Who's Going To Win, Carbon Fiber Or Steel - YouTube

We all know that CF is strong and light (and very expensive) . . . but how convinced are we?

Unobtanium?

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If CF was somehow superior to steel Mercedes would have built the W123 out of it. Clearly its not.

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Do they use epoxy resin with the carbon fiber? Pricey. I have carbon fiber masts on my Sea Pearl 21. If one of them broke, I think I would have to pay close to the price I paid for the whole boat just to replace it.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
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1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Even F1 cars weren't made of carbon fiber yet when they started making w123s. I've thought about the use of CF in a 123 chassis before. A full CF chassis would be much lighter, but you'd have to do something about the cast iron engine or the weight distribution would be horrible.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
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