The official Mercedes-Benz Club Founded 1952

Gazette
October 2015
The official Mercedes-Benz Club
Founded 1952
In this month’s issue
Silverstone Classic
From the Archive
W124 exhaust
Contents
Board of Directors
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Ian Keers OBE
Vice Chair and Membership Services Director
Rosemarie Maslin
Finance and Internet Services Director Kenny Ooi
Company Secretary Phil Greaves
Marketing Director and liaison with
Mercedes-Benz UK Michael Chapman
Technical Director Jeremy Stevens
Regional Development Director Trevor Mitchell
Club Services Director Tony De Frates
Correspondence for Club Directors should be sent
to: The Mercedes-Benz Club, PO Box 284,
Stamford PE9 9BY
Honorary President John Surtees OBE
Honorary Life Vice-Presidents
Tina Bellamy, Erika Gupwell, Jacqueline White,
Roger King, Vic Harris, Chris Cloke and Nicky Porter
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Founder R H Johnson
Past Presidents G C Monkhouse (1952-1971),
Interregnum, Roger King (1989-1992),
Tina Bellamy (1992-1995), Interregnum
Past Chairmen C W E Kerr (1955-1963),
A J Ray Whiteway (1963-1970), John Barley (19701975), Gerald Coward (1975-1982),
Dr Herbert Ochs (1982), Roger King (1982-1989),
Jacqueline White (1989-1996), Mike Powell
(1996-2003)
Mercedes-Benz Silver Star Winners
Ron Cushway (deceased), Tina Bellamy,
Roger King, Gordon Hoey (deceased),
Jacqueline White, Maurice Stapleton (deceased),
Vic Harris, Mike Powell (deceased) and Steve Emeny.
This is a rarely made award from the Mercedes-Benz Museum
in Stuttgart to club officers who have made a particularly long
and distinguished contribution to their club.
Help for Heroes
is the Mercedes-Benz Club’s
adopted charity
The ‘Good Garage Guide’ and contact details for all Club
Officials can be found in the Club Directory distributed
with this Gazette. The password for access to the
Members’ pages of the Club website is no longer required
as this is now controlled by membership number.
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InvitationRecieved
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News&Views
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10 YourLetters
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16 ClubShop
18 ViewPoint
Features
20 Car of the month
22 First time at the Silverstone
Classic
27 F1 news
29 Mille Miglia
33 BTCC
35 Terre di Canossa
39 From deep in the Archive
40 M100 hospital
42 F1 family fun day
43 A labour of love TechnicalCorner
47 W124 exhaust
maintenance
50 Spares register
51 W164 ML320 CDI Brabus
upgrade
53 RegionalReports
72 NewMembers
73 Back numbers
73 Special notices
76 CarsforSale
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News&Views
New Technical
Adviser
John Wallis.
I am pleased to announce that John Wallis has
agreed to join the Technical Team after being
an ad-hoc helper at the Concours technical
desk for the last couple of years. John is a longstanding Club Member, based in Woking, and
has a sound background in engineering as well
as a keen interest in motor engineering, both
contemporary and historic.
Amongst his many projects was a total
restoration of a 250SL W113 Pagoda (sadly
now sold) that was acquired in a badly
corroded state. He also has a Borgward to
which he has fitted electric power steering
from a Vauxhall Corsa. I am sure that John’s
contribution will further strengthen the
Technical Team.
Jeremy Stevens, Technical Director
New region
We are very pleased to report that a new region has been created in the Club for the 30
Members living on the Isle of Wight. Known simply as Isle of Wight, it will be looked after
by our newest Regional Officers Nick and Judy Ballanger who are already known by most
local Members. Nick is a former Trophy Manager in the Club and they both would like to
hear from all the local Members. Do please send them an e-mail to nick.judy.ballanger@
mercedes-benz-club.co.uk so they can update their e-mail mailing list and keep everyone
informed of future events and get togethers. We wish both Nick and Judy every success
and enjoyment from their new role in the Club.
Trevor Mitchell,
Regional Development Director
H&H Classics
announces
partnership with
Hagerty
H&H Classics, the specialist auctioneer
of collectors’ cars and motorcycles, has
announced a new partnership with Hagerty
International, the UK’s leading provider of
classic car insurance.
The agreement brings Hagerty’s expert
insurance advice, valuation support and
specialist market knowledge direct to H&H
Classics’ clients and Hagerty policyholders
will be kept up to date on all H&H news and
events through newsletters and articles.
The partnership will be launched with a
sale at the Imperial War Museum on October
13 and 14.
Grille badges
Paintings on aluminium
300SL painted on an aluminium panel.
Artist and designer Geoff Bolam has produced a collection of automotive artworks painted
onto aluminium panels. The aluminium forms an integral part of the composition – areas are
polished, etched or textured to represent features of the car or to introduce background design
elements. The painting is done in oils in one of two styles – one focuses on the car’s design,
featuring important styling elements, details from the factory drawings or the marque’s
emblem. The other is more stylised and dynamic, where the vehicle appears to streak past the
viewer. The combined effect is unique – the aluminium’s surface treatments subtly catch the
light according to the position of the viewer and lighting conditions, bringing the image to life
The initial collection includes a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing, Bugatti type-35, and
Aston Martin DB4GT and DB5. The Mercedes artwork is over a metre long. They can be
bought on-line at www.geoffbolam.com or call 07775 567744. Commissions from enthusiasts
and owners of cherished vehicles are welcome.
Grille badges are available from the
Membership Office. They are approximately
three inches (76.2mm) in diameter in a nickel
silver finish. They have a simple fixing which
enables them to be mounted directly on to
most radiator grilles and come complete with
a nyloc nut and penny washer. An adaptor
plate is also available (at extra cost) to bolt
the badge to a badge bar clamp.
The cost is £25 or £30 for a badge and
adaptor plate. These prices include postage
and packing within Europe. Please enquire
for the cost of postage to other destinations.
To order your badge please contact Catherine
Barlow on 01780 482111 or catherine.
[email protected]
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YourLetters
The opinions expressed are those of the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect Club policy. The Editor reserves the right to edit letters if necessary.
They should be sent to the editorial office at 94 Connaught Road, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey GU24 0HJ or [email protected]
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Mrs Edward Mayer as Medusa.
Lady Campbell as Niobe.
