Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Cars

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Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Cars Gallery Photos and Stories.

In 2012 at Pebble Beach, California, Mercedes-Benz setup a stunning display of cars which include 300 SL's during the Monterey Bay Area big car week.

Note the progression of the design of the cars.

The first SL in 1952 or the W194-2, in the search for rigidity has the driver access just an opening in the top. Where the next car, the W194-7, now sees the access opening traveling into the lower mid section where it remained until the 1958 300SL Roadsters or Cabriolet

In 2012 at Pebble Beach, California, Mercedes-Benz setup a stunning display of 300 SL cars during the Monterey Bay Area big car week.

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy Coupe sn-198.040-00190 1955
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy Coupe sn-198.040-00190 1955
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy Coupe sn-198.040-00190 1955
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy Coupe sn-198.040-00190 1955
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy Coupe sn-198.040-00190 1955
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Alloy Coupe sn-198.040-00190 1955
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL sn-198.040-55-00579 1955
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL sn-198.040-55-00579 1955
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL sn-198.040-55-00579 1955
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL sn-198.040-55-00579 1955
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe sn-198.040-45-00044 1954
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe sn-198.040-45-00044 1954
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe sn-198.040-45-00044 1954
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe sn-198.040-45-00044 1954
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe Space Frame 1954
Mercedes-Benz Museum, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe sn-198.040-45-00044 1954
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe sn-198.040-45-00044 1954
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe sn-198.040-45-00044 1954
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-11 sn-0011-52 1953 2013
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-11 sn-0011-52 1953 2013
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-11 sn-0011-52 1953 2013
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-11 sn-0011-52 1953 2013
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-11 sn-0011-52 1953 2013
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-11 sn-0011-52 1953 2013
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-11 sn-0011-52 1953 2013
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-11 sn-0011-52 1953 2013
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-11 sn-0011-52 1953 2013
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-11 sn-0011-52 1953 2013
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-7 sn-194.010-00007-52 1952
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-7 sn-194.010-00007-52 1952
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-7 sn-194.010-00007-52 1952
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-7 sn-194.010-00007-52 1952
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-2 sn-194.010-00002-52 1952
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-2 sn-194.010-00002-52 1952
Note the lower edge of access opening.
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-2 sn-194.010-00002-52 1952
This was all race car
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-2 sn-194.010-00002-52 1952
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-2 sn-194.010-00002-52 1952
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-2 sn-194.010-00002-52 1952
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SL W194-2 sn-194.010-00002-52 1952
Pebble Beach, California, 2012

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955 Pebble Beach 2015

In 1955 Stirling Moss, at 25 years old, won Italy's thousand-mile Mille Miglia road race, driving one of four factory-entered Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR sports-racing cars. Based on the W196 Grand Prix car, they had spaceframe chassis and magnesium-alloy bodies, and their modified W196 engines ran on a mixture of petrol, benzene, and alcohol.

Journalist Denis Jenkinson was Moss's navigator. Jenkinson had come up with the idea of pace notes in the form of a roller map of the route on which he had noted its hazards—an innovation that helped Moss compete against drivers with greater local knowledge. Jenkinson used hand signals to tell him about the road ahead. Radio communication had proved ineffective when they tried it, because when Moss was fully concentrated on his driving he was oblivious to Jenkinson's voice.

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955 Pebble Beach 2015

In 2015 Sir Stirling Moss, at 86 years old, visited his Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR sports-racing car at the Mercedes-Benz display at Pebble Beach, California and signed the hood of the car noting his great race.

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955 Pebble Beach 2015

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955 Pebble Beach 2015

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955 Pebble Beach 2015

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955 Pebble Beach 2015

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955 Pebble Beach 2015

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955 Pebble Beach 2015

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955 Pebble Beach 2015

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955 Pebble Beach 2015

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955 Pebble Beach 2015

Mercedes-Benz 300SL 1952
Mercedes-Benz Museum 2012
Stuttgart, Germany

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Mercedes-Benz 300SL 1952
Mercedes-Benz Museum 2012
Stuttgart, Germany

Mercedes-Benz 300SL 1952
Mercedes-Benz Museum 2012
Stuttgart, Germany

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Space Frame 1954
Mercedes-Benz Museum 2012
Stuttgart, Germany

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Mercedes-Benz 300SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe 1955
Mercedes-Benz Museum 2012
Stuttgart, Germany

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Mercedes-Benz 300SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe 1955
Mercedes-Benz Museum 2012
Stuttgart, Germany

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe 1955
Mercedes-Benz Museum 2012
Stuttgart, Germany

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe 1955
Mercedes-Benz Museum 2012
Stuttgart, Germany

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955

Stirling Moss 1955 Mille Miglia winning car Mercedes-Benz Museum 2012
Stuttgart, Germany

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Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955
Mercedes-Benz Museum 2012
Stuttgart, Germany

Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 1955
Mercedes-Benz Museum 2012
Stuttgart, Germany