comments is wild. Anyways, phenomenal restomod! It would be a dream to commission a build like this, as the 300SEL is one of my all time favorite race cars.
Black Chrome would've been far more classy, and much better looking! Big Ol' chrome Merc Monoblocks wouldn't been perfect for the wheels. The rear end is a blatant ripoff of the BMW 2002! So sad. At least they were trendy enough to clearly bandwagon the interior.
I like this Mercedes Red Pig build it was so cool also I feel this Mercedes Red Pig is more likely a tribute car built like a Restomod car alike and I really liked this Mercedes Red Pig tribute build. Also, the one thing I really don't like about this modified Mercedes Red Pig is the interior because the interior of that red Pig was too modern technology for me, and I only prefer the interior to have a racing styling like a racing roll cage and racing steering wheel and racing bucket seats. And also an amazing tribute build of the red pig Mercedes.
The concent of the pig is a bit lost by basing it on the C class as opposed to the S class or at least the E class if you want to get close to the implied size of the original
, its lovely, but way too quiet , should have used the 6.2 v8, N/A would have been so much better than turbo power, disappointingly subdued, and the chrome was better😂, way better.
I have to disagree on blacking things out.. the original's chrome was way cooler in the context of the whole package. In the future, I suspect we're going to look back at blacked out trim and think "that looks soooo 2015-2025"
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Great job on the video Rory. Amazing work. The car has since been upgraded to 1000hp. We are going to make a series of 10 cars. Million bucks each for those who want one
A milli... 😅 Crazy price tag. I'll stick with my 126.
A mil for a sedan is a strong ask especially when you consider, in the land of vintage and collectible cars, few ever bring big money. Very few of the worlds most sought after cars are 4-door sedans and that is especially true of vintage hot rods and resto mods. This would not be a car for the fiscally smart buyer. But as a HUGE fan of the Red Sow, I love it and would love to add this to my herd.
Love the engineering 😍but sorry...I don't see a million there 🤔😒
@@mdr-lw2bn I'm willing to bet that there are an unimaginable amount of man hours required to build one of these. Wouldn't surprise me if that's where a lot of the price lies.
Take my money.
The exterior looks amazing but I personally don't like the modern interior. I would personally want the interior to remain faithful to period with modern touches, which I think most high-end restomods do well e.g. Singer. I think that's so important for a true restomod experience.
Awesome fun car though!
I think they've even overdone the outside. Should have left some of the chrome.
It's what the client wants, and we should just be glad they weren't stuck up enough to stop others from driving and reviewing it.
@@Leon_George Yeah, we should only post if we like it right?
No negative feedback allowed then.
Man, stop it.
Who gives a crap what the client likes, if it was just about feedback from people that like it he should get a streaming network on a private domain which you can become a member of and post it there.
@@gottliebdee263 I don't think you read my comment at all. If you can respond one way, I can respond with the other? Like should we all be bashing this thing instead? And to answer who cares what the client likes, idk, the coach-builders who made the thing?
I agree, I don't like the modern interior either ... but I don't like the exterior either. Tasteless! 😩
A shame that they didn't use the 6.2L N/A engine. Just my opinion.
It's customer preference 😂
@@donaldmokgale3123 fair enough. Still a very cool car.
I think its actually a smart decision, the actual car/chassis/gearbox is from a far superior and reliable modern car
@@TheAnnoor The M156 isn't that old. I assume that's the engine he was thinking of.
denfinately
should’ve been based on the 6.2 c63. that engine would’ve been perfect
I concur.
They might've wanted to do something a bit different, considering there is already a Ponton with a W204 C63 platform.
You are propably not aware of this, but there is 1 of 1 original 300 SEL 6.3 "Waxenberger" street car here in Finland. A local media mogul ordered it new for his "weekend racer" daily driver back in the day. A very special car indeed. Have seen it several times in the museum since I was a little boy and it was always the highlight of the visit.
The one and only Waxenberger in the world.
The cinematography in this is just so slick. Only 40 seconds in and it's an immediate like.
Hey Rory, this red pig is a brilliant testament not only to AMG but to the golden age of internal combustion. I love it. I can't help thinking it needs a fridge though. Just to elevate the machine to antarctic levels of cool. Thanks so much for this 🙂
Rory is the GOAT of automotive journalist, he can spin a tale faster than a tire Mustang at an auto show! Thanks Rory
i had a feeling it was him just by the voice. he used to be on the new top gear series for BBS america
There is one of those in Finland owned by a private family. It is a civil version with registration plate and most likely the only one left in the world. I understood that Stuttgart has been trying to buy it to their museum.
I am talking about totally original example.
Talking about Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3 Waxenberger. The original pre-AMG.
This is one of the BEST builds i've seen so far. I'm a AMG head and seeing old and new fused together makes my heart melt. It looks fantastic!
Love the engine with enormous maintenance costs.Just FYI. the older Merc engines are more reliable. I can understand the advertisement for the new engines. But very few are good long term engines. Now they are being made to be obsolescent every few years.
