There's a Hammer that I knew of that isn't on the registry. It was converted by AMG in Chicago. 1987 black on black. Black center monoblock wheels. Was owned by a Psychiatrist from Chicago that had a farm in southwest Michigan. I was doing some work on the farm back in the early 00's and I remember he asked me if I could wash one of the cars and he'd let me take it for a spin. I didn't know what an AMG Hammer was as I was only a young adult then. I did know what a Mercedes E class was, so I asked about the car, and he told me it was purchased and sent to AMG for the conversion and that these were built to order. I remember it having sheepskin seat covers and a 90's Alpine CD player had been installed in the car. I drove it and fell in love with it and have wanted one ever since. I have no idea what happened to the car. I never saw it again. I'm sure the gentleman is probably no longer alive, and the car may have been sold or God forbid disposed/junked. I wish I would have known better as I would have recorded the VIN number, but I had no idea just how rare these were back then. I've always wanted to get my own W124 and swap a 6.0L LS based engine into it and have a fun budget hammer. I have a W221 now that's a blast, but I'd love a W124 with a V8 and the AMG body kit in the garage next to it. Maybe one day I'll build one.

At ANY TIME the other bidder could have entered his $800k or whatever bid. If people want to play the sniping game they risk missing out at the end of the auction for any number of reasons.

That blue Hammer is my absolute dream car. As a W124 enthusiast who loves the color blue and already owns a blue C124 it doesn't get any better.

What's insane about these is that it's pretty simple to replicate one of these for well under 100 grand. Granted, it won't be all original AMG parts, but MOST of the parts are standard MB parts.

Sorry but no, that was YOUR CAR. You won that fair & square. They could have easily outbid you at anytime, if they want to drip drip their way at an auction, that's the risk! Nah man. You could have easily said no & they woulda had to accept it.

Doesn't sound fair to win the car at an extraordinary price to then have the carpet pulled from under your feet. All concerned should have been accepting of the outcome. An internet glitch can happen to anyone these days buying at auction online and you don't see the auction re-ran to passify the party that missed out.

I love cars, especially 80's - 90's cars, but $800,000 is just insane.

thanks for explaining the cocaine part

Amg story from John Temerian, best way to start the day. Thank you for all the great stories and experiences. Have a great day everyone!

"I'm going to pay top dollar at $400k" proceeds to bid $705k and lose.

It doesn’t matter if you are a fan of the AMG hammer or Lamborghini Countach when JOHN speaks so passionately about these cars it could make ANYONE Fall in Love with them. Thanks ED for GREAT car content!!!

The Blue Hammer looks a lot better IMO. That thing is sweet! 😮‍💨😁

So funny, as previously mentioned Rob Deer and my dad have been best friends for decades. I grew up with Rob and remember that car in the garage when I was younger. I’ll send him this video he will get a kick out of it.

I pointed the first Dutch collector to the .172 antracite grey Manual Wide Body Coupe 6.0 when it was for sale in Italy. It had a 66k asking price, and had an SEC-look grille on it. I couldnt afford it at the time, but that was and still is my one dreamcar. I wih I had the funds back then. But now hearing these prices I feel like I can ditch that dream.... I'll have to build my own w124 saloon into a tribute car then to fullfil that dream a bit... sad truth.

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Once he won the first auction and got an insane amount of press it raised the value of the car and the other bidders got salty. I don’t think that was fair curated deserved the car.

This was a wild auction to watch!

What a roller coaster. Great story as always.

I woulda told the other bidder tough luck better luck next time. He didn’t get screwed out of a car. YOU did

Luckily the guy knew what he had and didn't succumb to a BS offer.

