This is a cool custom Benz... while I was checking it out, a high school shop teacher asked the builder to bring it by the school to inspire the kids in auto shop class! Awesome!

no way! how did two of these get built at the same time and end up getting displayed across the aisle from each other? Regardless of my impression of it, this made it to the top 12 of the Battle of the Builders

https://www.sema.org/news-media/enews/2025/45/sema-announces-battle-builders-top-12/-25ss

If you need a Waterpump to just last and last...

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1119803036904361&set=a.501029018781769

Officers of the 101st airborne after liberating Herman Görings Mercedes. 1945.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/12574uo/officers_of_the_101st_airborne_after_liberating/#lightbox

this 55 Gullwing was ordered new by the engineer/designer at Hudson (thank you Doug!)

I find it interesting to see what the people who run car companies buy for their own driving pleasure... 

this one was ordered new by Frank Spring, chief engineer for Hudson, who was responsible for penning the Hudson Italia.

And until looking through the photos on this, I didn't know that Mercedes (or Daimler Benz) put belly pans on these 

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1955-mercedes-benz-300sl-gullwing-14/

It's been 125 years since one of the auto industry's most celebrated designers filed a patent for a device that would become a central characteristic of the modern car to this very day, a prerequisite for producing a strong power output. The radiator

Wilhelm Maybach's original patent for the cross flow honeycomb radiator design unlocked the potential of gasoline engines.

Designed specifically as a high-performance alternative to earlier tube-style radiators, Maybach filed a patent for the new honeycomb radiator design, which he intended to deliver maximum cooling capacity with a compact design.

https://carbuzz.com/wilhelm-maybach-mercedes-benz-radiator-history

I wonder if anyone ever used the word "Flugmotoren" to try and entice a girlfriend to go for a ride. It sounds dirty

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/German-Luftwaffe-Flugmotoren-Mercedes-Benz-Aviation-Motors-Poster-Print-/163046032747

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 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=24074822132152874&set=pcb.24074849995483421

Mercedes has come up with something cool.... again! (gotta credit them with the invention of the car, with an internal combustion engine, right?) it's rims, with electrically controlled vanes that actively adjust for aerodynamic drag reduction, or max brake cooling air

the wheels incorporate active aero. 

The vanes reposition themselves based on the car’s drive mode.

When aiming for efficiency, they close off to reduce drag.

For performance, they adjust to allow better air flow to the brakes. 

Individual generators powered by the wheels provide the electricity to run the tiny actuators mounted in their hubs.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-mercedes-amg-gt-xx-concept-has-active-aero-wheels-and-1341-hp

why not just put the top up, OR take the hats off, OR get a shawl that holds the hair from getting all messed up from 70 mph

the old Crow Speed Shop went around Altadena photographing the burnt vintage cars in Altadena

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1031550675675575&set=pcb.1031550782342231

Jour 2 Rétromobile 2025 - 06/02/2025 - ©André Ferreira

https://www.flickr.com/photos/199971178@N05/54311957022/in/album-72177720323652626

classic and vintage Mercedes-Benz cars were on display in Mumbai at the 11th edition of the Mercedes-Benz Classic Car Rally (MBCCR)

https://www.team-bhp.com/news/pics-2024-mercedes-benz-classic-car-parade-mumbai

https://www.autocarindia.com/car-news/2024-mercedes-benz-classic-car-rally-sets-new-standard-with-iconic-line-up-433644

https://www.threads.net/@hormazdsorabjee/post/DCv_BhETCYi/it-doesnt-get-bigger-or-better-than-this-our-mercedes-classic-car-rally-had-a-re

I wonder if there is an advantage to making a race car out of an older car like this MB, than a new car, besides the extreme amount of cool free publicity from us car guys that love to see old cars getting a 2nd life (much cooler than the 1st life as a commuter)

someone dressed up this gullwing a lot

hell of a nice looking design

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10226613738029848&set=a.1617402035143

No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT4

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/asian-lms/winward-to-make-series-debut-with-two-car-mercedes-amg-effort/

https://racer.com/2021/01/31/winwards-step-up-to-gtd-pays-off-with-rolex-24-win/

1961 Mercedes 4 door with a new Mercedes engine... interesting. I don't really like more doors, but hey, I respect the effort this guy went through to make that 61 as cool as it possibly can be

1970 Mercedes-Benz C111 rotary engine prototype

https://carbuzz.com/10-cool-non-mazda-cars-powered-by-rotary-engines/

the license plate of this sporty little Mercedes is POLOINC. Interesting, and certainly apropos for Rancho Santa Fe