Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Driving a very rare Gullwing Mercedes

Check out the incredible video here.

I have had the fortune of having seen almost two dozen Gullwings at various car shows. But I've only seen one on the road. A happy gray-haired couple were in a beautiful black one on the freeway about ten miles from home. I really need to track them down and try to get a ride.

Here is a 300SLR that raced in the 1955 Mille Miglia. I took this shot when I visited the Mulhouse museum in Alsace in 2005. Does anyone know what that dark gray patch on the hood/bonnet is for?


3 comments:

  1. SanchezFebruary 13, 2013 at 1:34 AM

    300 SL and 300 SLR are pretty different cars. 300 SL is a road car made of parts taken from other models in Mercedes line up while 300 SLR is technically Formula 1 car (W196) with Gullwing body

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  2. ManuelFebruary 13, 2013 at 4:34 AM

    The dark patch is actually the air intake. Its a cloth patch that lets air through.

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  3. steve-vhFebruary 13, 2013 at 1:18 PM

    that's what I thought, air intake.

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