Mercedes 300SL PLB 23

[MrCJ]

This picture was recently posted on a local historical Facebook group.

The garage is in my local town, Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire, not somewhere I would have expected to see a 300SL and what I think is a C-Type Jaguar.

I've googled the Mercedes' registration and it has quite a history with links to Stirling Moss and it was a Mercedes press car and so appeared in numerous road tests.

I'm intrigued as to how these two would have ended up here.

[Turbobanana]

MrCJ said:

I've googled the Mercedes' registration and it has quite a history with links to Stirling Moss and it was a Mercedes press car and so appeared in numerous road tests.

I think the key might be that it was a press car. This could have been a magazine road test or similar, which could explain the presence of such exotica as the Jaguar (which I agree, looks like a C-Type). Think Evo Triangle, before the Evo Triangle.

[hilly10]

How nice are those 300SLs bloody gorgeous.

[thegreenhell]

Doug Demuro has just given his full 'quirks and features' review of this very car.

Found this thread when googling the reg number.

[SS427 Camaro]

MrCJ said:

This picture was recently posted on a local historical Facebook group.

The garage is in my local town, Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire, not somewhere I would have expected to see a 300SL and what I think is a C-Type Jaguar.

I've googled the Mercedes' registration and it has quite a history with links to Stirling Moss and it was a Mercedes press car and so appeared in numerous road tests.

I'm intrigued as to how these two would have ended up here.

Fascinating !
I Wonder if that photo originally appeared in Motor Sport magazine ?
The Late / Great WB ( Bill Boddy ) the magazines founder lived in Radnorshire, he often took cars home with him for “ an extended test “ and DSJ ( Jenks ) worked for Motor Sport, perhaps he took the photo.

My Motor Sport mag collection only goes back to the mid 60s ATM.

Edited by SS427 Camaro on Saturday 16th October 13:23

[SS427 Camaro]

WB wrote a book on the cars, wonder if this one is mentioned ?
His memories of testing one @ Silverstone are also very interesting.

[SS427 Camaro]

[SS427 Camaro]

WB was a superb writer. This really does give a flavour to us mere mortals, of what driving one of these awesome cars must have been like.

[SS427 Camaro]