The fact that they changed the chassis kills it for me. Sure the body is really nice but the charm of driving a classic car is the vintage and far from perfect handling with limits that are much lower than today's cars. That is why my tiny car collection includes a couple of modern cars but also vintage cars of which the highest performing is my 328 GTS which doesn't even come close to an MX-5 in terms of performance and it isn't even considered one of the best Ferraris.... yet I adore driving it, so much fun, a very connected experience but it has much much lower limits than modern cars.
If you want to replicate the race car you have to do something about the suspension... They did that to the original car back then too.
@@martinsv9183 The original race car had the factory swing axle rear suspension from the 1930s.
not everything has to be blacked out 🤦
Blackout is so played out and so ugly just like black wheels
@@FrankGallagherr 100% agreed 👍
@@FrankGallagherr each time I see black wheels ,I just think...cheap rattle can spray paint job 😅
@@zakmckenzie1475 It’s hilarious that people spend $15k on black 3 piece wheels and it hides all the details of the wheel when it’s blacked out.
chrome is and has always been ugly in my opinion, black always looks better on grilles, but i agree on black wheels being pointless
the contrast between old and new is just fantastic this needs to be the norm for car enthusiasts
l am so happy l have been waiting for another video form you Rory
I consider MBs from that era to be small on the outside yet big on the inside. Now it's old on the outside and new in the inside. Brilliant!
The chrome looked amazing, the modern LED's also do not look good but awesome project regardless.
I'm going to say the old engine is going to be more reliable :) Maybe some tinkering will be needed now and then. But its never going to give you any castrophic failures or suddenly leave you stranded.
I think Rory can make something boring be enjoyable. Your narration is a top notch
Yeah, not for me. Adding splitters, carbon fibre, de-chromed etc kills the exterior and the interior is just horrible. All in all, it a terrible homage to the original. I think the real name of the car was Red Sow, not Red Pig. This looks like an S Club 7 version.
You are blind
im with you on the carbon and chrome thing, btw it was called sau. sau is a other term in german for the word pig. sau is a more local term, the more common one is schwein.
Hands down the best handling car I’ve ever driven
Amazing car, shame that it doesn't sound as loud as the og 2008 c63! Loud in your face would suit this car so much more
It’s actually much louder now with the downpipe and turbo upgrade
@sklubla nice :) but you cannot beat the original 6.3 litre v8 that you can hear, long before you see it. That would of finished it off perfectly 👌
Thank you for this video. This car is nice thank you.!! The owner of S-KLUB that guy is a automotive scientist. Every time he will come out with something even better than the first one and I’m talking about from the 300 SL‘s the Porsches that he puts together the guy is a scientist. I remember him when he first started and I met him at one of the Porsche events and he was a real nice guy.! Well thank you from the big island of Hawaii🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏿🤙🏿🤙🏿
Considering that the W205 was the last C Class to have a V8 (albeit not the 6.2), it's not the end of the world.
6:37 that camera angle getting the rearview mirror showing the back and what's going on in front looks awesome well done
A lot of negative nellys here. Love this build, perfect marriage of old school cool, with reliable, comfortable and fast underpinnings, brilliant
Subscribing because of Rory. Lost track of you for a bit but glad to have found ya again. Great content, thanks!
The only thing I'd like as an option on this thing is a modified car horn. I'd want the "Pig Horn". Every time I hit it I want it to sound like a mad, squealing angry pig!
I think its actually a smart decision and incredible achievement that they were able to use a c63 and remount the old body on it, the new c63 car/chassis/gearbox is from a far superior and reliable modern car. If only you could do that easily with all classics
you can already
Love it. I would just have to have insisted on the original M100 V8. Even if the turbo’d it or went all out with it… Would have to have the OG AMG V8. It was an incredible engine that was so far ahead of its time it’s insane.
in the past MTV days there was a 'westcoast customs' type company on tv called 'platinum customs' this car made me think of them...
As a kid i was riding in Mercedes saloon like this once
A friends mam was driving us home frpm the soccertraining in a black Mercedes saloon.
The original is beautiful and i personally prefer the original version.
pig or sow don't matter to me, over all it's a neat idea with a lot of wrench time put into it ... ty for sharing this mad scientist creation
This car looks unreal. Congrats to the owner for making such a cool project!
Absolutely wonderful! A modern Red Pig. If I won the Powerball I'd have one in a heartbeat.
Simply one of the greatest resto-mods ever made. It's right up there with the Big Red Camaro and the the Vicious Mustang and because the original Red Pig started out as it's own version of a resto-mod, this car is totally in keeping with the original ethos. If this car ever comes up for sale... hmmm....
The sound of an original 6.3 is transformative
I ran this on gt7 with psvr2. One of the most fun ive had in the game 💯
It's not hard to fathom that the interior and electronics stays modern and works. It's a very expensive body swap. I'm guessing the C63 was chosen for it's similar wheelbase
Idk... To me, they destroyed the classic.
@@damirbajic4579 😥
What did you expect - to restore to original?
The kind of happiness that only a lot of money can buy
No S-Club 7 jokes? I'm disappointed!
„It might be cooler than the actual C63.“
Well, no shit.
There is an original Waxenberger Mercedes in Finland. Apparently it is the only remaining one.
