• Baujahr 
    1959
  • Automobiltyp 
    Cabriolet / Roadster
  • Lenkung 
    Lenkung links
  • Zustand 
    Gebraucht
  • Markenfarbe außen 
    Silver Grey
  • Innenfarbe 
    Sonstige
  • Standort
    Vereinigtes Königreich
  • Außenfarbe 
    Sonstige
  • Getriebe 
    Manuell
  • Antrieb 
    2wd
  • Kraftstoff 
    Petrol

Beschreibung

Coys Auction - Fine Motor Cars
Blenheim Palace,
Woodstock,
Oxfordshire OX20 1PX

Saturday 5th July 2008 at 14.30

The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL was conceived as a sports-racer rather than a sports car, first proving its mettle on the track before the production model appeared, and it went on to notch up an impressive number of competition successes. It all began with a small number of racing SL prototypes built in 1952 which won, amongst other great races, that year''s Le Mans 24 Hours and the marathon Carrera Panamericana. As the Stuttgart concern''s first post-war competition car the 300 SL combined suspension and running gear from the then new 300 series production models with a light, multi-tube spaceframe chassis carrying special coupé bodywork. Full-height side opening doors would have compromised rigidity in the high-sided chassis so half-height doors, hinged at the roof centre to lift upward, were developed for the car and the famous ''gu


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Vorname 
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Nachname 
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