As the story goes, driver Karl Kling failed to notice a group of vultures at the side of the road during the 1952 Carrera Pan […]
The Unexpected
We have previously featured collections and museums that are hidden, or that perhaps have surprising content, but we at least went looking for them. We […]
Mercedes Benz SL-X
There are a lot of great-looking cars that never made it to production throughout the history of the automobile. The Mercedes Benz SL-X is one […]
Cuban Cars
Friend of the blog Ed Solomon snapped a bunch of great pictures while on a tour of Cuba. A few of the German ones are […]
Mercedes 200D : Building The Diesel Legend
Mercedes Benz has always been a premier luxury marque, but they have also been a producer of basic workhorse transportation. Pick a movie from the […]
Ponton Production
Mercedes had been slowly rebuilding its manufacturing capacity after the war, but in July 1953 they really regained that capacity with the production of the […]
Mercedes Cosworth In Action
This was the one of the great examples in automotive history of bad timing. The Mercedes 190E 16v Cosworth came along at the same time […]
A Mercedes Victory In Germany
The Formula One German Grand Prix is set to take place on July 20, 2014. For the first time in decades, a Mercedes is a […]
To Spark, Or Not To Spark
Given enough time working on classic vehicles, you will encounter all kinds of experiences. There are long journeys through some aspect of a rebuild. There […]
Running from a Mystery
the full saga associated with this is its own story which will make the main blog. Suffice it to say that getting the machine back […]
The Heckflosse Champion
Many fans of vintage German cars will be aware of the success of the 300SLR in the immediate postwar era. They will probably also be […]
Munching at Maucher’s
Snow, salt, and freezing temperatures are usually not the friends of vintage iron. They relegate the machines we love to the sidelines in places that […]
Not Running, Not Driving
After a nice drive on a sunny but cold day, the car suddenly stopped while travelling about 30MPH a quarter of a mile from the […]
Hoarding for Gearheads
I am in possession of about a dozen brand new oil filters of various types and sizes. I know that many of them do not […]
Lime Rock Vintage 2013
The weather was not cooperating. Labor Day weekend is intended to be summer’s last fling here in the northeast, and I have been at Lime […]
The price of History
The 1954 Mercedes W196 driven to the Formula 1 championship by Juan Manuel Fangio sold at auction for a record $29.6 Million (see Hemmings Story). […]
2013 Deutsche Classic
If there is an event that almost perfectly matches the theme and scope of Classic Velocity, it is Pennsylvania’s Deutsche Classic. The event has been […]
Globe Trotting
For many of us who are into vintage iron, there is a deep interest in brands and machines that we have no interest in owning. […]
The First Pagoda
It is lost on many people that the much celebrated Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing and the companion roadster were not great sellers. They formed great race […]
The Benz Binge
On a recent trip I was fortunate to be able to visit the Forney museum. It is a museum which celebrates transportation throughout the ages […]