Mercedes benz 300 SL

Mercedes-Benz 300SL expert Hans Kleissl and Daimler Historian Harry Neimann have compiled the whole story with all the exciting steps and events in "Mercedes-Benz 300SL The Car of The Century"

A great book for the car enthusiast that is full of excitement and really decorative.

Language : English

Author : Hans Kleissl and Harry Neimann

Publisher : Dalton Watson Fine Books

Pages: 374

Images : 403

Content : 

Preface

Phoenix arising from the ashes

The W 194/11

The Triumvirate

"I'm a Mercedes man..."

Fuel Injection Pioneer

The Designer of the 300SL

The Gullwing

Cost Center 8627

Private Drivers

Victory in green hell

300SLS Porter Special USA

Pilots and Racing Drivers

The Doctors Aluminum Gullwing and the Mille Miglia

153.771mph on the Salt Flats

At 204,778mph on a bicycle

Hit the gas, life is beautifull

008 has survived

The Last true playboy and his SL

The prototype

"The Black Torpedo and the Sindelfingen ghost

An American in Stuttgart and the consequences

The Racy Roadster

The Red Roadster

"It's Ron's Roadster..."

A star for the star

Rudi's last Racer

Bella Diva, Bella Macchina

Celebrities and the 300SL

Rusty Retrospectives

The most valuable scrapyard in the world

Racing Successes of the Mercedes Benz 300SL

Racing successes from the 1990s on

The Mercedes-Benz 300SL Club

Appendix

Technical specifications

300SL modifications

Colors and options

References

Footnotes

Acknowledgements

Imprint