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CLUB NEWS
What’s coming up in the next
few months?
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the CLK
Following a weekend’s driving in County Durham in All models of CLK – coupé and cabriolet, W208 and
June, from July 9 to 17 CLK enthusiasts in the 209 – will be taking part. CLKs are amongst the most
Mercedes-Benz Club enjoyed a rally to the Bremen popular cars in the Club – join now to share the fun.
factory where the cars were built.
Celebrating the CLK.
SLK Days, Mercedes-Benz World – June 26
and Chatsworth – September 18
Part of the SLK Day
line up in 2015.
Members’ cars on the MB World
handling circuit.
he Club celebrated the 20th
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anniversary of the launch of
the SLK at Mercedes-Benz
World in June. Examples of
all models were present and
there were track demonstrations,
parade laps, a ‘Show ‘n’ Shine’
competition plus presentations and
advice from the Club’s Technical
Team.
The programme at SLK Days always
includes technical presentations.
A similar event will take place at
Chatsworth in Derbyshire in
September. All Mercedes-Benz
enthusiasts, whichever model they
drive, will be welcome but to take
part with your SLK you need to
join the Club and register in
advance – via www.mercedesbenz-club.co.uk or 01780 482111.
National Weekend and SL Day – July 2-3
There was all manner of
transport entertainment at
the Flywheel Festival.
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he Mercedes-Benz Club’s premier national
event this year was held in conjunction with
the Flywheel Festival at Bicester Heritage.
Members were based at a hotel in Stratford-upon-
Avon and the programme included museum visits,
a scenic drive, a gala dinner and the SL Day
displays and competitions.
W123 Day – Sunday July 24
Part of the display at a
previous W123 Day.
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he Club’s 2016 W123 Day was held at the newly
refurbished British Motor Museum in Gaydon
and marked the 40th anniversary of this iconic
model. All variants of the W123 were there, from Berlin
taxis to ambulances and everything in between. All
entrants received a 40th anniversary Monte Carlo-style
rally plate and the first 80 to arrive enjoyed reduced
priced entry to the museum. Prizes were awarded for
the best W123s and the best non-W123.
Silverstone Classic – July 29-31
Club Members’ R129 SLs celebrating the model’s
25th anniversary on the track at Silverstone in 2015.
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he Club will have a major stand right at the
heart of the Silverstone Classic weekend.
Members have been able to take advantage of
reduced price tickets to see all the racing action
and other entertainment at this massive event and
there will be track parades to acknowledge the
20th anniversaries of the CLK and SLK and the
25th of the W140 S-Class.
Ignition Festival of Motoring, Glasgow –
August 5-7
SLR McLaren – to be
featured in Glasgow.
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he Mercedes-Benz Club will
be participating in this new
event and its stand will feature
five cars, including an SLR
McLaren Silver Arrow formerly
owned by David Coulthard.
S-Fest 16, Coventry Transport Museum
– August 21st
Display your S-Class at the
Coventry Transport Museum.
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elebrating all things S-Class, this event will
have room for just 70 cars, so join the Club
and book early. 2016 will mark the 25th anniversary
of the introduction of the W140 range so
many examples of all variants of this model are
expected.
W124 Weekend –
September 3-4
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ollowing the success of last year’s event,
W124 enthusiasts in the Club will be
returning to Stratford-upon-Avon in 2016.
The theme will be ‘High Mileage’ so the
focus of the concours will not be on how
shiny the cars are but how good they look for
the miles covered. All models will be
welcome as will all Club Members – so join
now to take part.
Have you got a high
mileage W124?
Goodwood Revival – September 9-11
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he Mercedes-Benz Club is
planning to have a co-ordinated
presence at this event in 2016 –
offering hotel accommodation and
grandstand tickets.
And plenty of
entertainment
away from the
track
There is always plenty
of period track action
at the Goodwood
Revival (Jochen Van
Cauwenber).
Kop Hill Climb – September 17-18
Come to Kop Hill and see
cars of all ages and makes.
he Mercedes-Benz Club will be having its Buckinghamshire) this year and its stand will feature
second outing at Kop (near Princes Risborough, models that were first built before the 1980s.
