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. . .

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:45:21 -0700

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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

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:45:27 -0700

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Mercedes Museum

Mercedes headquarters?

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:45:34 -0700

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Mercedes headquarters?

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

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:45:40 -0700

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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 ...

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:06:37 -0700

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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.

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:45:50 -0700

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There it is. The first Mercedes car. 1886.

The engine of the first Mercedes car.

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:46:04 -0700

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The engine of the first Mercedes car.

Some early Mercedes vehicles

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:46:13 -0700

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Some early Mercedes vehicles

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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:46:23 -0700

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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:46:56 -0700

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

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:46:32 -0700

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

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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:47:33 -0700

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

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:06:51 -0700

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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.

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:52:32 -0700

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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.

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:52:11 -0700

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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 ...

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:06:44 -0700

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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.

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:06:41 -0700

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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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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:50:48 -0700

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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 ...

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:51:41 -0700

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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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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:50:58 -0700

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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:51:28 -0700

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

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:52:52 -0700

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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, ...

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:51:54 -0700

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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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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:51:14 -0700

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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.

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:48:36 -0700

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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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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:48:21 -0700

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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:48:53 -0700

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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.

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:48:05 -0700

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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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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:49:10 -0700

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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:49:27 -0700

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

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:50:33 -0700

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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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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:50:17 -0700

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The 300 SLR's cockpit.

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:50:00 -0700

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The 300 SLR's cockpit.

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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:49:44 -0700

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There was a huge collection of "Silver Arrows".

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:53:24 -0700

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There was a huge collection of "Silver Arrows".

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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:53:07 -0700

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nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:54:07 -0700

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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 ...

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:53:44 -0700

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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.

nobody@smugmug.com (DougFolkerts) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:06:56 -0700

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Walking back to the train from the Mercedes Museum.