Do these qualify Vintage and pre-1979?

[280SE Guy]

I went to the Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance Sunday August 21, 2005 and snapped a couple of pics of some nice Mercedes cars. Enjoy, more to follow.

280SE Guy

[280SE Guy]

Some more pics of some fine motorcars.

[280SE Guy]

Two last shots

[fever]

I was there as well. Hope you got to see Sir Stirling Moss drive up in the SLR. That was nice.

[300SDog]

Are those wooden wheel hubs on the white race car?? I'd like to hear about some of the mechanical features on these cars like lever clutches, chain drives and hand crank starters.

[dmorrison]

"Do these qualify for Vintage and pre-1979?"

No these qualify as sound investments with great returns.

Dave

[280SE Guy]

Originally Posted by fever

I was there as well. Hope you got to see Sir Stirling Moss drive up in the SLR. That was nice.

Do you mean this Sir Sterling Moss? I thought the person that drove it to the staging area was going to overshoot the stop. That was one awesome sounding machine! It sent chills up and down my spine

[280SE Guy]

Originally Posted by 240DieselDog

Are those wooden wheel hubs on the white race car?? I'd like to hear about some of the mechanical features on these cars like lever clutches, chain drives and hand crank starters.

They were copper brake drums.

[280SE Guy]

Originally Posted by fever

I was there as well. Hope you got to see Sir Stirling Moss drive up in the SLR. That was nice.

Here are some videos of the event including an interview with Sterling.

Enjoy,

280SE guy

[Mark DiSilvestro]

I acquired a couple of these cars last year.
Unfortunately, they were 1:18 scale!

Happy Motoring