Mercedes Benz 190 Sl

Each 96 page, hard cover book in the series is 10 1/2" x 7 5/8" and contains color and black and white photos, drawings, charts, and catalog facsimiles. Each classic model is presented in its historic and developmental aspects.

Here's a quick way how you can improve your knowledge on the Mercedes 190SL, you just need to read this 180-page guide. It walks you through the car's interesting development and history, it explains chassis number and data card, discusses tests with a new, larger engine and comes with a comprehensive buyer's guide. All this is accompanied by superb recent non-Daimler AG color photos, this includes pictures of the suspension. These are some of the topics covered: Development of the 190SL Technical aspects The 190SL A larger engine is needed Racing history The W121 BII in brochures and advertisement The European delivery program Driving a supercharged SL in 1959 190SL versus Porsche 356 Chassis number and data card explained W121 buyer's guide Paint and interior options Technical specifications A separate chapter is devoted to Max Hoffman, US importer of Mercedes cars and Karl Wilfert, head of Mercedes passenger car design from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s. He was not only a highly talented, but occasionally also controversial manager. Very few remember him today. Enjoy!

Essential Mercedes SL Laurence Meredith Subtitled: 19SL & Pagoda Models, the Cars and Their Story 1955-71. History, descriptions and analysis of the full range of Mercedes sports cars from 1955 to 1971, represented by the delightful 19SL ofthe 195s and the timeless Pagoda-roof models of the 196s. Contains informative specs, performance d ata and production figures. Sftbd., 8 1/4x 1 1/4, 8 pgs., 6 b&w ill., 6 color.

This is a comprehensive book about the Mercedes-Benz 190SL automobile. It contains factory photographs, visually documents every production change and provides a wealth of detailed information about the 190SL. It also contains a history of the International 190SL Group, North America.

The recovery of Mercedes-Benz in the early post-war years was remarkable and its first prestige model was the 300 saloon. Using this car's engine, transmission and suspension, Mercedes-Benz entered sports car racing. It proved successful, winning the 1952 Le Mans 24-hour race, the Carrera PanAmericana and many other events. The production model made its sensational debut in 1954. 1,400 Gullwing coupes were built between 1954 and 1957. The contents of this book provide a glorious review of these historic Mercedes-Benz sports cars.

The Pontons may have been Mercedes-Benz's bread-and-butter models of the 1950s, but they were vitally important in establishing the marque as a significant player around the globe. Alongside the saloons that made Mercedes famous world-wide for long-lasting and economical taxis, there were exotic two-door cabriolet and coupé derivatives, and the cars' basic structure was made available too for conversion into ambulances, pick-ups, estate cars and hearses. Not always appreciated is that the 190SL sports model was also derived from the engineering of the Ponton range. The Ponton Mercedes and the 190SL have long enjoyed a strong enthusiast following around the world. Here is their story, from their creation at a time when Mercedes was emerging from the devastation of war, though their success during the German Economic Miracle of the 1950s, to their final days in the early 1960s alongside the first of the 'Fintail' models that would eventually replace them. No enthusiast of these widely respected cars will want to be without this book.