Hardtops for 121 chassis cars don't come up for sale very often. It's not like there are hundreds for sale out there. As I said they are not very common because cars were sold as roadster or coupe, unlike later sl models. When is the last time anyone saw a complete one for sale??? If anyone wants to sell one for less than $1000 please let me know, I would love to have one for our 1961 190SL. Drivers can be a real nightmare also. Why pay extra just because the car can move under it's own power, that doesn't really mean much. I have seen drivers that were so butchered they were unsafe to drive. Drivers sometimes have incorrect parts, are full of bondo, have floors patched together with pop rivets, and are reconstituted from junkyard dogs. A car that had a fire and then was put away might make a excellent candidate for restoration. Just because it is in a junkyard doen't make it worth less than if it was in someones garage. If the fire happened a long time(i.e. 1970's) ago the car was just a used car, like Jag XKE, Porsche 356 at the time could be had for little money. Where I live there was a man who had a contract with the county to tow cars. When he died the public was allowed into his yard to buy the cars. It is something I will never forget. He had towed away every car imaginable in the last 40 years. They were parked with no room to walk in between them, From '59 Cadillac convertibles, to 1920's American LaFrance fire pumper's, to 1955 Buick specials, to Jags, Lotus Elan's, a 1958 220S converitble, you name it was in that 25 acre yard. At the time these cars were just that, used cars with no collector value. In 1975 a friend sold a perfect 190SL for $1800.00. Offered me the hardtop for $20.00 delivered because buyer didn't want it, I didn't either at the time.Condition is everything. I once saw a 1955 190SL that sold for almost 20k. It had incorrect bumpers, a cheap vinyl interior, panel fit was horrible, no hardtop, weber carbs, non fuctioning brake booster, incorrect 14 in wheels, and a rusted battery box. It was barely a driver, to a purist that car was beyond restoration. Alex Dearborn(Dearborn Automotive) can probably provide real world advice regarding todays market. A decent 190SL driver is not cheap, you could buy a nice W113 for similar money. Also, hood, trunk, and doors are aluminum on these cars, hence the SL designation.