Tuesday 1st December 2009

1050hp Gullwing Dragster At Essen Show

Video: Swiss man builds 300SL impersonator

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Following the arrival of the Mercedes AMG SLS everybody's got Gullwing fever it seems, and amongst the varying shades of bonkers displayed at this year's Essen Motor Show is a dragster that looks as if it's driven there straight out of Wacky Races.

Its Swiss builder Stefan Winter spent over 3 years building this fibreglass dragster based on the Mercedes 300SL. Fortunately, no real 300SL's were harmed in the making of this car; the body is made of fibreglass and the engine is a 6.9-litre small block Chevy 350, reportedly putting out an appropriately dragster-like 1,050hp.

Peter Perfect said to be considering making an offer

Other interesting bits include a 9-inch Ford rear axle, an A-1 Pro 3-Speed transmission and whopping 15-inch rear tires. And that body, though a very neat interpretation of the 300SL in shape, actually uses metallic silver paint from Mazda.

Winter claims a quarter-mile time of 8.1 seconds for his pricey long-term project, crossing the line at 166mph.

	"Darn you, Dick Dastardly!"

[WorAl]

8.1/166 Quarter mile? not all that fast really is it?

this bloke runs an 8.87/164 Impreza which he drives to and from the events and uses it in the handling circuits.

Edited by WorAl on Tuesday 1st December 13:10

[WorAl]

hairykrishna said:

WorAl said:

8.1/166 Quarter mile? not all that fast really is it?

this bloke runs an 8.87/164 Impreza which he drives to and from the events and uses it in the handling circuits.

Edited by WorAl on Tuesday 1st December 13:10

0.7 seconds over a quarter mile is a lot though, isn't it? Red Victor 2 is 'only' 0.7 seconds faster than this thing.

I know it is a long way but, considering you could actually pop to the shops in Mr Forests Impreza its not a bad time.