Hey newbie, read the rules! Rule # 4 We cover traditional '65 and older American cars only. I'm just messing with you Boss,you make the rules,you can break them. That is a cool car. HRP
There is a competitor who brings one in fuel race trim to Bonneville and uses a Mercedes taxi cab derived engine in it. Set a record at 190. I guarantee one trip to the salt will start the reaction of salt, aluminum, steel, and cast iron. I feel automobiles are automobiles and you should do with them what you like. I will never understand the price tags some reach.
Balls... I think he just ran out of fucks and was frustrated with a bad paint job. I've always wondered if he left his other SL's stock though... I have an acquaintance of sorts that has one of the new SL's in white. I've begged him repeatedly to flame it.
what other "Fame" did Earl Bruce own? I recognize that name, did he have a new '40 coupe he had made into a 3 window?
I remember seeing it, It had a CHROME '40 Ford steering wheel !!! I love '40's But NOT that one. As I age, I can appreciate it now, It has certainly held up. Is he still alive?
I remember seeing the 40 coupe in a rod Magazine back in the 70's. I think It was red at the time and really great looking. Later version seem to give it more of a hot rod look. That guy had some balls............. Torchie
No longer with us. A close friend of his has the '40 now. (Or at least that was the case a few years ago)
Man ..... to see that cross the blocks with six inches of dust, crackled candy paint, and a flat tire or three. What'd'ya think ? Higher or lower price then pedigreed upper crust snob restoration ? Probably easy to research the 1st stateside Gullwing VIN. Where oh where coild you be ?? Wonder if the country club owner even knows the history of his now garage queened trophy ? Too bad ..... Always liked that gaudy thing. Yes sireee'. ( Balls !!!! ) EDIT : < first stateside 1954 300SL delivered to NY on August 23, 1954, holds Mercedes serial # 198040.4500003. Where she be ??? (!!! ) > EDIT 2 : < articles following US import 300SL #1 > plot thickens ? http://300sl.org/2015/03/20/first-e...g-added-to-the-us-national-historic-register/ http://www.motorauthority.com/news/...es-300sl-was-the-first-of-the-gullwings-video http://www.core77.com/posts/23900/a...es-gets-convinced-and-heads-to-new-york-23900 Below is just a fun article/14 year old, future race car driver Sam Posey's first car ... a gullwing 300 SL http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a15810/sam-posey-mercedes-300sl-gullwing/
cool paint job, ................and easily changed back. man i love sl's, i have a later one and marvel at how advanced they are for their time.
It's no worse than the Gull Wing that Doc Ostich had Ak Miller swap a Chrysler hemi in so he could set a record at Bonneville.
There was another Earl Bruce who was a football coach at Ohio State. Is he the one you're thinking of?
I agree about the price tag on some of these rides theyer way out of control, jmo hotrod Harry Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app HotRod Harry
Movers and Shakers! Flames, Pinstripes, and a Nerf Bar protecting the grille. Sounds like a hot rod to me!
Marianni's Restaurant, Santa Clara, CA., 1959: Marianni's son (don't remember his first name) had a '57 Mercedes Benz Gullwing Coupe. Saw it first in its German racing silver, then a month later...It was now candy apple red, came to the same arterial stop every day across the street from Grandma's, (my Grandma's, also the hangout for about 12 no-fender-ne'er-do-wells') Young Marianni would stop, turn right, then 'roar' past Grandma's in first gear, giving us a casual 'wave'... Still remember that sound...
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