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| pjtigger |
Posted - 04/30/2009 : 14:28:41
I don't know if these have been posted before but i found them in an Italian classic car mag (Automobilismo D'epoca Aug/Sept 2007) that i was looking through . Nice pictures but i've no idea what the article said as i don't know Italian 
Has the script on the trunk lid been reversed ?
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| AgSilver |
Posted - 04/30/2013 : 11:04:22
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Originally posted by pjtigger
I don't know if these have been posted before but i found them in an Italian classic car mag (Automobilismo D'epoca Aug/Sept 2007) that i was looking through . Nice pictures but i've no idea what the article said as i don't know Italian
Has the script on the trunk lid been reversed ?
The original "Rote Sau" was sold to Michelin to test tires for a French jet fighter. Subsequently, what was left of the original car was junked and is believed to have been fed to the crusher. The reproduction in Affalterbach retains a stock 6.3 engine, air suspension (the racer had coil springs) and the K4 transmission. The engine does, however, have a beautiful set of headers custom made by, of course, AMG.
300SEL 6.3
E55 AMG
CLK63 AMG
Ferrari 400GTC4
ML400CDI BiTurbo
ML320
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| konrad |
Posted - 04/28/2013 : 22:08:23
Hi,
My thought was always that the extended length would accomodate actual landing gear. When planes touch ground their wheels are accelerated from standstill to whatever their landing speed is and it is of interest how they hold up to that.
Admittingly it can't be in the middle of the car (as the driveshaft belongs there), but either it only sits on side or a symmetrical setup.
If you peek inside, there is a white disc (almost like the wheel housing from inside), but forward to where it should sit plus a bar (at angle) coming from the front,
cheers
Konrad
ich wäre dann soweit... |
| benz_head |
Posted - 04/26/2013 : 00:11:06
I remember reading that the engine for this car had been bumped up to 428 DIN for Matra, and that it was stretched to hold gear. I'm pretty sure the article is on this website.
benz_head
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| mtrei |
Posted - 04/25/2013 : 16:26:08
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Originally posted by fullhappyfish
What was up with the stretched length? Doesn't seem to make sense for a race car.
They didn't use it for racing. Supposedly, they needed a car that could accelerate very quickly on a runway, keeping up with a plane to do some tests on landing gear or something. So it was only going in straight line. Perhaps the length was added to increase stability, but that's just a guess. Or maybe they needed a lot of space for gear. It's all very mysterious. |
| fullhappyfish |
Posted - 04/25/2013 : 15:32:52
What was up with the stretched length? Doesn't seem to make sense for a race car.
John Hubertz
1977 450SEL (Max Headroom)
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| 109056 |
Posted - 04/24/2013 : 19:00:25
It's a dream for lot of french mercedes fan but I think it's too late... sadly destiny for this car
1970 300sel 3.5 #4844
1972 300sel 6.3 #6516
1976 450sel 6.9 #1210
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| Ron B |
Posted - 04/24/2013 : 18:52:16
mmm yes, I would imagine those are her wheels, but where oh where is the rest?
I mentioned some years ago that knowing the French car enthusiasts,that there maybe more stashed (hoarded) somewhere,just waiting to be rediscovered.
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Tom Hanson
MBCA Member
What the heck, try to stuff a MB 6.9 liter V8 in it. What a machine that would be..
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| 109056 |
Posted - 04/24/2013 : 18:48:14
Also new for me ;)
I thinks this is the wheels on picture,
1970 300sel 3.5 #4844
1972 300sel 6.3 #6516
1976 450sel 6.9 #1210
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| mtrei |
Posted - 04/23/2013 : 16:10:17
Found a new (to me) picture of the red/yellow AMG car after it had been stretched for Matra. Perhaps it is new to others too.
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| Jack English |
Posted - 04/30/2012 : 03:53:34
And how realistic that skittishness in the corners. I may actually buy that game.
Jack English
300SEL 6.3 #4768 |
| abl567 |
Posted - 04/29/2012 : 04:11:26
He He that is the Top Gear track, I might have to get me a new X box sooner rather than later
300SEL
6.3 #2723, my first classic Benz
3.5 #8659, my second.
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| mtrei |
Posted - 04/29/2012 : 02:21:10
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Originally posted by randy crooks
This guy has a couple videos recently added on youtube,One with this race car and another with a standard shift 6.3
It's crazy how realistic these video games look nowadays. |
| randy crooks |
Posted - 04/28/2012 : 20:40:49
This guy has a couple videos recently added on youtube,One with this race car and another with a standard shift 6.3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVIEmwf9PBQ&feature=relmfu |
| Ron B |
Posted - 04/28/2012 : 18:42:26
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Originally posted by WiSeGuYY
Strange remark from RONB , the w111/112 is diff from the w108/109 which run the SPA and copied later.
REGARDS
TAREK
TAREK
Which remark was that? . According to what I have heard,the first 300SEL with a 6.3 was a near new car that had been returned to the factory for evaluation and repair after an accident. The engine was placed into it to see how it would work,after hours .
As it was Waxls Birthday recently it was mentioned on the MVC website, and a short history of some of his M100 powered projects was listed including the W113 .
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12-14-2004, 11:49 PM #8
Tom Hanson
MBCA Member
What the heck, try to stuff a MB 6.9 liter V8 in it. What a machine that would be..
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Orange County Section
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| WiSeGuYY |
Posted - 04/28/2012 : 16:29:45
Strange remark from RONB , the w111/112 is diff from the w108/109 which run the SPA and copied later.
REGARDS
TAREK
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