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CL Day, RAF Museum – September18
W215 and W216 CL
coupés will be on display.
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his will be the Club’s first event exclusively
celebrating these fabulous-looking, top-of-therange coupés. W215s and W216s will take centre-stage
but, as at all Club events, all models of Mercedes-Benz
(and other marques) will be welcome to attend.
The venue will be the RAF Museum at Cosford, near
Wolverhampton and if you tire of the cars there will be
plenty of other things to catch your imagination.
The venue is the RAF Museum, Cosford –
which includes a ‘Cold War’ hangar
amongst its many displays.
Highlights so far in 2016
London Classic Car Show – February 18-20
The Club had a
major stand at this
new event – in just
its second year.
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – Sunday April 3
The Mercedes-Benz Club held
what is thought to be be the
first car club event at the
Olympic Park, with Members
bringing a wide range of cars
from all over the country.
Techno-Classica, Essen, Germany – April 7 - 10
The Mercedes-Benz Classic stand at TechnoClassica in 2015 featured the reconstructed
540K streamliner...
...and Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson’s
Mille Miglia-winning 300SLR amongst a host
of other breathtaking cars.
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n April a coach-load Club Members, plus others
travelling under their own steam, made the
traditional pilgrimage to the largest indoor classic
car event in the world. As usual the show included
a massive Mercedes-Benz Classic stand plus
displays from many Mercedes and other marque
clubs as well as halls full of dealers’ cars for sale,
spare parts, tools, models and books.
Donington Historic Festival – April 30 - May 2
Some of the cars racing
at Donington Park.
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lub Members once again enjoyed discounted tickets for this prestigious
event and joined the display on the Club stand right by the track.
France and Spain Rally –
May 23 to June 5
The route for the
14-day rally.
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San Sebastian beach.
his was a great chance for Club Members to enjoy their
cars on the challenging roads of the Pyrenees and relax in
luxurious hotels – including two days in San Sebastian. The
return journey was in the comfort of a Brittany Ferries liner.
National Concours –
June 18
Frank Gillett and his wife with their
‘Best in Show’ W124 saloon.
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he Mercedes-Benz Club
once again held its National
Concours in Milton Keynes in
June – at the kind invitation of
Mercedes-Benz UK. As usual it
attracted many of the finest
Mercedes in the country – from
‘everyday’ cars in the Enthusiasts’ classes, through the more
rigorously judged Concours
d’Elegance to the pinnacle of the
Masterclass.
Best in Show was Frank Gillett
with his W124, which he has
owned from new. A new class, also
featuring W124s from the 1990s,
was for V8-engined cars, such as
the 500E/E500, this was won by
Ahmad Rida with his Brabus 6.5.
Other Masterclass winners were
Andy Holmes with his 190SL,
Simon Harrison with his E320
coupé and a new Low Mileage
Class was won by Brian Ellis with
his R107 300SL.
Ahmad Rida (left) with his
father and his Brabus 6.5.
Andy and Theresa Holmes
preparing their 190SL.
A-Class takes three podiums at Thruxton
Adam Morgan out in front at
Thruxton
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Adam (centre) celebrating his victory in the first race.
t the British Touring Car Championship
meeting at Thruxton in May, the Wix-sponsored
Ciceley Motorsport-prepared A-Class, driven by
Mercedes-Benz Club Member Adam Morgan, won
the first race of the day. Adam followed this up with
third in the second and third races, finishing the day in
third place in the drivers’ table.
Archive developments
The Brooklands
Control Tower.
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he Club’s Archive, which contains an
amazing collection of brochures, technical
literature, price lists and photos, as well as the
Club’s history, is now well established in offices in
the old Control Tower at Brooklands. The work
of ‘digitising’ the Archive contents is well in
hand and a website presenting it is now on-line.
Club Membership brings you access to all this
fascinating material.
A tiny selection of the material in
the Club Archive.
Not just national events
The Club’s Regional Officers run events
across the country throughout the year.