I've seen the Red Pig a few times at Spa, there's just something about an older race car compared to the new stuff...
Now that's a race front everyone can live with!!!!!
AMG just legendary nameplate, and this Red Pig restomod is just amazing. This is restomod done right old body on new car platform ❤❤.
Rory another amazing video more like this, finding us secret automotive gems 😊🤟💪🤟
LOOOKS SOOO GOOOD🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ain't no party like an S Klub party
Thats a kool ass car hits Different only thing i would have done was left some of the stickers off to see more of the body lines 👍👍
Always, happy to watch videos of the red pig!!
The red front lights are an epic sign of intelligence...
Amazing that the body of a period Sclass now fits on a Cclass chassis!😮
Ahhhh, this comments killing me. Absolutely amazing looking car, really hard work behind it, love it and respect 👊🏽
Awesome build! Greets from Germany!!!
You've been very distracting, Rory. I had to put on the subtitles because you kept saying Sclub without the 7😂.
They got the front of the merc all wrong. The splitter looks stupid, the headlights are totally crap and the blacked out grill just looks stupid. And as for the spotlight covers they just look idiotically childish. What on earth is that hideous steering wheel, totally 🤢🤮. The interior is a huge mess. The people who made this concoction have zero clue as to the heritage of the red pig. In short it’s a big fail in my view.
American taste..
That of course explains everything 😂
Beautiful car , I'd have mine in black without the decals . With decat downpipes 😊
The body shell from the 280 SE will also work nicely.
I'd use this as my daily and burn rubber every time I left my garage.
AMG or rather Mercedes should take notes. This car is awesome
It’s not lost, it’s in Finland
The whining and complaining in the comments is wild. Anyways, phenomenal restomod! It would be a dream to commission a build like this, as the 300SEL is one of my all time favorite race cars.
There ain't no party like an S-Klub party 🤣
Black Chrome would've been far more classy, and much better looking! Big Ol' chrome Merc Monoblocks wouldn't been perfect for the wheels. The rear end is a blatant ripoff of the BMW 2002! So sad. At least they were trendy enough to clearly bandwagon the interior.
This is my first time on this channel... dude, great job and an amazing car! Keep it up, greatings from Italy!
This car is so unique and so astonishing l like it.
@JakimNdlovu-j8v don't like the splitter prefer the original front
@@RichardReich-z6i Well l really can't argu on that but we all have diffrent opinions mate.But thank you for your honesty :)
The red halos in the headlights can't be street legal.
I love it but it’s missing that extra pedal and shifter. Beautiful build though.
love the new restomods we see today of our older cars!
Nice project
Nice mix of now and then ..imo
I like this Mercedes Red Pig build it was so cool also I feel this Mercedes Red Pig is more likely a tribute car built like a Restomod car alike and I really liked this Mercedes Red Pig tribute build. Also, the one thing I really don't like about this modified Mercedes Red Pig is the interior because the interior of that red Pig was too modern technology for me, and I only prefer the interior to have a racing styling like a racing roll cage and racing steering wheel and racing bucket seats.
And also an amazing tribute build of the red pig Mercedes.
The concent of the pig is a bit lost by basing it on the C class as opposed to the S class or at least the E class if you want to get close to the implied size of the original
In profile, the rear looks like a 60s mustang...... Slightly👍 awesome
Thanks for the history lesson!
Body swaps never work for me. Well done for sure.
, its lovely, but way too quiet , should have used the 6.2 v8, N/A would have been so much better than turbo power, disappointingly subdued, and the chrome was better😂, way better.
Blacked out would be so cool
This car is gorgeous!
Saw it on the 405 fwy once, impressive.
One original has survived in Finland.
The car in Finland was a privately modified 300SEL-6.3.
@@mrbrisvegas2 That car in Finland is an original Waxenberger.
What a creation! Lovely body swap
Original Red Pig styling for me.
Just to correct you, it's not red pig, it's called red sow.
rote Sau is the only correct way of calling it
@@Hardys-Mods Yes, but since he wanted it in English..
Looks great but man the interior is not right. And where is the sound it looks like it should be making?
Adore these resto mods!! I want a slk55 amg pagoda and 190sl roadster!!! My dream garage!! This company do them all ❤
Very tasteful video. Great job.
It’s like lipstick on a pig ? In a good way!!
Kinda looks like something Hoonigan would make. Love it.
I have to disagree on blacking things out.. the original's chrome was way cooler in the context of the whole package. In the future, I suspect we're going to look back at blacked out trim and think "that looks soooo 2015-2025"
Beautiful Red Pig Mercedes Benz, and nice music in the video.
Come on guys, get closer to home, a few awesome ones in the UK, I did a photoshoot with one a few months ago!
What a car . The new merc has nothing on this 😊
My new favorite car
Incredible work of art and performance!
Very Nice!!
Rory. Can you post a list of all the cars you have ever owned? It will really be interesting to see!
Someone please tag MB Management. They need to see this 😍
The engine sounded very un-AMG and underwhelming.
it got the california treatment
Change the chrome for black......who was the genius???? O m g