German engineering at it's finest!

[IRGuy]

A great example of German engineering!

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[Rocket]

Ohhh, the maintenence!!

[mike ohlstein]

My SL500 is a piece of crap. Plastic parts that become brittle in the sun and crack, melting/chafing wire bundles, engine mounts that last a year, hydraulic rams that leak oil from the top corner of the A pillar and ruin your pants........

You can't change the heater core without taking the entire dash board apart (several hours).

[Carl]

While a work of art...I give it about a mile before you see an additional articulating arm...

A few guards with Big Guns and a handful of prisoners with manual push mowers will get that job done just the same.



I have wonderfully German engineered CNC machine here. When we bought, I was told the machine was built to last a lifetime. It has a price tag to match...but I agree, machine is an overbuilt Precision Workhorse. Problem is they Sunset service after 10 years.

[Whaler1777]

Those rams up in the top are a breeze to change though lol... What year is it mike?

[Brewster Minton]

Working on my train set I saw this. I give up. It is German engineering at its best tho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACkmg3Y6 ... e=shareugh" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

[mike ohlstein]

Those rams up in the top are a breeze to change though lol... What year is it mike?

1998 It has the right engine in it, at least. It's fun to drive and I bought it on EBay for $11,600 with 44K on the clock a few years ago.

I'd be pretty pissed off if I spent 100 grand on it though.........

[Harv]

Working on my train set I saw this. I give up. It is German engineering at its best tho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACkmg3Y6 ... e=shareugh" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Never give up Brew!!

[White Bear]

My SL500 is a piece of crap. Plastic parts that become brittle in the sun and crack, melting/chafing wire bundles, engine mounts that last a year, hydraulic rams that leak oil from the top corner of the A pillar and ruin your pants.........

The first ones didn't have that problem. No hydraulics, just a couple of springs inside some chromed tubes; 56 years later and still working perfectly:

[Whaler1777]

White Bear my heart skipped a beat is that your gullwing?

[bob lico]

The best of the best in the best color----------beautiful car!

[White Bear]

White Bear my heart skipped a beat is that your gullwing?

Yes. I've been fortunante enough to have been its custodian for 42+ years. The car itself was the Mercedes-Benz display vehicle or Standwagen at the the 1956 New York International Automobile Show having been especially equipped by the factory for that role with a number of non-standard enhancements..

[mike ohlstein]

Saw this one near my home. It's one of the aluminum ones...

[White Bear]

Mike: For detail reasons that will bore everybody, I don't believe that to be one of the 29 all-alloy bodied cars that were build in '55 and '56. Normal cars have steel bodies with alloy hoods, trunk lids, doors and rocker panels causing some folks to get confused. It is interesting example nonetheless in that it has been modified to allow filling of the gas tank through a flap in the right rear fender instead of having to open the trunk for access to the fill pipe. The last time I saw that car it was in a parking garage in the D.C. area - I wonder how long it has been in New York.

[Carl]

White Bear, beautiful car...have the luggage with it?


Not sure...but that doesn't look like a Bertram Poster hanging in background.
LOL


Carl