- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Iconografix (3 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1583881220
- ISBN-13: 978-1583881224
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 26.1 x 0.9 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,153,837 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Introduction by Karl Ludvigsen. When Mercedes-Benz returned to motor racing in the 1950s it did so with an aggressive attack across the board. It planned to launch both its Grand Prix cars and its new sports-racing cars in 1954, but delays with the latter meant that the sports-racers didn't appear until 1955. When they did, the results were sensational. The magnificent 300SLR took Stirling Moss to a record-shattering victory in the Mille Miglia and (with Peter Collins) in the grueling Targa Florio. Other victories took Mercedes-Benz to the World Manufacturers Championship that year. Tragedy struck as well: a 300SLR went into the crowd at Le Mans, resulting in 82 deaths and many injuries. With unique and rarely seen images, Karl Ludvigsen presents the dramatic story of these racers with their tubular space frames, inboard brakes and fuel-injected desmodromic-valved eight-cylinder engines. Featured also are secret tests at Hockenheim, the never-raced coupe version of the 300SLR and the new design that was being prepared for 1956, a season that these cars never experienced.
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Simply Fantastic, 7 Oct 2011
By Mr Andresan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mercedes-Benz 300SLR: The Fabulous 1955 World-Champion Sports-Racer (Ludvigsen Library) (Ludvigsen Library Series) (Paperback)
Wow. What a fantastic collection of photos and documentation by Ludvigsen. Starts with the prototype design of the 300SLR and moves to a couple of blueprints of the chassis and general layout. Very informative with enough detail to enjoy the beauty and ingenuity of the Mercedes Benz engineers. Moves onto some impressive photos of the chassis, and technical points of the 300SLR, including the amazing straight 8 engine, and finishes with period action photos (some taken by Rudy Mailander) of the car being raced by Moss/Kling/Fangio and other drivers including the unfortunate Levegh car.
Photos are in black and white. Fans of the Uhlenhaut 300SLR coupe will not be disappointed, as it is covered in minor detail too.
A nice compliment to this is the "Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix W196" book written/published by the same author/group.
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