Chapter 63 - CH 62 - The Symphony of Tension

The silence Herr Vogel left behind was not empty; it was a vacuum quickly filled by the immense pressure of his implied promise. The Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing. The name itself was a legend, a grail of automotive design, a car that combined breathtaking beauty with race-bred engineering. To be entrusted with its restoration was not just another job; it was an anointing. It was a silent proclamation from one of the world's most discerning collectors that V&C was no longer an upstart, but a peer. The weight of it settled over the shop, a palpable, exhilarating, and terrifying force.