Gumball 300

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I'll take a 1952 Mercedes 300SL please...
C u in Zurich!
 

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yes, but here's one of the original 1952 race version.

"The original 300 SL appeared in 1952 and was introduced as a contender for the famous road races of those days like the Mille Miglia, the Targa Florio, the Carrera Pan-Americana etcetera. Its first outing was in the 1952 Mille Miglia where three 300 SLs took part. The results were impressive as one of the cars took 2nd place and another 4th. The 300 SL only had to bow to a Ferrari with a gap of a mere 5 minutes after 1000 miles of racing. Many racing successes followed.
The 300 in its name stood for the 3 litre engine capacity and SL for "Sport Leicht", meaning lightweight sportscar. The last designation may seem a bit odd looking at this car because you would expect a true sportscar to be light. But the 300 SL was in essence a derivative of the "ordinary" Mercedes 300 series, which were big luxurious limousines (built from 1951 to 1957 in original form). Following an established Mercedes tradition also 2-door convertible and coup? versions of the limousine model were available, named 300 S. These were very conventionally styled grand tourers with a body built on a separate chassis, and were introduced in the same year as the SL. So the letter L was added to make the distinction between the nimble racer and its bulky brother." (picture kindly supplied by Verner Johnsen)
http://www.ritzsite.net/300SL/02_300SL.htm
 

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I remember watching an episode of jackass where they rode from europe across russia with some crazy ass dudes in this. Looks kindof fun..
 
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