I saw one today for the first time at the Orinda auto show. Looks like it came out of a tugboat. Damn, the thing is big.



Pretty impressive specimen, complete cherry, I’m not sure I could even get in the front seat though. I don’t quite get it.

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Te futueo et caballum tuum

1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Its a pretty big car. Of course the engine is a v8 with two more cylinders added and cast in aluminum. Its not for hauling carpenter tools but strictly for show.

I had a client who had a couple of them. He took me for a ride and got it up to 165 on a lonely section of urban interstate and came back down right away. Dead steady at the top end.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

This is one that hasn’t spun out yet. . I’ve seen videos of them going out of control in a hurry from all the torque.

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Te futueo et caballum tuum

1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K