280SE 6.3 M159

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Season’s Greetings: A gift from Mercedes-Benz
Knowing that Leno is particularly passionate about driving his collection of cars, Mercedes-Benz gave him his very own, personalized M159 6.2-liter AMG V8 to be installed in a 300,000-mile W109-series early-’70s 300 SEL 6.3.

It is in this shop that Leno’s crew will disassemble the 300 SEL 6.3 and install the AMG motor and its seven-speed dual clutch transmission. Despite bearing a small “Specially made for Jay Leno” badge, this engine was actually intended for a Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS (Leno has one of those now, too). To say that its 563 horsepower will be an improvement over the 300 SEL 6.3’s 250 ponies is bound to be an understatement – we’ll hopefully have the opportunity to hop behind the restomod’s wheel at a later date.