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BMW325
01-25-2005, 01:11 PM
Does anyone know anything about this version of the 300-SL?
the scan is from a December 1953 issue of Motor Trend
McReis
01-25-2005, 01:26 PM
Looks more like an SLR prototype maybe...
spi-ti-tout
01-25-2005, 01:49 PM
I have a picture but nothing more...
hope it helps
JERNACE
01-25-2005, 01:57 PM
i think this is a pre-production version or maybe a test mule for the company.
man 430gt
01-25-2005, 02:24 PM
It's new to me?
Cedric
01-25-2005, 02:40 PM
I think this version was a pre-production model. The 300SL was already used in '52 or '53 in the Carrera Panamericana, entered by Pratt Motors team. That version differed from the generally known 300 SL Gullwing.
Manik
01-25-2005, 05:54 PM
ya maybe a test model or a model where very few were made you never know
jcp123
01-27-2005, 02:18 AM
That one looks like a competition model to me
LapLeader
02-09-2005, 12:51 PM
I got a cool pic of a "gull wing" and the new SLR on my website from the Vintage Auto at Lime Rock Park in CT. Check em out. Photos (http://www.lapleader.net/Photo.html)
Jeff
johnnynumfiv
02-09-2005, 12:55 PM
I have a pic from the same event, a font view though.