The Mercedes is the W196R streamlined of 1954-55. It was built for Grand Prix competition. There was an open wheel version as well. You had me going with "rail." A piece of railroad track? It's a top fuel dragster from the mid 1960s. Ford sponsored this car to showcase their new SOHC hemi engine. Lou Baney wrenched it and Don Prudhomme drove it. The Ford engines proved somewhat fragile with big loads of nitromethane, but were somewhat successful until Ford abandoned them, probably due to NASCAR not allowing them in stock car competition.
Paul via phone > On Jul 24, 2017, at 4:16 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't remember if this is the Mercedes Godfrey posted a photo of a while > back, but it is a rather pretty car: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/36085871596/in/album-72157684039433463/ > > Comments, as always, appreciated. > > Canepa has several very pretty cars that I haven't seen there before. This > set is just a rail and the Mercedes: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157684039433463 > > I suspect that there are people on the list that know far more than I about > either of the cars. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
