MERCEDES-BENZ, The early Mercedes SL cars: W121, W198, W113

This book is the second and updated edition, published in Dec. 2013. Next the history of the W198 Mercedes 300SL coupe and roadster, the W121 190SL and the W113 pagoda SL, it offers little known details about a 230SL owners' survey from the 1960s and a test drive in a 190SL with turbocharger. It also covers with new color photos the very first 1952 300SL roadster that has survived miraculously till today in mint condition in private hands. And it reveals interesting and some little known details of the racing activities of each model. Some with rare period b/w photos.  .On top it offers over 200 unique photos, most of them in color. The majority of the color pictures are non-Daimler-Benz photos and have never been published in a book before. .The author has over 20 e-books and books about Mercedes-Benz to his credit. For a FREE BONUS, please scroll to the bottom of this description.The 300SL part covers - the market situation that led to the introduction of the 300SL Gullwing - the development of the coupe - the 300SL coupe - the development of the roadster- the secret SLS - the 300SL roadster - the sales history of both cars - which similar cars were available at that time and - how it was in the 1950s to use the 300SL Gullwing as daily driver, even on trips as far away as Moscow, the capital of Russia. .In the 190SL chapter one can read about - the history and development of the 190SL - the development of a bigger engine - the short, yet interesting racing history - the sales history - a 1959 comparison between a supercharged and a standard 190SL. The part about the pagoda SL deals with - the development of the 230 SL - the technical aspects of the 230SL- the 250 SL - the 280 SL - the racing history of the 230SL - the coachbuilders such as Frua, Pininfarina and Schaller - the in-house conversions with Wankel and 6.3 V8 engines - the sales history of the individual models and - how owners of a Mercedes 230 SL saw their cars in an owner's survey back in the 1960s. .In addition the book highlights the careers of four men, all of them instrumental for the existence and development of these SL cars: - Prof. Fritz Nallinger - Rudolf Uhlenhaut - Karl Wilfert and - Max Hoffman .These cars are also covered in Bernd S. Koehling's books about Mercedes cars of the 1950s and 1960s. It was suggested to have them also printed in a separate book to accompany the other SL book of Bernd S. Koehling: MERCEDES-BENZ, The modern SL, available here on Amazon too..Detailed technical specifications and the annual production history of each car can be found at the end of the book. .FREE BONUS:When you have bought one of the author's printed books, you are eligible for a free pdf file of any Mercedes model (such as W111 or W198 or R107 for example) the author has covered in one of his books. Please contact the author through his website (inside the book) and stipulate, which free pdf file you want him to send to you.