Edward Louis Mayer
Dear Chris,
With great interest I just have read the article about Edward Mayer
in the July Gazette. I would like to contribute a bit:
Years ago (I think it was in 2000 or 2001) in an article in the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung I saw a portrait which had the
caption ‘Mrs Edward Mayer as Medusa’. It was an article about
an exhibition in Munich of pictures taken by Madame Yevonde
(Yevonde Chambers born 1893 in south London) who was a
famous photographer in London in the 1920s. As the picture had
been printed in black and white in the newspaper I ordered a
catalogue from the exhibition. And although there is no proof, I
believe it must be Edward Mayer’s wife because on the following
page there is a portrait of ‘Lady Campbell as Niobe’! Both ladies
belonged to the British ‘automobile’ society of that time and had
been photographed in the series ‘Goddesses’ [‘Lady Campbell’
taken to be the wife of Sir Malcolm Campbell – Brooklands racer
and world speed record specialist – Ed.] I strongly believe that this
More information on Edward Louis
Mayer
Dear Chris,
Here are the census and other records for Edward Louis Mayer who
has a Kensington registered birth for December 1876 (Volume 1a
page 84).
The following records as reproduced here are as recorded and
contain minor errors which in my experience are usually transcription
errors. For example, in the 1881 census there is an error in as much
that he is listed as Edward M Mayer, the M being common to his
siblings which is an error. See later census.
In 1881 Edward Louis Mayer is four years of age and living with
his parents at 32 Pembridge Gardens, Notting Hill, which even today
is a prestigious place to reside. Note that both parents were born in
Germany and Charles, Edward’s father, is described as a ‘Merchant’.
In the 1881 census the household comprises:
Role
Gender
Age
Birthplace
Charles Mayer
Head
Male
35
Germany
Matilda M Mayer Wife
Female
29
Germany
Frances M Mayer
Daughter Female
27
London
Edward M Mayer Son
Male
4
London
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is Mrs Edward Louis Mayer until anybody proves the contrary.
Mayer’s death certificate doesn’t say whether he had been
married or not.
My son Moritz has
checked with his Adobe
professional
‘Face
Detection’ programme
the photo in the July
Gazette of the lady with
Mayer and that from
the Munich exhibition.
It turns out that these
two ladies are probably
identical.
Best regards for now,
Dieter Dressel,
Knobelsmühle
Photographer ‘Madame Yevonde’ –
Yevonde Chambers.
Alfred M Mayer Son
Male
1
London
Mina Beya
Cook
Female
31
Germany
Hannah Wood
Servant
Female
21
Plymouth
A M Malpless
Servant Female
26 Chatteris
Agnes Sheppard
Servant Female
19
London
Salome Black
Nurse
Female
36
Suffolk
On March 23 1888 there is an interesting Certificate of
Naturalisation for Charles and his family living in Bayswater. The
record reads:
‘Naturalization Act 1870 Naturalisation to an Alien
Charles Mayer, 32 Pembridge Gardens, Bayswater, subject of
Germany, 43 years, a tobacco merchant, married with four children
under age and relying on him. Frances Harriet Mayer 14 years,
Edward Louis Mayer 11 years, Alfred Alois Mayer eight years and
Paul Simson Mayer five years.’
Interestingly, unless I missed it, his wife Matilda is not listed but is
still alive and with the family and perhaps chose not to be naturalised.
In the 1891 census Charles is a ‘Tobacco Merchant’ and the
household comprises:
Role
Gender
Age
Birthplace
Charles Mayer
Head
Male
45
Germany
Matilda M Mayer Wife
Female
37
Germany
ClubShop
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My 280SE 3.5 saloon in 1998. It never would start on all eight cylinders!
ViewPoint
by Ian Keers
Crazy classic car market!
It’s hard to understand what is going on
in the classic car market at the moment; I
know that all values are rising steadily as
collectors and investors turn to our hobby
for somewhere to park cash whilst interest
rates are at a record low, but there are some
very strange quirks it must be said. We
have all seen what has happened to values
of Pagodas, good ones at least, (although I
am still astonished about this to be honest,
they made 49,000 of them and survivability
seems strong, so they are hardly rare!), but
one of the biggest mysteries to me revolves
around the W111 coupés, a model I do know
something about having owned a 220SEb for
several years. The mystery is the enormous
difference in value between the six-cylinder
models, the 220SE, 250SE and 280SE (plus
the W112 300SE for that matter), and the
V8 powered 280SE 3.5. Looking at this
year’s edition of the Octane Classic Car
Price Guide (to which our own Concours
Manager, Malcolm Franks contributes) I
see that excellent examples of 220SEs are
valued at £28,500, 250SE and 280SEs at
£35,000, 300SEs at £34,000 and 280SE 3.5s
at £100,000! I cannot understand this is, all
these cars share the same sublime shape,
they all have beautiful leather and wood
interiors, so how can that little V8 make so
much difference? I had a W108 280SE 3.5
saloon with that engine and it was OK, but
nothing special. In fact, the electronic fuel
injection system, the Bosch D-Jetronic with
the funny trigger points in the base of the
distributor, made it a nightmare half the
time. Except on the driest of summer days
I don’t think that car ever started on all
eight cylinders, it would fire some up and
gradually splutter along until the rest came
on line, I didn’t think it was all that great, in
fact I owned a W116 350SE at the same time
which had basically the same engine albeit
with K-Jetronic fuel injection and the cars
stood next to each other in the same garage.
When cold starting, the W116 would always
roar into life on all eight and the 280SE
3.5 would always cough and splutter on
five or six, it was virtually guaranteed. I
subsequently purchased my 220SEb coupé
and, whilst it obviously had less power, it
was a much nicer engine in so many ways
and, of course, the bigger sixes, the 280 and
300, have power outputs closer to the 3.5
V8, so what’s the big deal?
From my point of view, having had
experience of W111 coupés and of the M116
3.5-litre V8 engine, there is absolutely
no rhyme nor reason, at least in practical
terms, that explains this fantastic difference
in value, so it must be a ‘collector thing’
that is distorting the market. I know that
‘you can never beat the market’ but what is
happening is barmy in my view and, I think,
does damage to the classic car hobby by
putting once affordable cars out of reach of
true enthusiasts.
Superb video
If you go to our website’s home page, click
on ‘Monthly News’ and follow the link to
download the monthly news PDF, in the
very first item you will find a link to a You
Tube video made by Mervyn Keys, one of
our Members in Northern Ireland. It shows
a great event organised by the region in
July and, as well as being an expertly made
video, portrays a typical, well-organised
regional event. Please take time to watch
it. I liked it for many reasons, but mainly
because it shows how inclusive the Club is.
There is a huge range of different cars, old
and new, valuable and not so valuable, there
are kids as well as older people and the day’s
programme itself looked hugely interesting.
I would like to get a lot more videos like
this onto our website because they show
prospective Members exactly what we do
on the ground, which is so much better than
just stating lists of the benefits of joining. I
have managed to press-gang someone into
becoming our Club ‘video co-ordinator’
who will actually go out and shoot videos
next year as he attends so many events,
but he wants to remain anonymous for the
time being until he finds his feet! However,
if any Member has shot any footage of
events and it is of reasonable quality (and
short!), then please send links to me in the
first place (e-mail address below) and I will
My two cars with basically the same engine. The W116 350SE on the right always roared into life whereas the much-vaunted
D-Jetronic-fuelled M116 engine in the silver car on the left never did, it just spluttered!
