'New' 300SL Gullwing....

[Racerbvd]

I sold this a few years back

[Pazuzu]

Real...



Not so real...



Real (yes, real)...




Not so real...




OK, so maybe the last one is a real Cobra...but it's not real.

[jluetjen]

The original was an awesome car. To build a replica with a V8 strikes me as a bit of a heresy. I'd rather it have a hotted-up straight-6 from one of Mercedes more recent machines. Anyhow, long ago James from Top-Gear did a good piece on the car.



Here's a curious factoid: The street version of the 300SL actually had a hotter engine and wilder cam then the original race version did. That's progress!

[typ550]

I had (and blew) and opportunity to buy one of the four Proteus 300SLR replicas a few years ago when I purchased my C-type. The seller and I were going back and forth on the price and in the meantime someone swooped in from Europe and bought it. These cars are absolutely beautiful, with a hand made alloy body. The same car has recently reappeared for sale at a substantially higher price (250K Euro)

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C82718/

[DARISC]

Nice replicar. However the real SLR had a desmodromic valve, in-line 8 engine, not the 6 in this one.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C82718/.

[typ550]

Originally Posted by DARISC

Nice replicar. However the real SLR had a desmodromic valve, in-line 8 engine, not the 6 in this one.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C82718/.

Of course, along with direct fuel injection. I thought this thread was about replicas, though.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by typ550

Of course, along with direct fuel injection. I thought this thread was about replicas, though.

It is. Not unusual to compare replicas to the originals though, eh? To replicate is to copy, after all.

[DARISC]

F40 replica.

[DARISC]

Want to see absolute 300 SL blasphemy? Check out this link - unfknbelievable.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.motorward.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/mercedes-benz-amg-300sl-nigo-1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.motorward.com/2009/04/nigos-camouflaged-mercedes-300-sl-gullwing/&usg=__yPHA9gLIkaI6OQUdtxnWPYPpYG4=&h=375&w=500&sz=39&hl=en&start=13&tbnid=Bxj1OkZsf1zKEM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3D300%2BSL%2Bconcept%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3De n

[pwd72s]

Afriend who shall remain nameless here has a red '56 Gullwing...still sporting factory paint. He uses it in order to keep the drool off the '58 Speedster.

[typ550]

Originally Posted by DARISC

It is. Not unusual to compare replicas to the originals though, eh? To replicate is to copy, after all.

Fair enough, but would be a shame to fault the rest of the car for lack of an unobtanium desmodromic straight eight.

[typ550]

Barn find 300SL that a neighbor turned up near ATL a couple of years ago. Some guys have all the luck.

[typ550]

I do question the judgment of whomever decided to add the Corvette (?) mirrors at some point in its life, though...