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That accident took Mercedes, then as now arguably the most technologically advanced and successful manufacturer, right out of motorsport until 2010. 1955 (the year of my birth) also saw Stirling Moss with Denis Jenkinson as navigator drive a similar Mercedes 300SLR the 1000 miles of the Mille Miglia, through Italian villages, towns and cities and ordinary country roads at an average of over 99 miles per hour, finishing in 10 hours and 8 minutes at speeds up to 170mph.
mods(!) - there’s a very good Legion 300SLR and some good 1955 D-types. Other entrants included Porsche 550 spider and Maserati 300S. The AC 300S is crap, but there are a couple of 450S e.g. Geroda’s (free) which looks very similar and could be tuned down to 300S performance.There’s no Aston DB3S but the later DBR might substitute. No real equivalent of the 55 Le Mans Ferraris (735 LM and 750 LM).
the pathe version shows the mercedes mag_alloy sections burning post crash, man, ferocious. Interesting they went with drum brakes and the mechanical air brake. definately ahead of their time in many aspects. Not at rig but does the ac version have the airbrake animated?
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