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Car of the month
Michael Little’s 190SL
M
ichael writes: ‘I attended the 190SL
International 60th Anniversary
Celebration at Brooklands on
May 24 and won the complimentary lunch
for two in the Gullwing restaurant as my
car had been in my family’s ownership the
longest of those present on the day. It was
acquired, new, on May 17 1963, being one
of the last 30 off the production line, by my
father-in-law Desmond Richard Bowden of
Ranby Hall, Lincolnshire. He died in 1971
and I acquired it from his estate. I drove the
car on a daily basis until about November
1977 when it was moth-balled. I had it
restored in 2003-2004.
In July 2004 I applied to Vernon Cox of
the Club to authenticate the vehicle so that
I could register it under its original number
plate and obtain a tax disc for nil duty. He
was extremely helpful.
I have a full service history for the car
and it remains a joy to drive. Needless to say
it attracts a lot of attention from onlookers
at local events etc. My daughter (now aged
19) is a great admirer of the car and is shown
with me in the photo. When she was about six
years old Georgia said to me, “Daddy, when
you are dead, may I have your old car?” To
which I replied, “I should be delighted for
you to have my old Mercedes, but there is
one condition.” “What is that?” she asked. To
which I rejoined, “That you look after me in
my old age.” “I do not want it that much!” she
replied. Out of the mouth of babes....
I have always driven Mercedes-Benz
cars and have owned, over the years, several
SLs, mainly with the larger engines, such
as a 350SL and a 450SL. My current car
is an E500 Sports cabriolet, supplied by
Mercedes-Benz Brentford in 2012. This
replaced a CLK500 cabriolet which I drove
for 10 years from new.
So, whilst I cannot claim to have owned
my 190SL since new (I was too young to drive
in 1963) it has been in the family since new.’
If you would like your car to be a Car of the month, please send a good photo (conventional or digital) and a few details to the Gazette Editorial
Office: Chris Bass, 94 Connaught Road, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey GU24 0HJ or [email protected]
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Feature
R129 SLs celebrating their 25th anniversary
on the track at the Silverstone Classic.
First time at the
Silverstone Classic
by Clive Henderson, additional photos by Peter Brown and Josh Kelly
I
Our group about to leave the hotel for Silverstone.
The silver R129s that would lead our parade lap.
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had attended race meetings at Silverstone
many times before but this was our
first visit to the Silverstone Classic.
We decided late last year to attend in 2015
with our R129 SL with the added attraction
of a track parade lap to celebrate the 25th
production year of this popular model,
which was organised for participating Club
Members by Events Manager (Operations)
Vivienne Franks.
We decided to travel down on the
Friday and attend the Saturday and Sunday
race days, so arranged our weekend
accommodation at the Mercure Parkside
Hotel near Milton Keynes as it became clear
even booking last November the Silverstone
area hotels were becoming fully booked for
this weekend. Making use of the excellent
‘Early Bird’ discount ticket offer I ordered
our tickets in February and so began the
long wait until July.
Eventually Friday July 25 finally arrived
and we were on our way 160 miles south to
Silverstone. On leaving home the weather
was dry but as Stafford was reached the
forecast rain had arrived and we were
continually reminded by the Radio 2 traffic
reporter that our decision to stay away from
the motorway network was a wise choice
as she reeled off the list of motorways with
closures and delays on this “the worst day
of the year for road travel,” we were very
relieved to arrive at our hotel without
problem later in the afternoon. After checkin we met up with fellow Wales – North and
Borders Members John and Sue Heeley,
Michael and Cathy Pepper and North
West Members Roger and Val Lowndes
who were also staying at our hotel and
attending Silverstone in their R129 SLs.
After an excellent evening meal we retired
in preparation for our early start the next
morning.
F1news
Hamilton at Spa...
by Will Gardner
Spa
After the month-long mid-season break, F1
returned with the Belgium GP at Spa, the
beginning of a run of nine races in 14 weeks.
Hamilton took a storming pole position; the
other real achiever was Grosjean in his Lotus
who grabbed fourth place, which he then
sadly lost after a five-place grid penalty due
to a gearbox change, this however promoted
Perez in his Force India from fifth. Bottas took
the third slot behind Rosberg, Massa brought
the sister Williams home to grab sixth, whilst
Maldonado put in a solid performance to
qualify eighth.
New regulations designed to increase
driver control at the start were brought in
for this race, adding tension as the grid got
away, with pundits suggesting that, as the
Mercedes team was perceived as weak off
the line, this may hamper them. In the event,
Rosberg did have a poor start, dropping him
to fifth. Hulkenburg’s Force India suffered
technical problems on the parade lap, causing
an aborted start and leading to his retirement.
Hamilton drove confidently to take
the win, with Rosberg regaining second,
despite both cars suffering from a drop-off of
performance during the race – however the
team’s 100 per cent reliability record for the
season remained intact.
The Williams team had set its cars up
for additional down-force, but this appeared
to impact on their usual high straight-line
speed. Bottas suffered from his team fitting
a mixed set of tyres during his first stop,
leading to a drive-through penalty. A poor
performance overall led to the cars finishing
sixth and ninth. Meanwhile the Force India
team had got its set-up spot on, leading to
Perez holding second place until his first stop,
eventually coming home fourth.
Despite his grid penalty, Grosjean drove
impressively, fighting hard to take third place,
a huge boost for the cash-strapped Enstonebased Lotus team, especially, as Maldonado
retired with a technical fault.
Williams
Ahead of Monza, Williams announced that it is
retaining its current drivers, Valtteri Bottas and
Felipe Massa, for the 2016 season. This comes
after much speculation that Bottas would defect to
Ferrari and be replaced by Jenson Button, whose
McLaren contract is set to expire at the end of the
current campaign; though the team still has an
option to retain his services next year. Meanwhile
Williams posted encouraging financial results for
the first half of the year; strong commercial rights
and sponsorship income contributed to earnings
just short of £52 million.
Monza
Ahead of the race, the Italian press published
details of negotiations between the Autodromo
Nazionale circuit’s private owners and Bernie
Ecclestone to hold the event in the future.
Apparently there is an £8 million gap between
what the owners will pay and what Ecclestone
wants, and if negotiations – that have already
lasted two years – don’t resolve the issue then
the famous track, that has been associated with
GPs since 1922, may no longer feature on the
F1 calendar.
