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Nov 24, 2009 21:57:57 GMT
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i went on the internet today and found this ive never seen one before all i know is its mid engined from the 60s i think. any ideas guys  |
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mystery motor ?retrowagen1234
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Nov 24, 2009 22:07:05 GMT
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what the flaming feck  must be a glass body for an allready existant merc surely? cant immagine merc building that? some of its cool. appart from the lights, badge, wheels, headlights , sperm whale vents....... lol |
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Davenger
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mystery motor ?Davenger
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Nov 24, 2009 22:13:14 GMT
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Looks a bit like a Merc C111
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Nov 24, 2009 22:17:19 GMT
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this is the c111  |
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Nov 24, 2009 22:19:02 GMT
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A refinement of the C111 that never quite made it past management?
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Davenger
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mystery motor ?Davenger
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Nov 24, 2009 22:27:09 GMT
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this is the c111 Yeah, that's why I said it looks a bit like one. Maybe an earlier attempt |
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Nov 24, 2009 22:32:45 GMT
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There were three different C111's  The OPs one looks like the nose of the one on the right, the curves of the far left and a hint of Porsche 904 ;D |
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Nov 24, 2009 22:36:39 GMT
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I swapped a C111 for a ford Escort about 30 years ago. In the playground at school.  Mercedes had covered wheel grand prix cars for a while. don't think thats one of them though |
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Nov 24, 2009 22:43:17 GMT
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Nov 24, 2009 23:11:23 GMT
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I have no idea, but I love it, very keen to see more pics if anyone can find them!
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Remade In Australia
thereimaginarium.com.au
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looks like some kind of concept or styling exercise, mainly as it hasnt got any wipers.
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Stiff
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Nov 25, 2009 10:53:26 GMT
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I've been pondering on this one for a while and spent a fair amount of surfing last night to see if I could find anything on the net relating to it but came up blank. It does have certain echoes of the C111 (side scoops, bonnet vents...) but the cockpit area and swooping front wings are very Ferrari-esque, even the lights look 365 Daytona (although I'm guessing the 365 was later?)
I'd guess at an experimental that's ended up in a collectors hands.
Any chance we could find out more with the original URL?
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Nov 25, 2009 11:24:08 GMT
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I'd guess at an experimental that's ended up in a collectors hands. Possibly a styling house project not an official Mercedes project? |
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I will get round to finishing it at some point
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Nov 25, 2009 12:09:33 GMT
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There's more than a little of the Dino 246GT about it.  |
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Nov 25, 2009 14:18:52 GMT
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Interesting, still don´t know what it is yet, i´ll have to go through all my old books once I get home. Interesting read about the C111It´s on normal German number plates by the look of it (BB= Böblingen - close to the Mercedes Factory) which normally wouldn´t happen on a one off concept car........ |
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Last Edit: Nov 25, 2009 14:21:42 GMT by Oldbus
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mystery motor ?BenzBoy
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Nov 25, 2009 14:54:03 GMT
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There's more than a little of the Dino 246GT about it. I was thinking that the nose looks quite Ferrari Daytona-ish...  It's an interesting car, for sure! I have no knowledge of it. Very intriguing! |
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Nov 25, 2009 17:39:15 GMT
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Were Mclaren Mercedes a partnership in the 60's Looks like something between a Mercedes C111 and a Mclaren M1A.   |
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Last Edit: Nov 25, 2009 17:43:03 GMT by Foxy
I'm the handsome fella with the cheesy white specs or is that the cheesy fella with the handsome white specs?
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mystery motor ?Deleted
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Nov 25, 2009 18:00:49 GMT
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i have to say the one in the first pic is 100% better looking than any of the others pictured
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Nov 25, 2009 18:31:30 GMT
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Right. Now I'm getting somewhere. After mucho searching like you wouldn't believe, I've managed to find another picture. It appears that the car is in the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Fellbach (Stuttgart, Germany). The center is the restoration and classic parts branch of the Mercedes-Benz factory. That's all I've got at the moment but under the pic it said 'Design-modell' so perharps an early attempt at the C111?  |
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Nov 25, 2009 22:04:27 GMT
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great pic stiff i really like this car but could it be a le mans prototype looks pretty racy to me
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must be a glass body for an allready existant merc surely? cant immagine merc building that? 
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