Aircooled VW South Africa

As Pine posted some other car collections here the other day, thought I would share this fellow’s Mercedes collection that I visited a while back.

Some of the cars has as little as 15 000km on them and over 40+ years old while some have very interesting history and have been completely rebuild.

Man O Man those are some awesome beauties !!!

They simply dont build mercs like they used to today, they seem just without inspiration !

Was saying the same thing to the Missus, just the other day...

A Merc always had "Class" an air of breeding, a mystic of achievement, but not any more, its just an overrated, expensive wane-be.

Stick to my 4 rings......

Was there a 500E?

Beautiful collection! And no E class there that I could see.

Those old Mercs, reliable, comfortable, and lasts just about forever.

There's at least 4 E-Class cars there... the silver one might be a 500E
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_500E

Yes, this one is the 500e, and what a beauty. He imported it!

I am privileged to have grown up with both of these cars.

I don't know how many Grossers they brought into SA in this colour but my Dad owned one in this colour. Possibly even this very one. I would love to know if it is the same car.

The car below looks like a 300 SEL 6.3 V8. A beast of a car in it's time. This machine would blow away cars considered to be fast by today's standards. It's a fantastic car.

Boy, these photo's have brought back some great memories. Thanks Sean.

Those 600's are fantastic cars - unbelievably powerful, and it simply glides over the road. Consumption? Don't ask!

My father had this 1969 which he restored over a couple of years before selling it, it is now in the collection of Dr Scribante in George and is on display every year at the George Show

Pine wrote:Those 600's are fantastic cars - unbelievably powerful, and it simply glides over the road. Consumption? Don't ask!

With that same 6.3L V8 coupled with that body weight you know it had to be a bastard on fuel.

My Dad's business partner had one just like your Dad's black one Pine. And a left hooker to boot. My sister was driven to her wedding in that car. Must see if I can find a photo and post it here.

As far as I know that 600 originally belonged to the CEO of Dunswart Steel, who imported it from Cologne in Germany where it was delivered new to its first owner. It was my sister's wedding car in '99 as well!

This one is the 6.3.

New but... Have you guys ever seen this one?