Come the race weekend, Hamilton took
pole, this time just beating the Ferrari of
Raikkonen. Rosberg could only grab fourth
slot – running an engine that had already
completed six races – behind the Ferrari of
Vettel. The Williams cars filled the third row
of the grid, whilst Perez and Hulkenberg
bought their Force Indias to the grid in seventh
and ninth slots, sandwiching the Lotus of
Grosjean in eighth place. Maldonado – in the
sister Lotus – scraped 10th place, meaning
that all eight of the Mercedes powered cars
qualified in the top 10.
The start saw Raikkonen bog-down
horribly, allowing the Williams to climb to
third and fourth places, whilst Hamilton began
to build his lead. Sadly, both of the Lotus cars
were damaged in a first corner mêlée, retiring
in the first couple of laps. Once again, slow
pit-stops – a second slower than the Mercedes
team – allowed Rosberg to jump both Williams,
but an engine fire on lap 52 saw him retire
spectacularly; an end to the team’s impressive
reliability record.
Hamilton drove sublimely, to beat Vettel
by more than 25 seconds. Massa took third and
a well-deserved podium, Bottas was fourth,
Perez in his Force India sixth and Hulkenberg
in the sister car seventh. Rosberg’s non-finish
allowed Hamilton to stretch his lead to 53
points in the drivers’ championship.
Lotus
Lotus CEO Matthew Carter has responded
to the team’s deepening financial crisis by
insisting that he has a budget to see out the
rest of the season. Speculation was rife as to
whether Lotus would be in a position to take
part in the Italian GP after its trucks were
impounded following the Belgian race.
Just as the team set-up for Monza,
Renault’s takeover was said to be in its final
stages, with the French manufacturer putting
the finishing touches to a £65 million cash
injection which would see it take a 65 per cent
stake in the team.
The team’s poor luck continued though,
as it left its tyre blankets out in the rain ahead
of Monza qualifying. This led to the blankets
for both cars failing to heat properly and the
team having to borrow replacements and
thanking Ferrari, Torro Rosso and Sauber for
their assistance; without which the team would
have been unable to take part in the race.
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Feature
Sir Stirling Moss at the start line of
the 2015 Mille Miglia.
Mille Miglia
by Peter Brown
H
aving missed going to last year’s
Mille Miglia I was determined to
attend the 2015 event, especially as
it would be 60 years since Sir Stirling Moss
and Denis Jenkinson won it, I knew it was
not to be missed
Planning the trip early was a must so the
flights were booked back in November. The
hotels took a bit more work due to some in
Brescia trying to cash in on the event and
thinking some people were prepared to pay
£500 for a night’s stay, clearly something I
wasn’t going to be doing. Luckily a hotel we
stayed in before had some rooms available,
conveniently located near the edge of town
with the metro station just a stone’s throw
away to get us into town.
With an early Monday morning flight
from Luton to Milan we were in Brescia
in time for lunch and enjoying the warm
weather. The start of the Mille Miglia was
on Thursday afternoon so that left a couple
of days to have a look around Brescia, soak
up some of the atmosphere and relax.
Tuesday morning was spent with a
visit to the Mille Miglia Museum – it was
fantastic as usual with a great mix of cars
and information detailing the history of the
event. This was enhanced by some of the
competitors’ cars that arrived at the museum
and made a great backdrop while we sat
outside having lunch.
Nothing could really have prepared
me for the sight when we arrived at Fiera
di Brescia, which is the location where the
cars taking part in the event are stored and
have their ‘sport and technical’ checks. Even
though we arrived at 3.00pm, just an hour
after the checks started, I was surprised at
how many cars were there already. Walking
into the hall I couldn’t fail to miss 14 300SL
Gullwings perfectly parked in a line. 456
cars were due to take part in the event and 38
of these were Mercedes. As well as the cars
taking part in the Mille Miglia retro event,
tucked in a corner you couldn’t also help
notice 15 new Special Edition SL ‘Mille
Miglia 417’ cars in carbon black, these were
to be used by journalists who would be
covering the event – not a bad set of wheels
for the 1,000 miles. It really dawned on me
that this year’s was going to be a special
Mille Miglia, with more cars arriving by
the minute it was clear that Wednesday was
going to be a busy day for the technical team
with the job of checking all the cars.
Calm before the storm
Cars start to arrive in Piazza della Vittoria for the ‘sealing ceremony.’
The technical area was open on Wednesday
from 8.00am to 10.00pm so that the
remaining cars could be checked. It’s fair
to say that inside the building was a pretty
spectacular sight, the only problem was
where to look next. The Mercedes-Benz
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BTCC
Adam Morgan defends from Andy Priaulx, Sam Tordoff and Jason Plato on his way to
a magnificent second place in race two at Snetterton.
BTCC Snetterton –
another Podium
for the A-Class
by Paul Kelly
TOCA pit lane technical area
During the weekend at the BTCC races the
governing body TOCA has a technical team
placed at the entrance to the pit lane, who
randomly check the cars to ensure they remain
within the rules. They look at three things.
Firstly ride height, which is checked with a
roller with a long handle, around the front,
side and rear of the car. Then the width of the
wheels and bodywork is checked and the cars
are weighed on digital scales – one for each
wheel. If any infringement is found the driver
receives a fail notice, but teams are not told
the fail margin. It could be as little as 1mm,
or 1oz, but all previous lap times are void,
so the car has to be adjusted, sent out for a
lap, brought back for checking and, if OK,
qualifying can resume. It happened to Adam
Morgan last season, with his strong qualifying
laps withdrawn and the 30-minute session ran
out fast as he tried to regain his position. All
podium finishers’ cars are always checked as
they come into the pit lane.
At Oulton Park recently Jason Plato was
on a fast lap but dived into the pit lane at the last
second and was pulled aside for inspection. As
he hadn’t slowed down half-way around the
lap as most drivers do when intending to pit,
his brakes were red hot. As the car was being
checked its brakes caught fire, marshals using
fire extinguishers to put out the flames.
Adam Morgan started the weekend in a
buoyant mood at Snetterton, having tested
there recently and with a good base setting, but
he still found things a little tricky due to the
high track temperatures during the scorching
weekend. Using worn tyres in free practice
didn’t help with the set up. He finishing up
12th on the grid.
Aiden Moffatt crashed heavily exiting turn
one in free practice two in the other Ciceley
A-Class, suffering concussion and ruling
himself out of the weekend’s action as there is
an automatic 10-day exclusion.
Race one
After a great start Adam made rapid progress
up the order to seventh, having a great scrap
with the Honda of Matt Neal and the BMW of
Andy Priaulx, and battling for fifth place, but
in the end finishing an encouraging seventh,
in the process setting the third fastest time for
a brilliant grid position for race two. Colin
Turkington took the win from pole in the
Passat CC for Team BMR.
