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

Mercedes concept car I guess... cool looking front design

I think I found these on http://odinsbane.tumblr.com

Case wrote me to let us know that it was originally designed for the Gran Turismo video game and Mercedes decided to make it a real car after that;

http://jalopnik.com/the-mercedes-gran-turismo-vision-how-the-future-makes-1468478058
http://jalopnik.com/heres-the-mercedes-gran-turismo-vision-in-360-view-1469714183

Another rich asshole who will park anywhere

Still there 4 hours later. Parking for a minute I can understand, but that Benz was parked so long before I got there that someone else put that note under the windshield before I got there, and you can see from the day and night that they never moved

and I forgot to get chalk and business cards like this epic photo http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-am-going-to-get-chalk-and-some.html

for more photos of complete assholes parking like assholes http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/parking

but the best notes I've ever seen are http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/06/funniest-apology-note-ever.html
and http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/10/best-learn-to-park-note-ive-seen-in.html

Hand made Mercedes V-12 motor made from 53 materials hand forged by 35 craftsmen in Morocco

by Eric von Hove

the whole gallery and write up at http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/08/eric-von-hove-mercedes-v12/

Nine months in the making,V12 Laraki began when van Hove dismantled a mercedes engine and then set about creating faithful reproductions of every single component, some 465 parts and 660 bolts made of casted copper.

craziest Mercedes I've seen in a long time

get a look at the Mercedes S Class back seat luxury that Car and Driver have with their car review in the new issue

if you want to got through the online photo gallery: http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2014-mercedes-benz-s-class-s550-first-drive-review the back seat photos are on page 3 http://www.caranddriver.com/photos-13q2/523865/2014-mercedes-benz-s-class-interior-photo-524395

New high price record set at auction, 29.5 million USD, the W196R Mercedes Benz that Fangio won 2 Gran Prix wins

full write up at http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/07/12/fangios-1954-mercedes-benz-w196r-sells-for-record-29-65-million/

Did I ever post about the Marx brothers racing a 1928 Mercedes S 28 /180 boat tail speedster on Muroc in 1932?

Zeppo and Chico made a bet with a Hollywood producer that their car was faster than his Duesenburg.. and they went to Muroc with a huge crowd to see which was.. the Mercedes lost that one, Eddie Miller Jr, driving the Duesenberg, won.

 Hollywood was represented by all of The Marx Brothers, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Al Jolson, Carole Lombard, Mae West, Ben Lyon, Leila Hyams. The automotive side was represented by Eddie Miller, Harry Miller, and oil tycoon Earl Gilmore.

 Both cars were stripped for racing with the Duesenberg being prepared for racing by Eddie Miller with the enthusiastic approval of E.L. Cord.

Harry Miller flagged them off

The race started at 6:30 a.m. on a September 1932. The Mercedes sprinted ahead supercharger wailing, but the Duesenberg caught the lighter Mercedes on the first lap, and it was all over. Eddie Miller said that he shifted the Duesenberg into top at 5,200 rpm. The engine blew three quarts of oil out during the 109 mph run.

 the car was at the 2010 and 2011 possibly, Pebble Beach Concours

the full article has been scanned from Automobile Quarterly and can be found at http://forums.acdclub.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2881

Photos from http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/06/marx-brothers-1927-mercedes-benz-s-boattail-speedster-headed-to/

info from http://forums.acdclub.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=2881

above photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=358249

cool images from Megadeluxe

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

all found on http://megadeluxe.com

beautiful Mercedes grill

the last remaining 1905 American Mercedes, built by Steinway and Sons

I didn't realize that when I took these photos at the Mercedes Benz center in Irvine that is was so unusual

above from the AAA magazine Westways... 

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