A
full list of Club events can be found on this site
if you click on the ‘Events’ button. You will find
that, as well as the national events, there are over 100
regional shows, visits, drives and social occasions –
across the UK and the whole of Ireland – plus 20
regular pub meetings. The newest region is Milan
in Italy. To get more details you need to join the
Club, which you can also do via this site or by
calling 0845 6032660.
If you do not yet own the car you would like it is
just as important to join because many excellent
Members’ cars are advertised only in the monthly
Gazette and you can get help in finding a good one
from the Club’s Model Register Captains, Technical
Advisers and from the forums on the Members’ pages of
this website.
The latest Club Gazette
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A flavour of the material now available via the
Club’s Archive website.
he August Gazette includes full details of how to access the new Club
Archive website and two reports on the
massive Essen Techno-Classica show –
one from a visitor’s point of view and
another from an exhibitor’s.
There are driving impressions of the
new E-Class and a technical article on
improving a 1950s Mercedes-Benz
engine installed in a Morris of similar
vintage.
In addition there is all the usual news
of the Club’s events across the country
and the latest updates from the
Mercedes-Benz companies.
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Part of the Mer
t Essen...
Classic stand a
...it’s rather different from a
trade stand-holder’s point of
view.
What’s it like to drive an
E220 CDI SE?
On-line technical
information
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ince November 2009 Club Members have had free
access to the Mercedes-Benz Electronic Parts
Catalogue (EPC). This enables you to identify the part
number for any component from all models since 1945 – it
is usually only made available to garages, at a cost. Instructions on how to use this facility were given in the
December Mercedes-Benz Club Gazette and are included in the Members’ pages of this website.
Now the Mercedes-Benz Workshop Information System (WIS) has been made available to Club Members. This
gives full service and repair instructions, including wiring diagrams, for all models from the 1990s onwards.
DISCOUNTED INSURANCE
The Club has a panel of approved insurers that offer a full range of policies,
all with discounted rates for Members.
If you need technical
help…
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ll the technical articles and tips that have
appeared in the Mercedes-Benz Club
Gazette are now available – to Members – from the
Members’ pages of this website, via a simple to
use search engine. If you can’t find the answer
there, contact details for the Club’s Technical
Advisers, Model Register Captains and its ‘Good
Garage Guide’ of Members’ recommendations are
all listed in the Club Directory supplied to new
Members.
– the Club’s adopted charity
After supporting Macmillan Cancer Care for
several years, the Mercedes-Benz Club has now
chosen Help for Heroes, which supports our
servicemen and women wounded in action since
9/11, as its adopted charity.
Latest Members’ benefits
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s well as free access to the
Mercedes-Benz Electronic
Parts Catalogue and Workshop
Information System mentioned
above, Club Members can take
advantage of preferential terms
from a wide range of companies
and organisations.
These include discounts of up to
40 per cent from appointed
Mercedes-Benz dealers and 15 per
cent from alloy wheel refurbishers
The Wheel Specialists and the
ChipEx stone chip repair system.
Members are entitled to a number
of exclusive discounts from hotels
and ferry operators. These can help
you get the best possible enjoyment
from your Mercedes at home and
abroad. The ferry deals cover
Channel and Irish Sea crossings
where significant reductions are
available. Brittany Ferries also
offer a discount on ferry-inclusive
holiday bookings.
To keep your Mercedes in top
condition there are offers on oils,
battery chargers, car covers,
cleaning materials, leather repairs
and replacement parts. If you are
buying a car, there are special terms
on inspections and warranties – and
for peace of mind there are deals on
breakdown recovery.
There are also special prices
for high-performance driving
instruction at Millbrook and
discounts on men’s wear and
ladies’ clothing from Peter
Christian. There is a 15 per cent
saving on Christopher Ward
watches and 10 per cent off DVDs
and books from Terrific Stuff.
The latest special offer for
Members is a chance to try polo –
in the beautiful surroundings of
the Luton Hoo estate – with a 15
per cent discount.
Club Members enjoy substantial discounts on a wide range
of products and services such as...
…ferries…
...car covers…
...a chance to try polo...
…men’s wear…
…battery chargers…
...Christopher
Ward watches...
…and high-performance driving.
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