The TOCA technical team check Adam’s
A-Class. Note the roller with a long handle
used to check the ride height and the
wheel scales at the ready.
Adam gets cheered onto the podium.
first corner and tucked in behind leader Colin
Turkington, with Andy Priaulx in hot pursuit
having also got past the poor starting Tordoff.
And then battle commenced, with Adam in a
fight for the podium with Andy Priaulx, Jason
Plato, and Sam Tordoff, Priaulx flashing his
lights at the Mercedes driver to be let through,
but Adam was having none of it and pressed
on defending his second place, taking perfect
lines through the corners all the way to the
finish for another fantastic podium place.
After the race former World Touring Car
champion Andy Priaulx praised Adam for his
mature defensive driving. Commentator Paul
O’Neill added that we were looking at a future
champion, such was the quality of his driving
under extreme pressure. I would have to agree.
This likeable Lancastrian is a star of the future
for sure! Colin Turkington took his second win
of the day for BMR.
Race three
Reverse grid rules put Adam Morgan in
fifth position which he held from the start,
defending from Colin Turkington, despite
carrying 66kg of ballast from his race two
podium.
On lap four Adam went a little wide at turn
one and lost the rear, as a result going grasstracking at over 100mph, demolishing one of
the polystyrene track markers which stuck to
the car. He continued down in ninth but had
to take it easy as the engine started to overheat
due to the track marker, which eventually fell
off, but too late to mount a challenge, and he
finished down the order in 13th. MG driver
Jack Goff won his first ever BTCC race.
All in all a good, entertaining weekend’s
racing, and a good haul of points. Knockhill in
Fife would be the next encounter.
Race two
From his third place slot Adam out-dragged
second place Sam Tordoff (BMW) into the
Stop press: Two Mercedes on the podium
at Knockhill – see next month’s report.
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Feature
Massimo Delbò’s 230 Fintail at the start of the Terre di Canossa.
Terre di Canossa 2015
O
ne of the most interesting classic
car regularity trials in Italy is the
Terre di Canossa, usually held in
the second weekend of April for cars up to
1980. It is organised by Francesca Azzali
and her husband Luigi Orlandini as partner
in crime. They own Scuderia Tricolore, a
well established company specialising in
On the road.
by Massimo Delbò
classic car events all over the world, but
mainly operating in Italy. They are famous
because of their Modena Cento Ore Classic,
mainly dedicated to racing cars, but, in more
recent years, they have added the Terre di
Canossa too, a three-day classic car rally
in central Italy. They are famous for the
quality of their events and the beauty of the
roads they select. Considering that the Terre
di Canossa is held in the Emilia-ToscanaLiguria area, it is not difficult to understand
why, since edition number one the rally has
usually been fully booked, with competitors
coming from Italy, Europe and as far as the
USA and Australia. When I decided to take
part, my idea was to forget the stopwatches
of the regularity trials and simply enjoy
driving, while showing to my American
fiancé a part of Italy totally new, with some
interesting roads I had never driven before.
The choice of the car was easy – my
W110 1967 230 Fintail, because of its
comfort and reliability and because my R107
SL is too young, being a 1982 model. A
couple of weeks before the event, MercedesBenz Italia called me asking if I would
loan them the Fintail. They wanted it for a
journalist to drive on the Terre di Canossa…
It is easy to imagine my embarrassed answer
to them, but I promised my help in finding
a suitable ‘steed’. The Milan Region of the
(UK) Mercedes-Benz Club is a fantastic
small group of people and, less than
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From deep in
the Archive
Feature
by the Archive Team
Two – beginnings
This month’s theme is beginnings – as it stems
from the dawn of motoring – back to 1899 no
less. This random view from the Archive has
been brought about thanks to an amazing little
book entitled Particulars of the Management
and Working of Benz’s Motor Carriage.
Issued by Benz’s UK concessionaire at
the time, the foreword to the book, which is
an owner’s handbook, contains the following
sentence: ‘2,000 Benz motor cars have been
sold and delivered up to October 1899.’
At the time Benz was one of just a tiny
number of manufacturers worldwide whose
car production had reached triple figures, let
alone run into thousands of units. Even then
though the Benz company’s main
living still came from
the manufacture of gas engines
for industrial purposes, rather
than motor carriages.
The Particulars of the
Management and Working of
Benz’s Motor Carriage shows
that that the pioneer motorist
of the late 19th century had to
be rich, determined and farsighted. It was essential that
he or she had to be prepared
to take an active role in the
repair and maintenance of their
horseless carriage – and have
a well-equipped motor-house.
Ideally the pioneer motorist
also must have had a ‘man’
to deal with the extensive
maintenance and repairs that
these machines required.
116 years on from the
publication of Particulars of
the Management and Working
of Benz’s Motor Carriage, the
motor car has advanced way
beyond the wildest dreams of
Karl Benz. But, what it clearly shows is that
Benz and the other early manufacturers of
motor vehicles were men of boundless vision.
If you would like to dispose of surplus
Mercedes-Benz literature or photographs
please let us know. Whether it’s one brochure
or a car load your surplus material will
benefit Club Members. Please contact the
Archive team: Jon and Lynne Bell (jon.bell@
mercedes-benz-club.co.uk), Mike Venables
([email protected])
or Phil Reed ([email protected]). If you do not use e-mail please
telephone 01932 346981 and leave a message.
One of the diagrams in
Particulars of the Management and
Working of Benz’s Motor Carriage.
Useful advice included in the book.
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Feature
M100 hospital
Pontons waiting for service in Rhodesia.
by Peter Hampson
D
oug Burton has become a familiar
figure in the Mercedes-Benz
Club, but to a small handful he is
even more familiar. These are those Club
Members lucky enough to own a vehicle
with the M100 engine – the six-pluslitres V8. This is an engine that he knows
especially well and he is often called in to
work his magic on them. Yet this is far from
being the only expertise he has. All classic
Mercedes, generally around pre-1980,
are models he works on – as well as other
classic cars from the same period.
A quick history
Doug was born in what was then Southern
Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Southern
Rhodesia had been a prosperous country
and this showed in the cars used by many
wealthy businessmen. After Ian Smith made
his Unilateral Declaration of Independence
(UDI) in November 1965, everything
changed. Sanctions were imposed by Britain
and the United Nations and whilst these
were not completely effective, to all intents
and purposes the importation of luxury cars
came to an end.
As a result, people like Doug, who had
the skills to maintain them, were in demand.
Doug had his own business, employing
eight people, which looked after many of
the Mercedes and even Rolls-Royces that
were in everyday use. This is where Doug
first got his experience on the M100. He had
a 6.3 himself, but said that there were at least
10 6.3s in the area and eight to 10 W100
600s in everyday use. He says there were
even cars such as the 540K, now rarely seen
outside of the Mercedes-Benz Museum.
