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Now is the time to celebrate an important fiftieth anniversary – the introduction of the original R107 SL two-seater to the North American market. Not only that, it is surely the right time to remember that this model range – with all its...
Bob Sirna is automotive enthusiasm personified. A Notre Dame grad, mechanical engineer, and award-winning designer from Rochester, Michigan, he started at Ford Design, switched to IBM, and then started an IT staffing company. He’s been car crazy his...
Serving their country during the cold war, in 1982 Major George Newman, U.S. Army Field Artillery and Major Jane Newman of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps were stationed in West Germany. George was assigned to the 3rd Armored Division in Hanau; Jane was...
By Neil Andrew, with love and appreciation for my Dad who has taught me about fixing both cars and life along the way.
Photos courtesy of Neil Andrew and by Ron Pollard Photography, Huntsville, Ala.
My father, Gary F. Andrew, joined the U.S. Army...
As the team doctor for the Duke University men’s basketball team, Mel Berlin talked mostly about sore muscles and sprained ankles with members of the Blue Devils.
But Tommy Amaker had something else on his mind.
Whenever Dr. Berlin showed up at...
Although I’ve been a “car guy” my whole life, I wouldn’t consider myself a Mercedes-Benz devotee.
Certainly, as a motor racing aficionado I appreciated the cars and certainly was aware of the historic lore of the Silver Arrows – In fact, we have...
Chariot of Fire
Back in 1973, AMG inserted a might M100 V-8 engine and transmission into the elegant 1966 300SE Cabriolet – with spectacular results
Article Gary Anderson, Terry Price
Images Terry Price
Spotting a unicorn at a Concours d’...
A Royal Ride
Was this elegant 1960 220SE Coupé originally a birthday gift for a princess?
Article Gary Anderson • Richard & Renate Soares
Images Richard Simonds • Stephan McKeown
When Renate and Richard Soares drove their 1960 220SE Coupé...
Best in Show
Robert Jepson’s one-of-a-kind 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540K
Article: Gary Anderson with Robert Jepson Jr.
Images: Denis L. Tanney
Those distinctive chrome exhaust pipes extending out of the engine compartment and into the front fender...
A Thing of Beauty _ My award-winning 1955 Mercedes-Benz 220 Coupe
Laura Peters with Gary Anderson Images Denis L Tanney
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had an appreciation for interesting automobiles. Growing up as the child of...
