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 Hey all! Just got back from the Long Island Barris Show in NY. Had a great time...our good friend, Tony Wood was there, and let my wife Jill and I behind the ropes for a closer look at the cars. That's us(me in blue) standing in front of the '66 Batmobile. I hope to add more pics later. Take care! -Matt
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Matt -- Did they have one of examples of The Car there? 
-Ryan
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| Hey Rage! First off, thanks for posting all the examples of the Mercedes cars, very cool. But no...I'm afraid no one has a replica of THE CAR here in the states (that I know of anyway). The cars they had on display were a '66 Batmobile, Monkeemobile, General Lee, James Bond Astin Martin, Ghostbuster Ecto, Villa Riviera, KITT, KARR, & a couple other Barris creations. -Matt
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Sure thing. NONE of those car replicas were stateside builds?  Seems kinda odd considering the following Barris (and custom cars in general!) has here. I know the later 300D was offered as a coupe Clarification, the specific model was the 300CD. 'C' for coupe. It was offered from 1978 to 1985. Example: 
I've owned two diesel Mercedes, which I probably mentioned earlier: a 1975 300D (the first year of the 300D, a 3-liter I-5 diesel) and a 1981 300SD. Both were sedans, the latter was quite large, on par with a Lincoln Town Car. The first car's frame was probably too small for a project like this, but more specifically I think the engine would have been underpowered. 
For 1977 till the end of its run the 300D/240D's bodystyle was different. The 240D was identical but had a 2.4-liter I-4 diesel engine. 
A 380 SEC or 500 SEC (both had the body, but different engines) seems like it'd be more fitting for the project. 500 SEC shown: 
-Ryan
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