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    Image of cgates1 cgates1
    09/22/09

    In reply to Mad About The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
    Pointless safety regulations ensure that these cars fail to be all that they can be. With a 9 pound drive shaft and all sorts of carbon fiber structural elements, this thing should weigh 2,500 LBS instead of 3,500. Where's the extra 1,000 LBS? I don't know - but I do know that it's too much.

    Sports cars should be light. Not Collin Chapman-light (they should be sturdy in my opinion), but light. L I G H T.

    3,500 pounds is heavy.

    I really like this car, even if the retro trend is absurd - I'm a modernist - but not at nearly 2 tons.
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    09/22/09

    In reply to Mad About The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
    What would really make me happy is to see this thing inspire a Funny Car body for an NHRA team. Th proportions are almost there. Though, the old SLR was even more so.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    09/22/09

    In reply to Mad About The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
    Dr. Z takes Lewis under his wing.
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    09/22/09

    In reply to Mad About The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
    I had a dream last night I was driving a British Racing Green R8. Why wasn't I driving this??
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    09/22/09

    @bmoreDLJ: No, everything was just fine with said dream. No worries with the R8.
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    09/22/09

    In reply to Mad About The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
    Looking at the first photo, that is a Dragon Bang.
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    09/22/09

    @lilwillie hides autos in the attic: I'm surprised that wasn't the first comment.
    And all out in the open too. Europeans really do have a much more relaxed view of sex.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    09/22/09

    In reply to Mad About The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
    Now imagine if the car looked good!
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/22/09

    In reply to Mad About The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
    Hey Mr. Orosz, I hope you kicked Dr Z in the nuts when you had your chance, for what his company did to Chrysler.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    09/22/09

    @Flathead Smith Prefers the Days of Danger: +1 aaaand heart-click (although I was sure you were heart clicked already, maybe Nibbles is messing with me again).
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    Image of Peter Orosz Peter Orosz
    09/22/09

    @Flathead Smith Prefers the Days of Danger: I can’t kick anybody with such a well-groomed mustache in the nads.
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    09/22/09

    @Peter Orosz: Holy crap, his nads are mustachioed, too?
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    09/22/09

    @Peter Orosz: A mustache in the nads? I guess it wasn't only the SLS revealing.
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    09/22/09

    @Flathead Smith Prefers the Days of Danger: Yeah. Picking on retarded kids definitely deserves a kick in the nuts.
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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    I'm not so sure AMG had anything to do with this. The SPS stickers lead me to think this may not have been sanctioned by Mercedes... I hope.


    Whatever the case, this seals it... Nigo must die.

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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    I got to ride shotgun in a Gullwing a while back. An unrestored Gullwing. After I figured out how to get in, I felt like all was right with the world. The owner/driver explained how you have to turn on an auxiliary fuel pump to prime the Bosch injectors before you light up the 3-liter six, and told me that "if you need to get my attention over about 40 miles an hour, there's a horn button on the dash in front of you-- I won't be able to hear you talking." The car was noisy, the cockpit virtually unventilated and the suspension hard (and, I'm told, a little scary when you're driving at the limit.)


    I rode in that car for less than a mile, never at more than 40 miles per hour. And it was absofuckinglutely magnificent. I wasn't even driving, and it was one of the most exhilarating rides I've ever taken. It was magic.

    Apparently, NIGO wants to capture some of that magic. Instead, he's killed it. Part of me wants to punish him-- crush him under the massive wheels of a 600 Pullman, impale him on the tailfins of the Monte-Carlo-Rallye-winning 220SEb, punch him in the face while wearing Rudolf Uhlenhaut's string-back driving gloves. At the same time, I can't help but feel sorry for him. He just doesn't "get it." And no matter how many classic and exotic cars he pays to desecrate, he's never going to understand what it's like to be a real car enthusiast.

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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    Good job leaving the source link off, Ben. I'm sure they're getting enough death threats as it is.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    Well, I can only fervently hope that this is some kind of late April Fools' joke. If not, it looks like my investment in torch-and-pitchfork futures was a wise one.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    04/03/09

    In reply to When The Germans Came to Formula One
    Awesome photos. Definitely the biggest deal about the W196 is the direct-injection I-8.


    The use of Elektron was not really that remarkable except that it was obviously dangerous and probably expensive. The first VW Beetle prototype used 20kg of the stuff in the drivetrain, and many 1920s race cars used it. Magnesium use today is tremendous.


    "The car was wrapped in sheets of Elektron, an ultralight and very flammable alloy of magnesium."


    So both the chassis and bodywork were Elektron? No wonder Levegh's SLR torched so badly.

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    Image of Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master Ash Clutchem, Pokey Master
    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    I know it's heresy with cars like this, but I think an engine/tranny swap is pretty cool...assuming you keep the originals and can reinstall them later.


    I just have a fascination with combining classic designs with modern reliability/driveability and performance. I agree, I wish he would have done more of a rest-mod rather than a full-on gang-BAPE.

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/03/09

    @Ash78:


    I love the concept as well, and countless restomod muscle cars have proven that it can be done in such a manner that the car can be returned to bone-stock condition if so desired. But with something like the a Gullwing, I don't know if one could cram a v12 in there without doing some major, irreversible cutting.

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    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    An all-time classic reduced to this. What's next, Marsh Brady giving hummers for crack?


    Wait, what?

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    04/03/09

    @OldeEnglishD: Marsha, damn lack of an edit button
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    Image of muhnkee_2 - Avantime Owner and 100% Jaloper muhnkee_2 - Avantime Owner and 100% Jaloper
    04/03/09

    In reply to AMG-Built BAPE Fashion Mercedes 300SL Gullwing, Weep For History
    i really like it!!!


    being an anarchist at heart, i believe there is no such thing as the "sacred cow" so good on you Ape boy, muhnkees of the world tail salute our new overlord!

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/03/09

    @muhnkee_2 - jaloping from sunny sao paulo:


    If by "solute" you mean "fling poo at him", then yes. I would happily fling my poo at him.

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