Tuesday 5th May 2015

Blitzen-Benz: Time For Tea?

21.5-litres, over 1,000lb ft and 125mph in 1909; the story of the Lightning Benz from its current owner

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Some childhood dream cars are more easily attainable than others. At 16 you may want a Ferrari or a Lamborghini or even just anything with wheels. Bill Evans sat in the Blitzen-Benz at 16 and committed himself to that car ever since. With three in existence...

But the restoration of this Blitzen is complete, Bill drives it and in this vid he explains a little more about it. Of course we won't spoil the details but to know a car like this achieved 125mph years before WWI is reason enough to spare a few minutes for it. It's a phenomenal achievement that both Bill and Mercedes are rightly proud of.

Watch the vid here.

[Twoshoe]

"makes your eyeballs shake in their sockets"!! A slightly disturbing thought but what a fantastic machine, especially as it actually gets used on the road.