Of course there were no spares available,
so initiative was the order of the day! One
of the photographs shows a queue of four
Pontons on a Monday morning all waiting
to be serviced
Got out with nothing
By 1998 the socio-political situation had
changed considerably and, following some
personal tragedies, Doug and his wife decided
to leave. The regulations made it difficult to
move assets, forcing Doug to abandon his 10
classic Mercedes. He and his wife arrived in
London with a couple of suitcases and a few
hundred pounds. Doug got work as a Toyota
mechanic for a while, and then switched to a
classic car garage to rebuild a 1916 Talbot for
the Rome-Liege-Rome Rally in 2002, before
finally setting up as a travelling mechanic –
something he still does.
He has now moved on to having his own
workshop, in Northamptonshire, where he
undertakes some quite big jobs. For more
routine situations, such as servicing and
relatively minor repairs, he still offers the
service of doing the jobs on-site, where the
classic owner can get involved if he wishes,
and many of them do so, getting free lessons
at the same time.
6.3 rebuild – ‘Rhapsody in Blue’
His workshop is on a farm and whilst it only
holds four cars, he does have space in one
of the barns, where there is also a four-post
ramp. The big job that he is engaged on at
present is to finish the total rebuild of a
W109 6.3. The owner had had the bodyshell
refurbished and repainted, but that was
all. Everything else was just jumbled up in
boxes – engine parts, the wiring loom, the
vacuum system and many other bits. Doug
has unravelled all of this and the car now
has an absolutely immaculate engine. Each
part has been stripped, cleaned and, where
appropriate, plated. He also has to do the
interior and has renovated the leather and
managed to save most of it. He even saved
the door cards, putting them in a press to
straighten them out in a bid to keep the car
as original as possible. He has also redone the
wiring loom and sorted out the instruments,
but there is still quite a lot to do inside the car.
Fortunately he has found a small
network of similarly skilled craftsmen in the
vicinity who are good at doing things such as
chrome work, which he cannot do. It is also
How the ‘Blue Rhapsody’ 6.3 arrived – apart from the shell.
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Feature
Mercedes-AMG F1
Family Fun Day
by Patrick Glennie-Smith
I
discovered a long while ago that it
always pays to read the Club magazine
the moment it drops onto the doormat.
Many’s the time a small paragraph has led to
an interesting discovery, a gift or, in this case,
a visit to somewhere unexpected and exciting.
A couple of months ago it was announced
that the Mercedes-AMG Formula One team
would be holding a summer party for its
staff and their families and, if any Members
would like to display their cars, they should
write and apply. I duly wrote to the address,
fully expecting that my lowly 230SL would
be eclipsed by far more exotic competition
thoroughbreds and was surprised and delighted
when an envelope arrived via Special Delivery
with a pass for the car and two rather flashy
silver wristbands.
The day dawned warm and sunny and
we left in good time, stopping for a hearty
breakfast at the wonderful Gloucester Services
on the M5 – if you dread stopping at service
areas because you know you’ll be fleeced for
at best mediocre and often appalling fare, then
these are the ones to head for on any trip down
to the West Country. It says a lot that locals
actually make a trip just to visit them and the
fantastic farm shop attached.
An hour or so more up the motorway and
we were arriving at Sywell Aerodrome in
Northamptonshire, venue for the party and a
couple of miles from the discreet but imposing
Mercedes-AMG F1 headquarters. To my
surprise we were waved past the queuing cars
and ushered into the VIP area of the venue
Jo Trump, a great Lewis Hamilton fan
who went with Patrick Glennie-Smith,
tries an AMG roadster out for size.
After queuing for ages, Lewis finally gets
a ‘selfie’ with Jo.
Sir Stirling Moss gallantly signs autographs.
itself where we stationed ourselves next to
an impressive line-up of company display
vehicles (incidentally, these were all open
and free for everyone to clamber in and out of
with no apparent security. I was concerned lest
some grubby urchin might climb into ours and
break something, but I needn’t have worried –
they were far more interested in the shocking
yellow AMG GT and the black S-Class coupé).
There was so much to see and do it was
difficult to take it all in. Quite apart from loads
of entertainment for the children – bouncy
castle, fun-fair rides, face-painting, sweet
factory, goody bags and ice-cream – there
was the surprisingly delicate-looking F1 car to
stand next to if not inside and, opposite, the
beautifully restored W196 from 1955. Behind
the latter, a smiling Sir Stirling Moss gallantly
signed autographs for what must have been
hours, judging by the queue. I didn’t join it
– he looked like he had enough on his plate
already. Stirling Moss was before even my
time, but I do feel a certain affinity; I remember
once, aged 17, being stopped for speeding and
asked by the arresting officer whether I might,
indeed, be the famous racing driver...
A little later some commotion heralded
the presence of Lewis Hamilton and Nico
Rosberg, who’d arrived in our midst and were
answering questions and signing autographs.
We had a trip in the Red Arrows simulator,
thankfully before lunch, and then hit the
complimentary barbecue – well, it would have
been rude not to. This being Mercedes, it was
a belt and braces affair and there were three
food tents, two barbecues and a noodle stall,
along with copious salads and side dishes. We
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tried all of them, just to be sure, and washed
the lot down, quite literally, with lashings of
ginger beer.
After Lewis and Nico – by now, we felt
on first name terms – had departed in their
respective helicopters, we were treated to
a barnstorming display, featuring the Tiger
Club’s air display team in their very fragilelooking vintage D31 Turbulents. Flying as low
as three feet from the ground, they entertained
the crowd by popping helium balloons with
their propellers, flour-bombing a dolls’ house
and diving through a precariously low ‘limbo
pole’ of stretched bunting, bravely held aloft
by the ground crew as the diminutive planes
buzzed passed feet away with wheels brushing
the ground.
In all, the day was great fun, and many
thanks are due to Mercedes-AMG F1 for the
enormous privilege of being invited to attend.
The Turbulent aerobatic team wait to be
scrambled for action.
Feature
Hans Egger’s 190SL.
A labour of love
by David Greenshields
L
ast September a very good friend
of ours in Kitzbühel, Hans Egger,
completed the total restoration of a
1960 190SL. Hans had been aware of the car
for very many years as he knew the owner,
Prince Auersberg of Austria, who often used
to talk about this particular vehicle. When the
prince decided to sell the car it was purchased
by a Herr Gulinsky. Hans would have loved
to have bought it at the time but it was far too
expensive. Herr Gulinsky and his sister lived in
Kitzbühel and knew Hans, plus his interest in
the car. The vehicle did not pass the Austrian
equivalent of the MoT test, was never put back
on the road and stored in a very damp garage.