My neighbor had a hammer parked in his garage for 10 years with flat tires - asked him everyday to sell it to me and then he moved away :(

Really like Johns stories. It seems that he grew up with "some money" in the family. Whats amazing is his work ethic and passion for cars. He could have probably coasted on money within the family, but turned it into an incredible business. Absolutely exceptional work ethic! Hats off! PS. While Hammers are great looking cars, they seemed WAY overpriced. Me thinking this is why I would suck at speculation in the exotics market

Request for two videos. One, tall people compilation of experience with sports cars. Two, short people experiences compilation.

Could have interviewed the dude from Garage90x who won the car. A guy who wanted the car and not the profits..... John wanted the car for $300K? Man...

I believe I remember seeing Rob Deer’ Hammer at County Stadium as a kid:) MKE 414 also witnessed Rob hit 4 HR’s in one game.

Well, now I need to have a blue on blue hammer. Such a beautiful car

Does anyone see a trend with this channel? I think it should be called ‘Murcielago Hammer Countach Speculation Wiki’ instead.

An example of a car price driven by rarity of car and not the performance

That grey Hammer is awesome, but that Blue on Blue one is something else!

And this is why normal people can't even afford to buy a car these days! Thanks guys!

Wow John is such a sweetheart to allow other people to bid on it again along with being respectful to the owners. Surprised he managed to find an even more exciting AMG Hammer whilst getting to enjoy it. Sold that car and the new owner even let him still drive it to a car show!! 😎

introduced me to this page lol opened my eyes to the world of cars

It’s awesome to have your success and be able to do what you think is the right thing to do! Some believe that you won the auction fair and square, and I agree. But what you believe yourself does mean a lot at the end of the day

Great car and story!

Someone elses internet problems isn't your problem. You won that car fair and square, kudos to you for being such a stand up guy and still trying to make everyone happy.

Im glad you got the blue one instead. Much nicer color and better equipped (recaros, AMG steering wheel) and the widebody. Besides the story, and maybe US Hammer being fewer in production, I think the black car is mostly hype.

When you drive up the market price of a car, you are not helping the community. You’re simply making these cars even more unobtainable for many, many, many enthusiasts. Hell, the biggest group of enthusiasts. You’re not helping them by doing that, you’re hurting them.

I get these cars rarity and history but for that kinka $$$ I would rather have many other cars. I would be curious to see if these cars can maintain these huge values.

These guys are relentless when it comes to tracking down cars like this and flipping them for top dollar

What a crazy twist to the tale

Is this a repost of a previous video?

So glad to see the value soaring on these cars since I daily drive a 300 CE with a V8 swap.😎

What’s with all the clickbait lately?

I remember seeing this hammer as a kid driving around abq for awhile it lived blocks from my parents house

700K for that box of rocks, yikes, no way

Never trust someone who is making money off you and they say I really think it would be better for you. They really mean this will be better for me.

Love the Classic Mercedes! 🇩🇪

This dudes life is beyond. Grew up down street from Renntech and had a Muria at 20 something. That alone is too awesome. How some people's lives fall in to place amazes me. The odds it's just unreal

That seems a bit much for a souped up 1980's Mercades E class, but hey... it's not MY money :)

I Was Stationed In West Germany on 1988 & 89. I Had a Motorcycle. I'd Be Running 140 mph ( Not KPH) on the Autobahn & Be Passed like i wes Standing Still . It Looked Like a Big Benz with spoilers all around. Were Them Hammers?

Those prices are UNREAL. For what is in essence an f-ing 2door German TAXI with a giant engine in it. Never EVER would i pay that kind of money for a pre merger AMG. Coolvstory non the less

that other bidder was definitely top 5 sore losers of all time, if the gem got away then it got away but he clearly had more money then patience so in the end he got his way

Right thing? Nope. I won and that is it 😂😂😂

I never miss a John story.

I wonder if the Hammer is what spurned the legend of the 930 that gave I15 the name "cocaine alley"...

Dodged a major bullet by not paying over 700 grand for that thing.

Fair to everyone except for Curated.

