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  1. Des

    The Grand Mercedes

    Type Nürburg 460, Type 500 (W08) This was true of the very first Mercedes-Benz vehicle with factory-integrated special protection, the Nürburg 460 (W 08) of 1928 which has already been mentioned. Unfortunately, there are no longer any documents which describe the technical details of this first...
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    AMG Style steering wheel

    AMG style steering wheel http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MERCEDES-R107-SL-W113-W115-W123-SPORTS-STEERING-WHEEL_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ39Q3a1Q7c66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a16Q7c240Q3a1318QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem150297010073QQitemZ150297010073
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    tachometer

    Can anyone please tell me which cars came with the tachometer? Or was it an option accross the board? I think every 450SEL I have seen has had a tacho, what about the other cars? Seems most if not all 280S's\SE's don't have one
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    Michel

    So where are you now? Germany? Iraq? you mentioned you was overseas? for work? for pleasure? pictures?
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    W114 CE"s

    W114 CE"s
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    Early Prototypes

    I think going by these prototypes we can be thankful Mercedes ending up with the right design.
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    Lorinser bodykit

    Lorinser bodykit Gives the car a more modern, w126 look, I wouldn't say it is better than stock look, just different Carshine sell these kits FYI
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    Another Crayford

    This one was recently on ebay, reserve unmet might pop up again for sale
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    Widebody

    Widebody
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    Strange car

    http://www.tradingpost.com.au/Automotive/Used-Cars/Small-Medium-Family-Prestige-Cars/AdNumber=WJ2803309461?BackToResult=true I wonder if it left the factory with the steering wheel on the wrong side of the car, considering the USA dodge 'em car bumpers and round headlights?
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    Japanese conversion of W100

    Japanese conversion of W100 http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~e-f.600/600SpeedStar.html
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    Birth Certificate

    For anyone interested, this is what the Mercedes Benz birth certificate looks like when you order one for your car from MB http://www.neue-temperamente.de/zertifikat.htm Looks quite nice IMHO
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    SELfor50

    spotted this, looks like Cam? http://autoclerks.com/2008/05/the-24-hours-of-lemons-altamont-2008-uber-gallery-24-hours-of-lemons-altamont/
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    Maxwell Smart

    I think Maxwell smart would have loved this: Dial and drive in your 6.9! Or these
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    interesting

    noticed something today, on my 280CE, the paint colour 430 H now my car is this colour: But colour charts tells me it should be this colour: So I went looking and sure enough found some of this original colour inside the fuel door, but whoever has painted it went to all the trouble...
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    Some thoughts on the M110 engine(s)

    Well I've been giving my cars a bit of sorting out the last few days, have found some interesting obversations, firstly 0-100 in the '72 280CE, 8.5 seconds 0-100 in the '74 280S, 9.8 seconds quite a difference! The 280CE seems to want to rev more, hard to tell how much, (no tachometer) but...
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    A few questions on wheels

    guys, a few questions if I may which 116's had 6" and 6.5" factory steel rims on them? mine appears to have both! 2 x on the left side 6" and 2x 6.5" on the drivers side I always thought, maybe incorrectly that all wheels with the little round holes around the edges were 6.5's? You get the...
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    WANTED; books

    I am looking for: *clear plastic folder that the owners manual plus other bits and pieces fit into *There is a little book in the folder that lists all the dealers, I think it has like a world map on the cover? *I can't recall what it is but there is another small book as well that fits in...
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    Michel needs one of these for his Office

    Michel needs one of these for his Office Or maybe something more modern?
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    Vintage Race cars

    Thought a few of you would enjoy this, http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/pictures.html lots of pictures of old race cars from the good old days of racing, old Fiat's, Alfa's, the odd Benz, well worth looking at.
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