Consequently, when Herr Gulinsky died in
2000, his son, who lived in South Africa, did
not want the car and it came onto the market
again. By this time it had extensive rust with
lots of body filler and was in a terrible condition
inside and out. There were also problems with
all the working components – engine, brakes,
gearbox and suchlike. Because of the condition
Hans was able to buy the car for about 23,000
Austrian Schillings, which at that time would
have been approximately £1,120.
Hans was well placed to undertake such
a restoration for, after leaving school in the
1960s, he trained as a car mechanic, repairer
and restorer. Unlike in the UK, car mechanics
in Austria are trained in both the mechanics
and bodywork of cars, including spraying and
electrics. With the exception of the chrome
and leather work, they are expected to carry
out any job in repairing cars. This was a five-
The car was in a very bad state when Hans finally go hold of it.
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TechnicalCorner
1. Failure of the front pipe at its entry to the box.
W124 exhaust maintenance
– and concerns about ‘genuine’ parts
T
he exhaust system on my W124 was
new (replaced under protest by the
dealer) when I bought the car in 1997
so as I write this in May 2015 I can’t complain
about the life of the ‘original equipment’ OE
parts that were around in 1997.
In 2014 I had to replace the front pipe
and this is a particularly expensive part as
it includes twin down-pipes and flexible
couplings as well as the first of three boxes.
The 1997 pipe had failed on the outside of a
bend where the material had been stretched
– see photo one.
In view of the good life of the first OE
replacement I decided to buy another one
at great expense. It was only when I got
the replacement home that I noticed the
extremely poor paint finish, including areas
2. Poor paint finish on the new front
pipe.
by Jeremy Stevens
that were missed altogether leaving bare
steel visible – more on this later. Photos two
to four give the picture.
Rather than fit the exhaust straight away
I gave it two coats of high temperature paint
and wrapped the whole pipework run in
exhaust insulation (available from Woolies
www.woolies-trim.co.uk). I have found from
experience with my W136 170V that doing
this stops the corrosion of the pipe it’s wound
round, presumably because water splash no
longer bears directly onto the hot metal.
All was well for a while but six months
later I noticed a terrible rattle from the
exhaust at the rear of the car at idle, which
could be reproduced by kicking the tailpipe. Being winter it was cold and dark
in the evenings so I left it alone and only
3. These scratches were on the part as
received.
recently decided to investigate more closely.
I am glad that I did because the pipe entry to
the rear box had all but broken. Amazingly
there was only a slight blow that could not
be detected in the cabin.
I decided to check the price and availability
for the back box from the Mercedes-Benz
Brentford parts counter – £240 plus VAT,
available Germany was the reply. I was a little
taken aback by this price so decided to buy just
a replacement clamp and the rubber support
rings initially and set about investigating
possible alternatives. A little work on the
internet came up with an Eberspaecher unit,
available from Euro Car Parts for £116 all in,
delivered to my workplace.
As Eberspaecher are based in Esslingen
(near Stuttgart) and were (possibly still
4. Missing paint on the rear stub.
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R107 SL front bumper chrome parts Also rubber trims for front and rear
and two new front bumper brackets. Offers to A Moffatt 01626 863622.
R129 SL rear brake discs New, fit early (1990-1993) models, £20
the pair. Derek 07808 688483 East Sussex Derek Wellman
[email protected]
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Bob Coxshall, 55 The Avenue, Bengeo, Hertford SG14 3DS to arrive by the
26th of the month preceding publication. All correspondence should be by
post or e-mail to [email protected] In emergencies only,
telephone 01992 302238.
NB Complete cars for sale must be advertised in the classified section.
Workshop manuals, parts catalogues, special tools, owners’ handbooks
and sales literature too numerous to list. These are all original (not
reproductions), factory-printed books for all post-war models up to
1984. Geoff Marshall 07414 538004 [email protected]
W215/W220/W221 Set of refurbished Mercedes-Benz 19-inch alloy
wheels, front 19 x 8.5J et 44, rear 19 x 8.5J et 46, five studs and
locking wheel nuts in excellent condition, Maxxis Mazi tyres. Cost
£1,200, will accept £750. Denise Templeman chicosmum@gmx.
co.uk 01792 844480 07803 711356.
W126/R/C107 Mercedes-Benz 15-inch x seven-inch flat-face alloys. Set
of five with very good tyres, all in excellent condition. Christopher
01460 271749 [email protected]
R170 SLK 200K/230K CKS exhaust headers, right-hand-drive, brand
new, cost over £800 will accept £500 ono. Free items – used exhaust
(good condition) and new Viponds Tautflex interior paint anthracite
211A, just pay postage or collect. Ian, Derby, 07834 132654 ian.
[email protected]
1980 R/C107 280SL/SLC To clear garage – silver doors, boot, bonnet,
grille, windows and mechanisms, bumpers, steering wheel, lights,
ignition box, much small stuff, manuals. Alan, Brighton, 07973
944202, [email protected]
R129 Pair of front indicators (orange) £30. R230 radiator grille in sliver
£30. CL55 AMG radiator grille in silver £30. Buyer collects or pays
post and packing. Pete Jepson 07717 216301 Chesterfield.
1999 E320 Driver’s seat base, part number A2109102850, new, ordered
in error, cost £119, will accept £65 ono. Mike 01934 838812
[email protected]
1992 W124 320E coupé Nearside front wing, pattern, new, £20. Front
spring, new, £5. Four-speed auto gearbox, radiator, air cleaner
trunking, rear plastic bumper – all free. [email protected]
07999 403552.
Four Rosso alloy wheels 18 x 8J (five-bolt on 112 PCD), fitted with
245/40 x 18 97V Nankang winter tyres, previously fitted to E-Class
estate. Tyres have plenty of tread – about 6,000 miles use over the
last two winters. Complete with covers and wheel bolts. Minor
damage on one wheel. [email protected] 07980 371105.
W203 four 16-inch alloy wheels Fully refurbished as-new with
Continental tyres, 205/55 x 16 V-rated, buyer collects from West
Yorkshire £400. Roy 07957977113 [email protected]
R107 Hard-top, soft-top, bonnet, boot-lid, front bumper, rear bumper, rear
lamps and lenses. W D Depper 07791 367651.
Ponton Two shock absorbers (one still in its wrapper with part number),
two brake pipes with parts numbers, Mann air filter (still boxed),
headlamp (still boxed), Mercedes-Benz gaskets (still boxed), threepointed-star, two alternators (used, condition unknown), three hub
caps (two with black centres, one unpainted), instrument cluster
(used, condition unknown), five chrome door strips plus other
miscellaneous parts. Would prefer to sell as a job lot, but will sell as
single items. Please make me a sensible offer as my wife says they
must go. 07860 906032 buyer to collect please.