Maybe you guys can help me. My grandfather had a blue AMG Hammer. I reached out to a gentleman who knew hammers and mentioned he may know where it is. I’ve emailed him several times with no response now. Please let me know what I can do to get in contact with you guys if you know where this one is. Please and thank you!!

Go as big as you can

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So because someone had a crapy computer you don't get the car. How is that even a excuse

I’d have told that dude to kick rocks. Dude was mad he lost the car, that’s the car game man, you can’t win ‘em all. That’s pretty stand up of John to think of the owner in that instance though.

Was the MB that was flipped in the 3rd act of the original Road House movie a real Hammer?

I'd think twice before paying 10k for that car

I want more Rabbit!

not again..well at least its not 700k car that u dont want..

Screw that, that sounds like the car auction center problem. You purchased that car fair and square. That guys a baby typical rich guy who didn’t get what he wanted

AWESOME

only a pro athlete or a rapper has that kinda money to squander.

You won the car fair and square?! Why would you roll over? Makes no sense.

$761k for a W124 coupe? Jesus. One of my favourite cars, but the price people will pay to show off is insane. These cars aren't rare. They built zillions of W124s. A nice-ish but not actually that extraordinary V8 up the front and some AMG badging isn't worth $750k. I assume whoever bought it isn't going to drive it, because what a disappointment they're going to get! A nice straight six model probably drives better.

They're going to complain about fairness when they wanted to drip their way to the max bid? that's their risk, at any point they could of put a 850k bid. I wouldn't been as nice. Especially when you were willing to sell them back the car after you were done with your promotional events with it.

Garage90x has it now. The guy is a legend.

How this guy is able to pay a world record price $661,000 with the intention of “selling at some point down the line” and still turn a profit and run a business is beyond me, but props to him. Keep making that money for more blouses.

Temerian needs to tape his hands to his sides

Let the bidding war begin!!! 🔨

Stole the world record 😂

don't tell john any secrets!

Hindsight is a b@stard! I have always liked the Hammer seeing one on Miami Vice back in the day.

Still wearing Balenciaga? Yikes.

Nah I wouldn’t have gave it up I would kept the car and sold it to him for 761k period

Is that Donut? 🍩

Why are these cars called ‘hammers’?

I Woulve told the other guy to kick rocks. Screw him.

So yeah another story where a boomer buys something for too much money to spite a younger person and never let the car see the light of day again.

TLDR : Shady dealer tries to buy car for half its value with no auction but owner is not an idiot looking to get fleeced. Car then sells for over double that offer at auction for world record price. Shady dealer actually himself bids twice his previous offer ($705k) in the auction after telling the guy not to auction but still doesn't win the car.

That whole auction sounds shady! I don’t buy the glitch, story.

No way I would have been like kick rocks rub it on your chest it's my car that's all options work oh no you're bid didn't go through? Guess what that sucks to my car pissed off that's some bullshit right there

I told my cousin around 2016 to buy pre merger AMG's he missed the boat.

Must be hunter's

You should have won the car in my opinion. Just shows if you complain enough someone will budge lol

Just shows that rich people get whatever they want all they had to do is whine a little bam Auction us like that much more money ok will roll right over our integrity. So when people say "a fair price" there is not such a thing.

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Fk that you should’ve stood your ground you won fair and square that crybaby should’ve taken it up with the auction site. Or you could’ve cut a deal with the seller and cut out the auctioneer since they were being bitches and maybe given them 600 that way you would’ve saved some change and he would’ve saved on fees,

ROADHOUSE

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Man I love these cars too!! But. whoever the opposing bidder was, nobody likes this guy lol

That’s some BS in my opinion that the guy complained about his shit glitching on the original auction like it’s an auction whatever happens happens he’s the kind of guy that would throw a fit at a live auction because he didn’t bid fast enough or something

Too many men get woodies over cars. It’s a mode of transportation. So who cares.

the hammer is a gorgeous car and all but 600k nahhh i'll pass