For Sale - Indiana Jones Raiders of The Lost Ark Nazi Staff Car

On eBay Motors, you can bid on what looks to be a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 300-Series, but it’s actually a Jaguar. This car was built around a Mark V body, on a Mark IX chassis, with a 285 horse dual overhead-cam E-Type engine matched to a 4-speed Jag transmission with overdrive.

The Mercedes/Jaguar was created by Leaping Cats of Coventry in England for the Steven Spielberg/George Lucas film, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, which came out in 1981. According to the seller, the reason for the Jaguar power plant was because the studio needed a car capable of doing 120 miles an hour for the chase scenes. On the eBay listing, the seller has recent pictures of the car as well as photos from the movie.

Initially it was listed with a "Buy it Now" price of $2.5 million, and the listing was supposed to run until June 6th, but it was relisted on June 3rd starting at $1.00 with a reserve price. After checking out the car’s description, we think the seller made a good switch. If you take a close look at the Mercedes/Jaguar listing, you will understand why.

Firstly, the car is being advertised as “original”. An original what…an original replica of a Mercedes? Also, the seller states in his description of the car, “This car can handle and stop on a dime due to the mark 9 chassis and over sized disc brakes jaguar uses. The car can go 0-60 in 6.8 sec, that’s flying for this car. The car is impeccable condition, it runs and sounds Good , but if you would like to put it on the street again, the brakes need to be bleed, and the gas tank will need to be drained, from sitting.” Could a proper test drive of the car been done for the seller to make such claims?

This car was sold to the present owner with 600 miles on the odometer and 2 inches of dust covering it from being stashed away for 27 years, but it’s being advertised as being in impeccable condition. “It’s still like the day it was built, this car can be serviced buy any jaguar mechanic. All the dents on the passenger side are still from were the truck hit the car in the movie.”

We are big fans of all the Indian Jones movies and hope that this car ends up in a museum for all to admire.