WANTED
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W124 200TE Low mileage eight-valve engine. Martin 07411 111838
Surrey.
W110 200 Four-cylinder petrol engine in good condition. Martin 07411
111838.
W180 220S Insulated fuel supply pipe from fuel lift pump to carburettors.
Both under body fuel supply lines from fuel tank to reserve/filter unit.
Any other parts for this model will also be of interest. Tim 07831
230577 or 020 8998 9508 west London.
R129 Hard-top storage bag. Tom 07771 870943.
1992 G300 long wheelbase Left-hand front dashboard audio speaker
(would buy pair), boot-liner, mats and any other protection. David
07973 122422 [email protected]
W201 Fender to bumper brackets, part numbers A2016261514 and
A2016261414. Also bumper bracket A2018800114. Stuart 07970
275792 [email protected]
1967 W113 230SL Complete wiring harness, right-hand-drive, automatic,
chassis number 113 04222 018754. Must be in good condition, with
or without fuse box. [email protected]
1999 R129 One five-hole alloy wheel rim. Write to Ken Wakefield, 42
Perrins Lane, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY9 8XP.
W108 Black leather seats and door cards. Any condition – looking for a
winter seat restoration project. daniel.cuthbert@mercedes-benz-club.
co.uk
W201 190E 16-valve Tow-eye cover and beige/cream parcel shelf. Ciaran
[email protected]
W126 Front and rear bumper chrome trim. Conor Crowley
[email protected] 00353 87 2211292.
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W164 ML320 CDI Brabus D6
mark three upgrade
by Paul Kelly
I
have recently had a Brabus Eco Power Extra engine upgrade box
fitted to my 2005 ML320 CDI. I had thought about ‘chipping’ the
engine after having a guest speaker a couple of years ago at one
of our monthly pub meetings. This guy said that engines are designed
for global markets, which means they have to operate in varying
conditions. These include high altitude, very hot climates, very cold
climates and countries with poor quality fuel. He explained that the
UK has none of these problems, so upgrading the engine mapping is
feasible, as cars are almost in a state of de-tune!
A good friend of mine who sells cars had an ML320 CDI Sport
in stock that needed some work. I agreed to take the car along to my
local specialist Leon Thornley. Driving that car, which is the same
year as mine, it felt much stronger, with better throttle response and it
made my car feel tired. I had no idea that it had a Brabus Eco power
boost box fitted until I noticed it under the bonnet. Leon told me they
cost £1,500 fitted and they are the best thing on the market.
I mentioned it to my friend selling the car and he said, “Take it
off and fit it to your car if you would like it.” I certainly didn’t need
asking twice. Leon removed it and fitted it to my car for free.
It has transformed the car. Brabus claims an additional 48hp and
80Nm of torque. This equates to maximums of 272hp and 590Nm.
It also claims increased fuel economy gains of between two to four
mpg. Having driven the car for a few days I can report that in normal
driving the changes are subtle. The extra torque is noticeable, as is
the increased fuel economy – showing on the digital readout, which
is recording between four and five mpg better. Floor the throttle and
The Brabus magic box fitted.
wow, the car comes alive, and if you use manual shifts it goes like
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I probably would not have spent the £1,500 asking price for this
piece of kit, but after using it I can see the advantages, and having
had the car for five years it has given it a new lease of life. It is
almost like having a new car. Highly recommended.
Many thanks to Martin, who was selling the other car, and Leon
for fitting it to mine.
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Anglia – South
Monthly evening meet at the George and
Dragon, Kelvedon – July 8
Rivenhall Golf Club – a marvellous location for a meeting of
piston-heads.
David and Mary Crawley’s 500SL
at the George and Dragon.
Gordon and Cheryl
Knott’s R107.
Shiny cars in the car park.
With a few of the regulars away, it had looked like the numbers
would be depleted this month, but we were very pleased to welcome
two new Members, David and Mary Crawley and Gordon and Cheryl
Knott. Both couples happened to bring along their lovely blue R107
SLs. Once again a good, varied mix of shiny cars. Could be the dark
blue paintwork, but in the photograph it does look like Richard Hinds
has been polishing again! The conversations flowed throughout the
evening and we were all a bit late leaving once again. Time flies when
you’re in good company.
David Page and Roger Wyncoll
forecast did not look good but the rain stopped in late afternoon and
eight of our cars arrived. This was a very well organised event with
a barbecue at a fixed price and as much salad as you wanted. It was
good to see so many other cars from so many other local clubs, not
just Porsche or Mercedes. I spent much time chatting to the Porsche
Club organisers and so we hope to make this a regular event in the
Anglia – South calendar.
Dave Shynn, photo by Roger Wyncoll
Helmingham Festival of Classic and Sports
Cars – August 2
Great location for the Club stand at Helmingham.
Classic Car Show at Friston – July 10
A perfect summer’s day at Friston.
We were recommended to attend the Friston Classic Car Show
by Club Members Alan Jupp and Tim Whiting, and we were not
disappointed. Dave Shynn and I arrived early, around 2.00pm, and
after some friendly banter with the organisers they kindly agreed to
let us display our Club cars at the back of the field even though most
were not pre-1970. Our Club presence consisted of two SLKs, two
SLs, a 320CE and Ed Daniels’ Gullwing, which proved to be a very
popular attraction.
Delicious home-made cakes and tea were served in the village
hall, which perfectly complemented the lively conversations on the
Club table. When we finally emerged from the hall the field had been
transformed into a fantastic mass of cars and people – a tremendous
turn-out of at least 200 classic cars and bikes on perfect summer’s
day. After a final visit to the hall for more tea and cakes we left
around 7.00pm. We will definitely put this event on the calendar for
next year.
Roger Wyncoll
Porsche barbecue – July 14
The Essex branch of the Porsche Club holds a barbecue at its usual
meeting place, Rivenhall Golf Club. This year we were invited to
join them along with a number of other local car clubs. This event
was held on Tuesday July 14 with a start time of 7.30pm – their usual
club night, with the golf club owner allowing the cars to be parked on
the driving range, a good flat area of well drained grass. The weather
The best in show prize being presented to John Williams
(second from left) by Lord and Lady Tollemarche (next to him).
Dave Shynn presenting the Club prize to Paul Hewson.
Several Members suggested to me that this is a really good event,
so contact was made, space booked, entry passes obtained and
distributed and we hope for good weather. Well, all I can say is it did
not disappoint, we had beautiful sunshine, a superb pitch and 19 Club
cars from as far afield as Bournemouth and south west London. For
anyone who has not been to this event, it is simply huge. I don’t want
to try and estimate the number of vehicles attending, maybe there will
be something on its website in due course, last year the attendance
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