A sweet-looking 2005 Mercedes-Benz G500 that has been converted into a pickup truck is currently up for auction through Bring a Trailer.
This G-Class was originally sold in California when it was new and purchased by the current seller in 2014 who shipped it to a company in the Netherlands where it was converted into a pickup truck. It was then re-imported to the United States in 2015 and is now being sold with build photos, import documents, a clean Carfax report, and a clean California title.
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To convert the G500 into a pickup, seller ikWILeenG sourced the bed from a truck built for Scandinavian Airlines in the 1970s and 1980s. The bed features a TuffCoat spray-in bedliner and also has a rear window wiper and cargo tie-downs. Elsewhere, the truck has been equipped with 16-inch Hutchinson beadlock wheels wrapped in 267.75 Cooper Discoverer STT Pro tires. In converting the off-roader into a pickup, the frame was also lengthened and the body was lifted. It also has Bilstein shocks.
Found within the cabin are heated and power-adjustable front seats with a memory function and clad in black leather. There is also burred walnut trim accents across the dashboard, doors, and center console, as well as dual-zone automatic climate control, a factory alarm system, cruise control, and a Pioneer infotainment system with a 360-degree camera, the listing on BaT notes.
Powering the pickup is a 5.0-liter naturally-aspirated V8 with 292 hp and 336 lb-ft (455 Nm) of torque coupled to a five-speed automatic transmission driving a two-speed transfer case and three locking differentials.