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Re: Transporters
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:48 pm
by nick@dunsdale
Not mini related but one of my fave trucks
I have a print of this on my office wall and there are often comments from customers on it's unusualness
Apparently in it's day it was the fast transporter in the world, by a country mile, traveled across the continents at over 100mph
It used to get just as much attention at races as the cars did
Scrapped in 67, but has since been build again by Mercedes from archive photographs
Original truck
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. todays version
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Re: Transporters
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:12 pm
by smithyrc30
Hmm, nice model.
Re: Transporters
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:54 pm
by surfblue63
Yes that looks like a CMC 1/18th scale model to me.
The original was powered by a 300SL engine and the truck was built on an extended 300S chassis. Top speed was between 160 and 170 km/h.
Mercedes built a recreation in 1993, which is seen occasionally at prestigious events.
Re: Transporters
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:56 pm
by surfblue63
Re: Transporters
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:58 pm
by nick@dunsdale
surfblue63 wrote:Yes that looks like a CMC 1/18th scale model to me.
The original was powered by a 300SL engine and the truck was built on an extended 300S chassis. Top speed was between 160 and 170 km/h.
Mercedes built a recreation in 1993, which is seen occasionally at prestigious events.
Your right looking at it again the colour pictures are of a model...........whoops lol
Re: Transporters
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:11 am
by Jack of all trades
Re: Transporters
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:45 pm
by Pete
Perfect for Blyton, weather's even the same!
Re: Transporters
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 3:38 pm
by Ronnie
NICE TRAILOR
Re: Transporters
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 10:06 am
by Pete
Re: Transporters
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 4:57 pm
by su_mark
Re: Transporters
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:04 pm
by rich@minispares.com
Re: Transporters
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:29 pm
by minitravellerman
I reckon they need a lesson or two in grammar, punctuation and spelling!
Re: Transporters
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 5:51 pm
by JohnA
I attended a 3 day training course on A series automatics in one of those in 1969, small classroom and workshop,excellent. I got volunteered because nobody else wanted to go.
Re: Transporters
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 6:46 pm
by LuisM
BLP_comp.jpg
Hi,
found this nice pic taken here...
anyone recognize the make of the white BL Portugal service van ?
pic taken 1972.. 73 maybe.
Cheers
Luis
Re: Transporters
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:41 pm
by Tim Harber
Glad you said this as its down the road for me and belongs to one of our customers. Had a look and it's basically salvageable and straight but presents the usual money pit and isn't a guaranteed result on getting your money back after its done should divorce approach as has been proved by others bar one
It needs both screens as well as well some of the basics. Will post some pics of the race stickers inside at some stage. There is some from the 1000 lakes but most of the stickers relate to 1981-2
Re: Transporters
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 11:26 pm
by Pete
And that's just the running costs!
9 mpg anyone?
Re: Transporters
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 11:39 pm
by su_mark
Pete wrote:
And that's just the running costs!
9 mpg anyone?
Tim Harber wrote:and isn't a guaranteed result on getting your money back after its done should divorce approach as has been proved by others bar one
Come on boys.... We all know we look because we don't really care about mileage or getting our money back.... But I really do value my marriage and Rich is right!
Tim, you'd only need to replace one screen if you were putting doors on the back....
Re: Transporters
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:48 am
by Tim Harber
Re: Transporters
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:59 am
by rich@minispares.com
Tim Harber wrote:
just looking at the photo of that two speed is giving me flash backs to taking the diff out of my coach to fix that one in that
horrid things
Re: Transporters
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2015 11:23 am
by su_mark
That needs a little bit of work.....
