looking for info on mercedes C107

[dydzi]

hello

i'm looking for detailed racing heritage info on '78 mercedes C107 4,5 litres engine, preferably about sobieslaw zasada's achievements

thanks in advance

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by dydzi

hello

i'm looking for detailed racing heritage info on '78 mercedes C107 4,5 litres engine, preferably about sobieslaw zasada's achievements

thanks in advance

Apparently he never drove the C107 (which incidently was never rallied with a 4.5-litre engine, but a 5 litre one instead). He did drive the W123 (280E), a 6th place in the 1978 Safari Rally being his best result.

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[nota]

A short history of W107 rallycars, which probably doesn't tell you anything you don't already know but it might be interesting to other readers

The 5-litre SLC Rally Cars

Recent pic of a genuine factory W107 rallycar

[nota]

And another one (both pics taken in Fallbach in MB's storage sheds)

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by nota

And another one (both pics taken in Fallbach in MB's storage sheds)

What's the Valvoline-sponsored saloon behind it?

[nota]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

What's the Valvoline-sponsored saloon behind it?

It looks like a W201

I saw one of them (this one!) do a beautiful rollover right in front of me at Bathurst's McPhillamy Park corner

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by nota

It looks like a W201

I saw one of them (this one!) do a beautiful rollover right in front of me at Bathurst's McPhillamy Park corner

Maybe an early DTM car or something?

[nota]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

Maybe an early DTM car or something?

Yes,and iirc AMG ran two in Group A at Bathurst in '86. I think they were sold to privateer Phil Ward who owned three 190 racers, including a locally-converted Super Tourer destroked to 2.0 litres

The Mercedes Century Photo Album (see 1994)

[dydzi]

big thanks for your involvement ferrer i think you are not fully right in your first post, i'll make some researches and tell what i came up with

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by dydzi

big thanks for your involvement ferrer i think you are not fully right in your first post, i'll make some researches and tell what i came up with

You're right it's not fully correct. If you follow nota's link about the works W107 operation you'll see that in the first event the 450SLC 5.0 was entered Sobieslaw Zasada drove one. It was the 1978 Tour of South America and they finished second.

There you a have picture, sorry for the bad quality.

[dydzi]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

You're right it's not fully correct. If you follow nota's link about the works W107 operation you'll see that in the first event the 450SLC 5.0 was entered Sobieslaw Zasada drove one. It was the 1978 Tour of South America and they finished second.

yes and in fact if you read the text till the very end you'll note it was a 4,5 litre engine thanks for the pic, i'm hoping to get some more and better ones from a person closely related with zasada, once i get them i'll post them here

[mudder]

Originally Posted by dydzi

hello

i'm looking for detailed racing heritage info on '78 mercedes C107 4,5 litres engine, preferably about sobieslaw zasada's achievements

thanks in advance

Mmmm... Now there is some fond memories...