Priming and Block Sanding Having looked at various paint removal methods in the last issue, by now we’ve stripped the old finish to bare metal—or we have an original finish where the paint is adhering with no failure problems such as cracking, chalking, or
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The Zero Mile Gullwing By Dennis Adler & Scott Grundfor
“The Star” Magazine, January/February 1997 Every so often something truly amazing comes along in the automotive world. In 1954 it was the Mercedes-Benz 300SL, a sports car so strikingly advanced that it became the symbol of Mercedes’ postwar renaissance. Among countless Americans moved by the
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1954 300SL Prototype By Scott Grundfor
The 1954 300SL Prototype is an icon, and the year 1955 was magical for Daimler-Benz, never to be equaled by any other marque. Their teams won four championships: the Formula One championship with Fangio driving, the World Sports Car Championship with Moss, Fangio, and Kling; an
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The Italian Mercedes-Benz, Part 2 By Dennis Adler
The first of two Pinin Farina concept cars, known affectionately as the Italian Mercedes-Benz, built in 1955 and 1956 on the 300-series chassis was featured in our January/February issue. The body design of that 300b-based 1955 Coupe was far more complicated than this second version,
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The Italian Mercedes-Benz, Part 1 By Dennis Adler
As the saying goes, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” This Italian Mercedes-Benz- bodied 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300b Coupe has always been the object of mixed opinions, it’s styling far more contemporary than any other luxury car that Mercedes-Benz offered in 1955. The 300s
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