Stuttgart Mercedes Museum

The Mercedes Museum. not that I'm a big Mercedes fan, but I realize they created the first car. So if you fancy cars. . .

2009-03-21T08:07:11Z

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The Mercedes Museum. not that I'm a big Mercedes fan, but I realize they created the first car. So if you fancy cars. . .

Mercedes Museum

2009-03-21T08:07:16Z

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Mercedes Museum

Mercedes headquarters?

2009-03-21T08:49:36Z

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Mercedes headquarters?

Inside the museum, Mercedes starts you with a horse. Then you see the first car.

2009-03-21T08:08:21Z

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Inside the museum, Mercedes starts you with a horse. Then you see the first car.

First things first inside the Mercedes Museum. The first automobile is displayed. Now normally I'm no big fan of the Mercedes product, but you have to admit they have a legacy. From the fir ...

2009-03-21T08:08:21Z

DougFolkerts
First things first inside the Mercedes Museum. The first automobile is displayed. Now normally I'm no big fan of the Mercedes product, but you have to admit they have a legacy. From the fir ...

There it is. The first Mercedes car. 1886.

2009-03-21T08:12:15Z

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There it is. The first Mercedes car. 1886.

The engine of the first Mercedes car.

2009-03-21T08:12:15Z

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The engine of the first Mercedes car.

Some early Mercedes vehicles

2009-03-21T08:08:31Z

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Some early Mercedes vehicles

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This was cool. An early horizontally opposed 2 cylinder gasoline engine.

2009-03-21T08:08:00Z

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This was cool. An early horizontally opposed 2 cylinder gasoline engine.

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A "toilet room" inside the men's restroom in the Mercedes Museum.

2009-03-21T08:08:07Z

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A "toilet room" inside the men's restroom in the Mercedes Museum.

My father had a 1962 190SL for many years. I learned to drive a stick shift in his car.

2009-03-21T08:08:13Z

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My father had a 1962 190SL for many years. I learned to drive a stick shift in his car.

We had a 1964 220S like this when I was a boy.

2009-03-21T08:08:13Z

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We had a 1964 220S like this when I was a boy.

As a boy I traveled countless miles in the back seat of a 220S just like this. Across the US to Florida, south to a days drive past Mexico city and north to Yellowstone and Mt Rushmore. We h ...

2009-03-21T08:08:13Z

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As a boy I traveled countless miles in the back seat of a 220S just like this. Across the US to Florida, south to a days drive past Mexico city and north to Yellowstone and Mt Rushmore. We h ...

This is only a model of a streamlined Mercedes bus. I don't know if it was every actually built. I really liked it. Really pretty and it looks really comfortable.

2009-03-21T08:08:13Z

DougFolkerts
This is only a model of a streamlined Mercedes bus. I don't know if it was every actually built. I really liked it. Really pretty and it looks really comfortable.

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2009-03-21T08:08:07Z

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Still gorgeous. I saw one of this a couple years ago on the 405 freeway. We wern't going very fast, but I remember be struck by its good looks in a whole new way watching it move. Until th ...

2009-03-21T08:08:07Z

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Still gorgeous. I saw one of this a couple years ago on the 405 freeway. We wern't going very fast, but I remember be struck by its good looks in a whole new way watching it move. Until th ...

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2009-03-21T08:08:07Z

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2009-03-21T08:08:07Z

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Bianca's family had a 1963 version of this car. Bianca remember's it had scratchy wool upholstory.

2009-03-21T08:08:07Z

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Bianca's family had a 1963 version of this car. Bianca remember's it had scratchy wool upholstory.

1968-1972 The 300SEL 6.3 Sedan. About 300 SAE HP, in a V8 (my current engine is a normally asperated inline 4 that developes 247 horsepower). Yeah, I know were talking apples and oranges, ...

2009-03-21T08:08:07Z

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1968-1972 The 300SEL 6.3 Sedan. About 300 SAE HP, in a V8 (my current engine is a normally asperated inline 4 that developes 247 horsepower). Yeah, I know were talking apples and oranges, ...

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2009-03-21T08:09:17Z

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Fascinating to note, that such a sleek, purpose built race car's top speed is easily achieved by most any modern sedan.

2009-03-21T08:09:17Z

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Fascinating to note, that such a sleek, purpose built race car's top speed is easily achieved by most any modern sedan.

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This was my favorite. A 300 SLR on it's carrier. The carrier was actually design and built for a different car.

2009-03-21T08:09:17Z

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This was my favorite. A 300 SLR on it's carrier. The carrier was actually design and built for a different car.

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2009-03-21T08:09:17Z

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2009-03-21T08:09:17Z

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Even if by today's standards the 300 SLR isn't that fast, it's still as attractive as ever.

2009-03-21T08:09:17Z

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Even if by today's standards the 300 SLR isn't that fast, it's still as attractive as ever.

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The 300 SLR's cockpit.

2009-03-21T08:09:17Z

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The 300 SLR's cockpit.

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2009-03-21T08:09:17Z

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There was a huge collection of "Silver Arrows".

2009-03-21T08:09:17Z

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There was a huge collection of "Silver Arrows".

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2009-03-21T08:09:17Z

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Here's a "Silver Arrow" with it's body lifted off. The engine was slanted so that the drive shaft was off center. That allowed the driver to sit lower in the car. I wonder if unequal rear ...

2009-03-21T08:09:17Z

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Here's a "Silver Arrow" with it's body lifted off. The engine was slanted so that the drive shaft was off center. That allowed the driver to sit lower in the car. I wonder if unequal rear ...

Walking back to the train from the Mercedes Museum.

2009-03-21T08:06:55Z

DougFolkerts
Walking back to the train from the Mercedes Museum.