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1963 Mercedes-Benz 230SL: Replacing the Gullwing

1963 Mercedes-Benz 230SL: Replacing the Gullwing

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NOTE: Klockau is on vacation and will be drinking margaritas and reading Amos Walker and Ed McBain novels for several days, so here is an early, early article—before I met that Baruth guy—for your reading pleasure.

This was the first real Mercedes sports car of the 1960s. Without doubt, M-B had designed some fine postwar cars, and the Fintail was quite m…

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