This rendition of the famous "Gullwing" sports car is based on a model by Björn Doppke from "Brickpark" (and of course on the real car, too).
According to his webpage, the model was originally intended as a gift for good Mercedes customers, but never made it into final production.

When Björn sold his one of a kind model on ebay, I was placing bids for it also but didn't win the auction. Now it seemed the only way to get this great model was to build one myself. Björn was kind enough to send me some pictures, which really helped me out. But among some other changes, I totally reworked the engine.

The wheels of the 8479 set plus the added radar dish were ideal for a classic car like this. As the rims were white, I chose this color for the rest of the car also. Besides, white was the only color small parts were available from shop@home. So I ordered a bunch of 5320 service packs and started building.

I needed 8 of those #2449 inverted 75° slope bricks for the wheel arches, but I had only 4 of them (from two 5533 sets), so I had to use 4 regular slope bricks upside down. To get the inverted arch bricks for the seats, I had to buy two 6032 sets. For his original model, Björn had used a sticker for the "Mercedes Star" emblem.

But I decided that the small 3 spiked steering wheel was an ideal choice to be used for this purpose. The only stickers I used were for the rear lights, license plates and dashboard.