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a Bonneville 1954 Mercedes 300 SL

found on http://driven.urbandaddy.com via

Porter's Special, with a center seat, 300SL

found on http://eknude.tumblr.com

Hollywood bodyshop owner Chuck Porter built this modified Mercedes 300SL Gullwing from a wreck in 1955. He paid $500 for it at a junkyard. A variety of engines powered this special including a Hilborn injected Corvette mill. http://www.mercedesheritage.com/2010/gullwings-and-roadsters-on-the-track-in-the-50s-and-60s/

above from http://www.hemmings.com/users/138115/story/119.html where the story is told by Chuck Porter's son "This car went through a lot of engines and different drivers, and won a lot of races. My father raced it from 1955 to 1959, then sold it. It has been featured in many magazine and book articles, and was the featured car that Cornell Wilde drove in the 1950's movie "Devil's Hairpin". It was also in the movie "On the Beach".

if a yellow streamlined race car, the name Chuck Porter, and a yellow truck strikes a note, it's likely due to the couple of photos I've posted here http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-quick-view-of-some-of-interesting.html

From Eknude tumblr, some great vintage racing photos

above:1960 DAYTONA SCCA NATIONAL. SCARAB MKII’S DRIVEN BY AUGIE PABST AND HARRY HEUER. AUGIE PABST WENT ON TO WIN

1967 CAN AM. LOLA T70 MKIII DRIVEN BY MARK DONOHUE. HE WENT ON TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THIS CAR, WINNING 6 OUT OF THE 8 RACES

1952 CARRERA PANAMERICANA. MERCEDES 300SL W194

found on http://eknude.tumblr.com

a gullwing Mercedes found in Cuba, severely rusted and basically junk. Once a wonderful car... until a part broke and it was scavenged to keep others on the road I suppose

Also in Cuba are other very rare and incredible cars like a 1926 Rolls Royce Phantom I. Its coachwork has been recognized as the handiwork of Letourneur and Marchand of Paris. http://caristas.blogspot.com/2012/11/rich-relics.html

farther into the archives of Caristas.blogspot I found

and among other Vettes, this 1954:

http://caristas.blogspot.com/2012/10/cuba-correct-corvette.html

and I just learned... there is a car museum in Havana.. the Depósito del Automóvil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dep%C3%B3sito_del_Autom%C3%B3vil
and inside it are :

1905 Cadillac
1926 Rolls-Royce Phantom I
1953 MG TD
1920s Fiat Alfa Romeo roadster
1970s Daimler
1980s Chevy replica of a 1957 Maserati used by Juan Manuel Fangio
Cadillac V16 1930
1959 Oldsmobile, owned by Commander Camilo Cienfuegos
1918 Ford T
1930 Baby Lincoln
funeral carriage
1977 Ducati 900SS owned by Fidel Castro
1915 Mack AC. Chain drive

the personal cars of Fidel and Raul Castro, as well as the Chevrolet Impala of Che Guevara, Mr. Maestre said he would like to secure what is perhaps Cuba's most important car: Ernest Hemingway's Chrysler.

The best online photo gallery is http://www.flickr.com/photos/riveranotario/sets/72157633360600664/with/8683984605/

Eduardo Mesejo Maestre, curator of the Depósito del Automóvil, the country’s official antique car museum arranged Treasury Department permission for Tom Cotter to travel directly to Havana from Miami on cultural exchange visas. Call it spark plug diplomacy.

We were told of the country’s dire economy, where street sweepers and doctors make the same wages. So auto repair for the island’s vintage cars becomes a creative endeavor: shampoo is used for brake fluid; iron pipes are cut up for piston rings; Coca-Cola is used to loosen rusty bolts; and cars are painted with sponges, then buffed with toothpaste.

“We call it the Cuban way,” Abel Contreras de la Guardia, our translator and tour guide, said. “We do anything to keep our cars running.”

Depósito del Automóvil is at Oficios No. 13, Habana Vieja, C.P. 10100, La Habana, Cuba. Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/automobiles/03cuba.html?_r=0

cool images from Megadeluxe

Steve McQueen? maybe. Thin white walls on a Cobra? Yup

all found on http://megadeluxe.com

La Carrera Panamerica, by Pink Floyd, the documentary of 1992

this video was a good look at the 1990's running of the race, and it included clips from the 1950's and 60's to show the history of the race. It did a good job of explaining what brought the race to being, and how it's changed. One of the most unusual cars that has been in the race is the above, which I think is a Cadillac with an airplane greenhouse mated to the top instead of the cars windows, A and C pillars, and roof

it appears in the video at minute 56 and 50 seconds , and 57 and 10 seconds