I took this photograph at the Doune Motor Museum which we visited when on a family holiday in Scotland in August 1996.
It's a 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300SL, and the board in front of the car reads:
1957 Mercedes Benz 300SL
A car which has been in the one family
since new. Brought over from Germany
and run for short periods in this country.
It has clocked up only 28,500 ml since
new and still retains its original set of
tyres.
The Mercedes-Benz 300SL produced from 1954 to 1963 and was a development of the W194 that won the 1952 Le Mans 24 Hour race. Its distinguishing feature was the gull-wing doors, and it was powered by the 2,996cc straight-6 M198 engine with Bosch fuel injection.
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