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    looking for info on mercedes C107

    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by dydzi View Post
    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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    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

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    And another one (both pics taken in Fallbach in MB's storage sheds)
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    Quote Originally Posted by nota View Post
    And another one (both pics taken in Fallbach in MB's storage sheds)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by nota View Post
    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?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    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

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    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by dydzi View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by dydzi View Post
    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
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